Ch J Patrick J. (“Scholar Pat”) Urda is a real judicial activist. He’s got five (count ’em, five) new venues for in-person trials, opens all Tax Court venues to all forms of trials (small claimer and regular alike), and substitutes scheduling calendars for trial calendars.
This all results from a deep-dive into DAWSON’s statistical wealth of what really goes on in USTC.
Read all about it here: https://ustaxcourt.gov/files/documents/A_09082026.pdf