Judge. b. Virginia. A.B., Philosophy, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1976; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA, Dillard Fellow, 1980; practiced law as an Associate Attorney, Dewey Ballantine, Washington, DC, and New York, 1980-83; Dickstein, Shapiro and Morin, Washington, DC, 1983-85; served as Tax Legislative Counsel for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, (D-NY), 1985-88; Administrative Assistant and Tax Legislative Counsel, 1989; Chief Counsel, 1990-93; Chief Tax Counsel, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate, 1993-95; minority Chief Tax Counsel, Senate Finance Committee, January 1995-July 1995; minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel, Senate Finance Committee, July 1995-January 1996; admitted to District of Columbia Bar; member of American Bar Association, Section of Taxation. Appointed by President Clinton as Judge, United States Tax Court, February 6, 1996, for a term ending February 5, 2011. Reappointed on October 18, 2011, for a term ending October 17, 2026.