Richard G. Taranto - CONFIRMED

Richard G. Taranto

On November 10, 2011, President Obama nominated Richard Gary Taranto, born in 1957, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  Taranto is presently a named partner at the law firm of Farr & Taranto.  President Obama has said that “Richard Taranto is a lawyer of exceptional legal ability and great personal and professional integrity.  I am pleased and honored to nominate him to the U.S. Court of Appeals to the Federal Circuit, and I am confident that his intelligence, independence, judgment, and temperament will make him a welcome addition to that court."