Pierce Lively

Pierce Lively
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office January 1, 1989 – March 12, 2016
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office October 1, 1983 – March 31, 1988
Preceded by	George Clifton Edwards, Jr.
Succeeded by	Albert J. Engel, Jr.
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In office October 5, 1972 – January 1, 1989
Appointed by	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Henry Luesing Brooks
Succeeded by	Alice M. Batchelder
Personal details
Born	Franklin Pierce Lively (1921-08-17)August 17, 1921 Louisville, Kentucky
Died
Alma mater	Centre College B.A. University of Virginia School of Law LL.B.
Profession	Attorney

Franklin Pierce Lively (August 17, 1921 – March 12, 2016) was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Biography

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Lively received a Bachelor of Arts from Centre College in 1943 and served as a Lieutenant (J.G.) in the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. He received an Bachelor of Laws 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 from 1949 to 1972.

Federal judicial service

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. He stopped hearing cases on December 31, 2007, but remained in senior status until his death on March 12, 2016.

Sources

• Pierce Lively at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

External links

• Papers of Judge Pierce Lively

Legal offices
Preceded by Henry Brooks	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 1972–1989	Succeeded by Alice Batchelder
Preceded by George Edwards	Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 1983–1988	Succeeded by Albert Engel