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John F. Dean (born Washington D.C. 1946) is a special trial judge of the United States Tax Court. He was appointed to be a Special Trial Judge on August 7 1994. Dean has the distinction of being the first African-American judicial officer appointed to the court.Dean graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in 1970. He attended Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America earning his J.D.