Pierce is a senior attorney at Gray Plant Mooty practicing in the areas of business law and entrepreneurial services.
In December 1983, Pierce was elected to the Board of Directors of his family company, Midwest Communications, Inc., owner of numerous broadcast properties including WCCO-TV, WCCO-AM and WLTE in the Twin Cities. In 1989, he was subsequently also elected an officer of the company and he served in both capacities until the company merged with CBS, Inc. in 1992.
Pierce also began investing in start-up and early-stage companies with which he would also develop an advisory or management relationship. He has written and lectured on numerous topics pertaining to corporate governance issues including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Experience
- Midwest Communications, Inc. (owner of numerous broadcast properties including WCCO-TV, WCCO-AM and WLTE in the Twin Cities), Board of Directors, December 1983; Board of Directors and officer, 1989-1992
- KTPK-FM in Topeka, KS, owner and operator; television program about the entrepreneurial process called “Working On the Dream,” executive producer
Publications
- “Sarbanes-Oxley: Is it Time for Retooling?,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 10, 2006
Education
- University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., 1978
Order of the Coif - Stanford University
Professional Activities
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Hennepin County Bar Association
- Law clerk for the late Earl R. Larson
U.S. District Judge, District of Minnesota
Community Involvement
- State of Minnesota, Board of The Perpich Center for Arts Education
- Minneapolis Athenaeum, president
- Minnesota Orchestral Association, Board of Directors
- The Minnesota Opera, Board of Directors
- The Minnesota Historical Society, Board of Directors
- University of Wisconsin Alumni Association, Twin Cities Chapter, Board of Directors
- The Minneapolis Club, former president
- LockerMate Corporation (a company that provides locker organizing systems and fashion accessories to the retail trade), chairman emeritus and director
- Minnesota American, chairman of the board, chief executive officer and secretary from October 1994-January 2000 (when Minnesota American merged with CorVu, Inc.)
- Nicollet Process Engineering, Inc., chairman and director of Corporate Development, May 1995-April 1999
- Digital Town, LLC, Board of Directors
- Classified Verticals, LLC, Board of Directors
- Infinity Capital Group, LLC, Board of Directors
- GlobalCast Media Group, S.A., Board of Directors
- BeneVento Capital, LLC, Board of Directors