Pierce Lively
Personal
Birthday:
1921
Birthplace:
Louisville, KY
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant junior grade, 1943-1946
Law clerk, Hon. Shackelford Miller, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1948-1949
Private practice, Danville, Kentucky, 1949-1972
Education
Name of School:
Centre College
Degree:
A.B.
Degree Year:
1943
Name of School - Second:
University of Virginia School of Law
Virginia is justly famous for its collegial environment that bonds students and faculty, and student satisfaction is consistently cited as among the highest in American law schools. Intellectual challenges are met in a spirit of cooperation. Small first-year sections promote individual inquiry while providing support and friendship. Students learn together, reading each other's work and freely sharing course outlines and other materials, confidently relying on the nation's oldest student-run Honor System to maintain the highest ethical standards.
Degree - Second:
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second:
1948 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Court Name:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
President Nominating:
Richard M. Nixon
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
10/5/1972
Retirement from Active Service:
1/1/1989