Background
Pierce, Martin L. was born on March 22, 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
Pierce, Martin L. was born on March 22, 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
Tennessee Technological University (Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, 1978). Memphis State University (Juris Doctor, with highest honors, 1981). Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa.
Phi Alpha Theta (President, 1978).
Recipient, Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, 1988. Member, Memphis State University Law Review, 1979-1981.
Certified Teacher/Counselor, Christian Financial Concepts, 1989.
Worked at Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, Professional Corporation (Chattanooga, Tennessee) specializing in General Practice. Trials in all State and Federal Courts and before the United States. Patent and Trademark Office.
Corporation, Taxation, Pension Plans and Employee Benefits, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Banking, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Securities, Real Estate, Environmental, Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate, Pension and Profit Sharing, Administrative and Municipal, Hospital and Health, Food and Drug, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Insurance and Labor, Patent, Trademark, Copyright Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1981, Tennessee. 1982, Georgia; 1983, United States.
Tax Court. 1995, United States. Supreme Court.
Member, University of Memphis Law Review, 1979-1981.
Member: Chattanooga (Trusts and Estates Section and Law Office and Technology Section),, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit and Tennessee (Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia (Fiduciary Law Section). National Lawyers Association. Chattanooga Estate Planning Council.
Chattanooga Tax Practitioners (past Board Member).
Chattanooga Area Planned Giving Council. National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
Christian Legal Society. Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, Professional Corporation has an extensive business, litigation, tax, health care and trust and estates practice.
Our firm was created from the combination in 1997 of the law firms of Chambliss & Bahner and Stophel & Stophel which had more than 185 years of combined legal experience.
The firm serves as general and regional counsel for a number of major businesses, financial institutions, local governments and nonprofit organizations. We also have substantial experience representing public entities and boards in both Tennessee and Georgia. The firm provides litigation and transaction services to a variety of businesses and financial institutions--large and small--in the tri-state region.
Member, University of Memphis Law Review, 1979-1981. Member: Chattanooga (Trusts and Estates Section and Law Office and Technology Section),, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit and Tennessee (Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia (Fiduciary Law Section).
National Lawyers Association.
Chattanooga Estate Planning Council. Chattanooga Tax Practitioners (past Board Member).
Chattanooga Area Planned Giving Council. National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
Christian Legal Society.