Patrick Joseph Urda[1] (born August 26, 1976) is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Tax Court.

Urda grew up in South Bend, Indiana with four siblings -Kathleen, Anne, Elizabeth, and Michael-, where his father Richard was a tax lawyer and his mother Kathleen taught statistics at St. Mary's College.

[3] He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in classics, summa cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.

[4] At the start of his legal career, Urda spent three years in private practice and served as a law clerk to Judge Daniel Anthony Manion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

[5] Before becoming a judge, Urda held several positions with the United States Department of Justice Tax Division.