Mary Ann Cohen

American judge (born 1943)

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Mary Ann Cohen (born July 16, 1943 in Albuquerque, New Mexico ) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior judge of the United States Tax Court .

Biography

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Early life

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Cohen attended public schools in Los Angeles before earning a Bachelor of Science from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1964 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California Law School in 1967. From 1959 to 1966 she served a bookkeeper and later secretary for two family-owned businesses in Los Angeles. From 1966 to 1967 she worked as 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.

Judicial career

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Cohen was appointed by Ronald Reagan as a judge of the 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.

Memberships and activities

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• 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

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1. ↑ Official Congressional Directory (2005), page 859 .
2. ↑ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate" . whitehouse.gov. September 18, 2013.

• 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) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

Material on this page was copied from the website of the United States Tax Court , which is published by a United States government agency, and is therefore in the public domain .

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Cohen was appointed by Ronald Reagan as a judge of the 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.

Memberships and activities

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Cohen attended public schools in Los Angeles before earning a Bachelor of Science from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1964 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California Law School in 1967. From 1959 to 1966 she served a bookkeeper and later secretary for two family-owned businesses in Los Angeles. From 1966 to 1967 she worked as 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.