Laurence J. Whalen (born 1944) is a retired senior judge of the

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. He was born in

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and earned his A.B. from

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, 1967; J.D.,

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, 1970, followed by an LL.M. in 1971. He has been admitted to the District of Columbia and Oklahoma Bars. Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, Department of Justice, 1971–72; trial attorney, Tax Division, 1971–75. Private law practice in Washington, D.C., with Hamel and Park (now Hopkins, Sutter, Hamel and Park), 1977–84; also in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with

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, 1984–87. He is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, and American Bar Association. Whalen was appointed by President Reagan as Judge, United States Tax Court, on November 23, 1987, for a term ending November 22, 2002. Retired on November 23, 2002, but continues to perform judicial duties as Senior Judge on recall.

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