Mary Ann Cohen
Mary A. Cohen | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States Tax Court | |
| Assumed office October 1, 2012 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court | |
| In office November 7, 1997 – May 31, 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas B. Wells |
| Succeeded by | Thomas B. Wells |
| In office June 1, 1996 – September 23, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Lapsley W. Hamblen Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Thomas B. Wells |
| Judge of the United States Tax Court | |
| In office November 7, 1997 – November 6, 2012 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | vacant |
| Succeeded by | Tamara W. Ashford |
| In office September 24, 1982 – September 23, 1997 | |
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Cynthia H. Hall |
| Succeeded by | vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mary Ann Cohen July 16, 1943 Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BS) University of Southern California (JD) |
Mary Ann Cohen (born July 16, 1943 in Albuquerque, New Mexico)[1] is a Senior Judge of the United States Tax Court.
She attended public schools in Los Angeles before earning a B.S. from UCLA in 1964 and a J.D. from the University of Southern California Law School in 1967. From 1959 to 1966 she was a bookkeeper and later secretary for two family owned businesses in Los Angeles. From 1966 to 1967 she was a legal researcher for multiple lawyers based in Los Angeles. Cohen then practiced law in Los Angeles with the law firm of Abbott & Cohen from 1967 to 1982.
Cohen was appointed by Ronald Reagan as Judge, United States Tax Court, on September 24, 1982, for a term ending September 23, 1997. She served as Chief Judge from June 1, 1996 to September 23, 1997, and was reappointed by Bill Clinton on November 7, 1997, for a term ending November 6, 2012. She served again as Chief Judge from November 7, 1997 to May 31, 2000. She took senior status on October 1, 2012. Barack Obama nominated Tamara W. Ashford of Virginia to the U.S. Senate for a fifteen-year term, to succeed her.[2]
Memberships and activities[]
- American Bar Association, Section of Taxation, and Continuing Legal Education activities.
- Received Dana Latham Memorial Award from Los Angeles County Bar Association Taxation Section, May 30, 1997
- Jules Ritholz Memorial Merit Award from ABA Tax Section Committee on Civil and Criminal Tax Penalties, 1999.
References[]
- Nominations of David L. Aaron, Mary Ann Cohen, Margaret Ann Hamburg, M.D., Stanford G. Ross, Ph.D., and David W. Wilcox, Ph.D. : hearing before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, on the nominations of David L. Aaron, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, ... Cohen ... U.S. Tax Court, ... Hamburg ... Health and Human Services, ... Ross ... Social Security Advisory Board, ... Wilcox ... Treasury, October 29, 1997. 4.F 49:S.HRG.105-698 (1998)
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