David Austin Tapp
David Austin Tapp is a Judge on the United States Court of Federal Claims, appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate to a renewable 15-year term in 2019. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1962 · age 64
- Appointed by
- The president and the U.S. Senate, 2019
- Term
- Renewable 15-year term
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | United States Court of Federal Claims | President & Senate | – |
Education
| Morehead State University | 1983 | |
| Chaminade University of Honolulu | Criminal Justice Administration | 1991 |
| Brandeis University | 1993 |
Judicial Record
In our data, Tapp authored 91 published opinions for the court (2022–2026).
Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Selected opinions
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Becton v. United States | – | 0 |
| 2026 | Wave Digital Assets, LLC v. United States | – | 0 |
| 2026 | Stevens Aerospace and Defense Systems, LLC v. United States | – | 0 |
| 2026 | Kim v. United States | – | 0 |
| 2026 | Danziger v. United States | – | 0 |
| 2026 | Burson v. United States | – | 0 |
| 2026 | BRADLEY v. United States | – | 0 |
| 2026 | Global Connections to Employment, Inc. v. United States | – | 0 |
| 2026 | Voss v. United States | – | 0 |
| 2026 | Avery v. United States | – | 0 |
| 2026 | Benavides v. United States | – | 0 |
| 2026 | SNEE v. United States | – | 0 |
| 2026 | Deweese v. United States | – | 0 |
| 2025 | ANAHEIM GARDENS v. United States | – | 0 |
| 2025 | BRADLEY v. United States | – | 0 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 91 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Sources
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- CourtListener / Free Law Project
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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6 years on the United States Court of Federal Claims. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).