Arthur Nims

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Arthur Lee Nims III[1] (January 3, 1923 – September 15, 2019) was an American federal judge who served on the United States Tax Court.

Biography

Nims was born in Oklahoma in 1923.

Washington D.C. from 1954 to 1955. Nims returned to private practice in Newark, New Jersey, becoming a partner in the law firm of McCarter and English from 1961–79; serving at the same time as Secretary in the Section of Taxation, American Bar Association, 1977–79; Chairman, Section of Taxation, New Jersey State Bar Association, 1969–71; and as a member of the American Law Institute

Nims was appointed by President Jimmy Carter as Judge, United States Tax Court, on June 29, 1979, for a term ending June 28, 1994. He served as Chief Judge of the Tax Court from June 1, 1988, to May 31, 1992, and retired on June 1, 1992, but was recalled as Senior Judge to perform judicial duties. He died on September 15, 2019, aged 96.[3]

Trivia

  • Member of the American College of Tax Counsel
  • Received the Kellogg Award for Lifetime Achievement from Williams College
  • Received Tax Society of New York University Award for lifetime achievement.

Attribution

Material on this page was copied from the website of the United States Tax Court, which is published by a United States government agency, and is therefore in the public domain.

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-8203-2082-3
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  2. ^ "Jimmy Carter: "United States Tax Court Nomination of Arthur L. Nims III To Be a Judge". presidency.ucsb.edu. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  3. ^ "The Honorable Arthur L. Nims III 1923–2019" (PDF). United States Tax Court. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
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