Mary Ann Cohen Explained

Mary A. Cohen
Term Start:	October 1, 2012
Term Start1:	November 7, 1997
Term End1:	May 31, 2000
Predecessor1:	Thomas B. Wells
Successor1:	Thomas B. Wells
Term Start2:	June 1, 1996
Term End2:	September 23, 1997
Predecessor2:	Lapsley W. Hamblen Jr.
Term Start3:	November 7, 1997
Term End3:	November 6, 2012
Predecessor3:	vacant
Term Start4:	September 24, 1982
Term End4:	September 23, 1997
Successor4:	vacant
Birth Name:	Mary Ann Cohen
Birth Date:	16 July 1943
Birth Place:	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 an American lawyer who serves as a senior judge of the United States Tax Court.

Biography

Early life

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

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.^[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)

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.

Notes and References

1. [Official Congressional Directory]
2. Web site: Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate. September 18, 2013. whitehouse.gov.