Background
Pierce, Robert Barth was born on February 14, 1925 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Everett R. and Phyllis M. (Carder) Pierce.
Pierce, Robert Barth was born on February 14, 1925 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Everett R. and Phyllis M. (Carder) Pierce.
Student, Indiana Technology College, 1943—1944. Student, Marietta College, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, West Virginia University, 1950.
Worked at Pierce & Pierce (Birmingham, Michigan) specializing in Taxation, Trusts, Corporate Law, General Civil Practice, White Collar Criminal Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1950, West Virginia. 1961, Michigan and United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Michigan.
1976, United States. Claims Court and United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
United States. Supreme Court. Phi Delta Phi.
Order of the Coif. Member: Detroit and Federal (Vice President, Detroit Chapter, 1979) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Michigan (Member, Probate and Trust Law Section. Council Chairman, Taxation Section, 1977-1978. Speaker, 1978 Certified Public Accountants-Attorney Conference, "Estate Planning Audit-Closing").
Military: With United States Navy, 1944-1946.
Served with United States Navy,1944-1946. Member Detroit Bar Association, Federal Bar Association (Vice-President Detroit chapter 1979), State Bar Michigan (member probate and trust law section, council chairman taxation section 1977-1978, chairman Internal Revenue Service-bar associations meeting 1982), Michigan Bar Association, Oakland County Bar Association, American Bar Association, Ohio Bar Association, West Virginia Bar Association, Indiana Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, Methodist.
Married Wilda Morgan (divorced). Married second, Janet Besk, August 28, 1976. Children: Morgan, Mark, Rebecca.