D. Irvin Couvillion was a special trial

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 judge

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 of the United States Tax Court

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. He was appointed to that position by the Chief Judge on July 1, 1985.

Prior to his lengthy service on the Tax Court, Couvillion was engaged in tax litigation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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 for a decade. Before entering private practice, he had been an Administrative Assistant to U.S. Representative Speedy O. Long

Speedy O. Long

Speedy Oteria Long was a Jena lawyer who was a Democratic U.S. Representative from central Louisiana between 1965 and 1973. Prior to his tenure in the since disbanded Eighth Congressional District, Speedy Long had been a member of the Louisiana state Senate...

, from Louisiana's Eighth District from 1966-73.

Couvillion earned a B.S. in Accounting from Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...

, 1956; a J.D. from Louisiana State University Law School, 1959; and an LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center

Georgetown University Law Center

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, Washington, D.C., 1973.

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