Nomination of Three Judges of the United States Tax Court

The President today announced his intention to nominate the following individuals to be United States Tax Court Judges:

Mary Ann Cohen, of California. She will succeed Cynthia Holcomb Hall. Since 1969 she has been a member of the law firm of Abbott & Cohen in Los Angeles, Calif., and was employed by Louis Lee Abbott, Esq., from 1967 to 1969. Ms. Cohen received a B.S. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1964 and a J.D. degree from the University of Southern California Law Center in 1967. She is single and resides in Santa Monica, Calif. She was born on July 16, 1943.

Lapsley Walker Hamblen, Jr., of Virginia. He will succeed Sheldon V. Ekman. Since April of 1982, Mr. Hamblen has served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Tax Division of the Department of Justice. From 1957 to 1982, Mr. Hamblen was a partner in the firm of Caskie, Frost, Hobbs & Hamblen in Lynchburg, Va. Prior to that time, he served as an attorney-adviser to the Tax Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., and as a trial attorney in the Regional Counsel's Office of the Internal Revenue Service in Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Hamblen attended Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Virginia, where he received a B.A. degree in 1949. He received his LL.B. degree in 1953 from the University of Virginia School of Law. He is married and resides in Alexandria, Va. He was born on December 25, 1926.

James Harlan Stareper, of Missouri. He will succeed Irene Feagin Scott. Since 1962 he has been a partner and a shareholder-director with the law firm of Morris, Larson, King, Stamper and Bold in Kansas City, Mo. From 1962 to 1966, he was a lecturer in taxation at Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Mo. Prior to that time, he was an associate with the law firm of Sebree, Shook, Hardy & Ottman, 1960-1961; instructor, University of Kansas City, 1960-1961; lecturer and instructor, Washburn University of Topeka, Kans., 1959-1960; staff accountant, Brelsford, Gifford, Hardesty and Batz, Topeka, Kans., 1958-1959; and income tax examiner, State of Kansas Department of Revenue, 1956-1957. He received an A.B. degree from the University of Kansas in 1956 and an LL.B. degree from Washburn University of Topeka, Kans., in 1960. He is married, has two daughters, and resides in Kansas City, Mo. He was born on March 24, 1934.