John M Pierce

Prior to founding Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP, John was a partner in commercial litigation at the #1 ranked commercial litigation law firm in the United States, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP and was a partner in commercial litigation in the #1 ranked law firm overall in Southern California, Latham & Watkins LLP. He also served as co-Global Practice Area Leader for Litigation and Dispute Resolution at K&L Gates LLP. He continues to serve as outside General Counsel for the SGVC family of technology venture capital funds. Prior to law school, John was an M1A1 Abrams tank platoon leader in the U.S. Army’s 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas. He attended the Army’s Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia and participated in two rotations at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California. In addition to his studies at Notre Dame and Harvard Law School, John has taken courses on cyber security at Stanford University as well as mergers and acquisitions at the University of Chicago's Booth Graduate School of Business. J.D., Harvard Law School B.B.A., University of Notre Dame