Early Life, Education, and Career
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Pointer received an A.B. from Vanderbilt University in 1955, and a J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1957, finishing first in his class. He was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in 1957, and went on to receive an LL.M. in tax law from New York University School of Law in 1958. He was in the United States Army in 1957, and in the United States Army Reserve from 1957 to 1970. He was in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama from 1958 to 1970, working for his father, Sam C. Pointer, Sr.
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