Background
Pierce, Richard W. was born on December 26, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Pierce, Richard W. was born on December 26, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
University of the South. University of Georgia (Bachelor of Arts, 1973). Mercer University (Juris Doctor, 1978).
Worked at White, Pierce, Mailman & Nutting (Saipan, TT) specializing in General Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau. Corporate, Commercial, Real Estate, Construction, Family, Probate, Personal Injury, Criminal Defense Law. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Georgia.
1984, Virginia.
1989, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Ninth Circuits. 1990, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Editor-in-Chief, Mercer Law Review, 1977-1978. Trial Attorney, United States.
Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, 1978-1983.
Assistant United States. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1983-1988 and for the Districts of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, 1988-1991. Member: Northern Mariana Islands (Chairman, Disciplinary Committee, 1993-1995) Georgia and Virginia (inactive) Bar Associations.
The firm was founded in 1975, and is the oldest locally-based firm in private practice in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Member: Northern Mariana Islands (Chairman, Disciplinary Committee, 1993-1995) Georgia and Virginia (inactive) Bar Associations.