Full Name Lapsley W. Hamblen, Jr.
Date of Birth December 25, 1926
Place of Birth Chattanooga, Tennessee
State from which Appointed Virginia
Year Appointed 1982
Degree/College University of Virginia, B.A., 1949
Degree/Law School University of Virginia, LL.B., 1953
Military Service U.S. Navy, 1945-46
Private Practice Caskie, Frost, Hobbs & Hamblen, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1957-82
Government Service Trial Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, I.R.S., Atlanta, 1955-56; Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Tax Court (Hon. Craig S. Atkins), 1956-57; Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1982
Professional Associations A.B.A.; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; American College of Trust & Estate Counsel; American College of Tax Counsel; American Judicature Society; Federal Bar Association; Virginia Bar Association (former Chairman, Committee on Cooperation with CPA's); Lynchburg Bar Association
Source Tax Court Reporter (CCH); Almanac of Federal Judiciary, U.S. Tax Court Profiles, 2000.