Herbert Chabot

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Herbert L. Chabot
Senior Judge of the United States Tax Court
In office
April 2, 1993 – October 20, 1993
In office
June 30, 2001 – January 1, 2016
Judge of the United States Tax Court
In office
April 3, 1978 – April 2, 1993
Appointed byJimmy Carter
Preceded byBruce Forrester
In office
October 20, 1993 – June 30, 2001
Appointed byBill Clinton
Succeeded byJoseph Robert Goeke
Personal details
Born(1931-07-17)July 17, 1931
Bronx, New York, U.S.[1]
DiedOctober 11, 2022(2022-10-11) (aged 91)
Aspen Hill, Maryland, U.S.[2]
Alma materCity College of New York (B.A. 1952)
Columbia Law School (LL.B. 1957)
Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. 1964)

Herbert Leonard Chabot (July 17, 1931 – October 11, 2022) was an American judge of the United States Tax Court.

Biography

Chabot was born in The Bronx and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1948. He received a B.A., cum laude, from the City College of New York in 1952, an LL.B. from Columbia University in 1957; and an LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University, 1964. He served in the United States Army for 2 years, and in the Army Reserves (civil affairs units) for 8 years. He served on Legal Staff, American Jewish Congress, from 1957 to 1961; was attorney-adviser to Judge Russell E. Train, from 1961 to 1965; and on the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, 1965–78. He was an elected Delegate to the Maryland Constitutional Convention, from 1967 to 1968; adjunct professor, National Law Center, George Washington University, from 1974 to 1983; Member of American Bar Association, Tax Section, and Federal Bar Association.[3]

Chabot was appointed by President Jimmy Carter as Judge, United States Tax Court, on April 3, 1978, for a term ending April 2, 1993. He served as Senior Judge on recall performing judicial duties until his reappointment by Bill Clinton was confirmed on October 20, 1993, for a term ending October 19, 2008. He retired on June 30, 2001, but was recalled on July 1, 2001, to again serve as Senior Judge.[3] He fully retired from the court on January 1, 2016.[4]

Chabot died from complications of COVID-19[2] on October 11, 2022, at the age of 91.[5]

References

  1. ^ Nominations of Shirley Sears Chater and Herbert L. Chabot: Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, on the Nominations of Shirley Sears Chater, to be Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and Herbert L. Chabot, to be a Judge of the U.S. Tax Court, September 29, 1993, Volume 4.
  2. ^ a b "Herbert L. Chabot". Tribute Archive. October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b US Tax Court: Herbert L. Chabot.
  4. ^ Murphy, Sheila A. (2016). Reports of the United States Tax Court, V. 146. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160937538. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "Former Tax Court Judge Herbert Chabot Passes Away". Mondaq. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.