Full Name Perry Shields
Date of Birth January 12, 1995
Place of Birth Townsend, Blount County, Tennessee
Year Appointed 1982
Degree/College/University Yale University (United States Army), 1943; Princeton University (United States Army), 1944
Degree/Law School Duke University, LL.B., 1950
Military Service U.S. Army & U.S. Air Force, 1943-45
Private Practice J. Homer Hardy, 1956-58; Law practice, Knoxville, Tenn., 1960-82
Government Service I.R.S. Agent, 1950-52; Claims Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, 1952-54; Trial Attorney, Office of Regional Counsel, 1954-56
Professional Associations A.B.A., American Trial Lawyers; Federal Bar Association; Tennessee Bar Association (past Chairman, Taxation Section); Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association; Knoxville Bar Association
Source 12 Stand. Fed. Tax Rep. (CCH) P.42751 (1993); Almanac of Federal Judiciary, U.S. Tax Court Profiles, 1988.