Former AAG Loretta Argrett Gives Talk for Tax Court Diversity and Inclusion Series (3/3/21)

The Tax Court has a Diversity and Inclusion series announced February 12, 2021.  The series is announced on the Tax Court Engagement & Outreach site here.  The first speaker was Loretta Argrett who spoke on 2/24/21.  Here recorded talk is linked on the site and can be directly viewed here.

Readers of this blog will remember the Ms. Argrett previously served as Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division in the Clinton Administration.  Her bio is offered on the Stanford law School Women Trailblazers Project,  here.  The excerpt related to her Tax Division service is:

At the beginning of the Clinton Administration, Ms. Argrett became the Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, in the Justice Department and was the first African American to serve in that position. She also became the first African American woman in the Department's history to hold a position that requires Senate confirmation. During her six years at the Department, Ms. Argrett actively championed women and recruited them for positions of leadership. She restructured the Division not only to increase its effectiveness and efficiency, but to provide advancement opportunities for legal support personnel, many of whom were African American "single moms." At one point during her tenure at Justice, the three top positions in the Division were held by women.