Pierce Lively

Who is Pierce Lively?

Franklin Pierce Lively is a United States federal judge.

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Lively received an A.B. from Centre College in 1943 and served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. He received an LL.B. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1948, and was a law clerk to Shackelford Miller, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit from 1948 to 1949. Lively was in private practice in Danville, Kentucky from 1949 to 1972.

On September 12, 1972, Lively was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated by Henry Luesing Brooks. Lively was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 3, 1972, and received his commission on October 5, 1972. He served as chief judge from 1983 to 1988, assuming senior status on January 1, 1989 and retired on December 31, 2007.