Pierce Lively

Judge 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