Deanell Reece Tacha is a retired United States circuit judge who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. She was the Dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law from 2011 to 2016. Wikipedia
Born: 1946 (age 78 years), Goodland, KS
Education: University of Michigan, University of Kansas, and University of Michigan Law School
Previous office: Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (1985–2011)