United States Tax Court Nomination of Arthur L. Nims III To Be a Judge.

The President today announced that he will nominate Arthur L. Nims III, of Madison, N.J., to be a Judge of the U.S. Tax Court. He would replace Arnold Raum, who has retired.

Nims was born January 3, 1923, in Oklahoma City. He received a B.A. from Williams College in 1947, an LL.B. from the University of Georgia Law School in 1949, and an LL.M. (Tax) degree from New York University in 1954. He practiced law in Macon, Ga., from 1949 to 1951.

Nims was a trial attorney before the Tax Court in the Office of the Regional Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in New York City from 1951 to 1954. He was an attorney in the Legislation and Regulations Division, Chief Counsel's Office, IRS, from 1954 to 1955. In 1955 Nims became an associate with the Newark firm of McCarter & English. Since 1961 he has been a partner with that firm.

During the past year Nims has served as secretary of the section of taxation of the American Bar Association. From 1974 to 1976, he was chairman of the partnership committee. He served as chairman of the New Jersey Bar Association's section of taxation from 1961 to 1971.