United States Tax Court Nomination of Herbert L. Chabot To Be a Judge.

The President today announced that he will nominate Herbert L. Chabot, of Rockville, Md., to be a Judge of the U.S. Tax Court for a term of 15 years. He would replace Bruce M. Forrester, retired.

Chabot was born July 17, 1931. He received a B.A. from City College of New York in 1952, an LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1957, and an LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University Law School in 1964. He served in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955.

From 1957 to 1961, Chabot was staff counsel for the American Jewish Congress. From 1961 to 1965, he was attorney-adviser to Judge Russell E. Train of the U.S. Tax Court.

Since 1965 Chabot has been on the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the U.S. Congress. He joined the committee staff as an attorney, served as assistant chief of staff from 1973 to 1977, and since 1977 has been deputy chief of staff.

Chabot has also been an adjunct professor of law at George Washington University since 1974.