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On May 26, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Kerrigan to serve as a Judge of the United States Tax Court, to the seat vacated by Judge Harry A. Haines, whose term had expired. Her nomination received a hearing before the United States Senate Committee on Finance on November 17, 2011, and was reported favorably on December 17, 2011.
Judge Kerrigan may refer to: Kathleen Kerrigan (judge) (born 1964), judge of the United States Tax Court Frank Henry Kerrigan (1868–1935), judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
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