Draft:Adam B. Landy

Adam B. Landy (born 1982) is an American lawyer who has served as a special trial judge on the United States Tax Court since 2021. He is a nominee to serve as a judge of the same court.

Education
Landy earned a Bachelor of Science in 2004, a Master of Science in 2006, both from the University of South Carolina and a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2009. He earned a Master of Laws from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 2010.

Career
Landy briefly served as a law clerk for Judge J. Michelle Childs on the Richland County Circuit Court during the summer of 2008. From 2010 to 2016, he was an associate at McNair Law Firm, P.A., which later merged into Burr Forman, LLP. From 2016 to 2021, he was a senior attorney with the IRS Office of Chief Counsel in Baltimore, Maryland and San Francisco, California. He was appointed as a special trial judge of the United States Tax Court on December 6, 2021.

Nomination to tax court
On February 1, 2024, President Joe Biden nominated Landy to the seat vacated by Judge David Gustafson, who assumed senior status on November 1, 2022. On June 4, 2024, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Finance Committee. On June 13, 2024, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 26–1 vote. His nomination is pending before the United States Senate.