Edna G. Parker

Edna G. Parker (October 30, 1930[1] – November 12, 1996) was a judge of the United States Tax Court from 1980 to 1995.Born in Johnston County, North Carolina, Parker came to Washington, D.C. as a child, and graduated from Eastern High School.[3][2] After serving as an attorney-adviser in the Office of General Counsel for the United States Department of the Navy from 1959 to 1960, Parker was a trial attorney in the Civil and Tax Divisions of the United States Department of Justice from 1960 to 1969.She became an Administrative Judge for the Contract Appeals Board in the United States Department of Transportation, serving in that capacity from 1969 to 1977.On September 1, 1977, Parker was appointed a special trial judge of the United States Tax Court, holding that office until President Jimmy Carter appointed her as a regular judge of the Tax Court in 1980.
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