Background
Hamblen, Lapsley Walker was born on December 25, 1926 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Son of Lapsley Walker Senior and Libby (Shipley) Hamblen.
Hamblen, Lapsley Walker was born on December 25, 1926 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Son of Lapsley Walker Senior and Libby (Shipley) Hamblen.
Children by previous marriage: Lapsley Walker III, Allen M., William Shipley. Bachelor, University of Virginia, 1949, Bachelor of Laws, 1953.
Bar: West Virginia 1954, Ohio 1955, Virginia 1957. Trial attorney Internal Revenue Service, Atlanta, 1955. Attorney advisor United States Tax Court, 1956.
Partner Caskie Frost Hobbs & Hamblen and predecessor firms, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1957-1982.
Deputy assistant attorney general tax division unites states department Justice, 1982. Judge The United States of America Tax Court, Washington, 1982-1992, chief judge, 1992-1994, 94-96, senior judge, 1996.
Member of advisory board Virginia tax review University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville, 1990. Former trustee Southern Federal Tax Institute.
Former co-director annual conference on federal taxation University of Virginia.
Served with United States Navy, 1945-1946. Fellow American College Tax Counsel, American College Trust and Estate Counsel, RavenSoc., Order of Coif, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Delta.
Married Claudia Royster Terrell, March 20, 1971. Children by previous marriage: Lapsley Walker III, Allen M., William Shipley.