• Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  Judge

  1984 – 2011 · 27 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

• District Court, C.D. California

  Judge

  1981 – 1984 · 3 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

Career

• Judge

  U.S. Tax Court

  1972 – 1981 · 9 yrs

• Private practice

  1966 – 1972 · 6 yrs

• Attorney advisor

  Office of Tax Legislative Counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury

  1964 – 1966 · 2 yrs

• Trial attorney

  Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice

  1960 – 1964 · 4 yrs

• Research assistant to editor

  Tax Law Review

  1959 – 1960 · 1 yr

• Law clerk

  Hon. Richard Chambers, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

  1954 – 1955 · 1 yr

• U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant and law specialist

  1951 – 1953 · 2 yrs

Education