Your Workers’ Comp And Injury Advocates

Alan S. Pierce
Alan S. Pierce
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Practice Areas
- Workers' Compensation
- Personal Injury
- Social Security Disability
Education
- Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
- J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 00/1974
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts - 00/1969
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts, 1974
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 1980
- U.S. Federal Courts, 1975
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1984
- U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
Professional Associations
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Member, 1976
- Massachusetts Academy Trial Attorneys, Member, 1989
- Salem Bar Association, Member, 1986
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Chair, Workers Compensation Subcommittee, 1988 to 1989
- Mass. Academy of Trial Attorneys, member of Workers' Compensation Committee (1992 - Present)
- Mass. Academy of Trial Attorneys, Chairperson (1999-2002)
- Mass. Academy of Trial Attorneys, Member Board of Governors (1999-Present)
- Mass. Academy of Trial Attorneys, Chairperson Education Committee (2002-2003)
- Mass. Academy of Trial Attorneys, Secretary (2002-2003)
- Mass. Academy of Trial Attorneys, State Legislation co-chair (2003-2004)
- Mass. Academy of Trial Attorneys, President- Elect (2003-2004)
- Mass. Academy of Trial Attorneys, President (2004-2005)
- Mass. Bar Association; chairperson of Workers' Compensation Section (1987 - 1989)
- Mass. Bar Association, Member House of Delegates (2004-2006)
- Mass. Bar Association, Member Executive Management Board (2005-2006)
- American Association for Justice, member of Workers' Compensation Section
- American Bar Association- Workers Compensation Committee
- Essex County Bar Association, Vice Chairman 2007-2008, Board of Directors (2004-present)
- Member, Workers' Injury Law and Advocacy Group
- Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, appointed by Governor William Weld (1995 - 1998)
- Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, re-appointed by Governor A. Paul Cellucci (1998 - 2003)
- Board of Directors, Consumer Justice Institute (2002-present)
- Board of Advisors, Workers' Comp RX (2005-2008)
- Lawyers' Committee Mass Coalition for Occupational Health
Published Works
- Massachusetts Workers' Compensation and the Law, P.E.S.I., 1986
- Selected Issues Massachusetts Workers' Compensation, P.E.S.I., 1988
- Workers' Compensation in Massachusetts, National Business Institute, 1989
- Top Ten List as to Why Injured Workers Retain Attorneys (with apologies to David Letterman), Journal Of Workers' Compensation, Standard Publishing Corp. (fall 2002)
- Benefit Boosters: How To Increase Your Client's Workers' Compensation Rate, Journal of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (fall 2002)
- The Impartial Medical Exam-Ten Years of Experience, Journal of Workers' Compensation, Standard Publishing Corp. (2002)
- The Exclusive Remedy Doctrine, Journal of Workers' Compensation, Standard Publishing Co. (2002)
- The IME - What's In An Acronym, The Journal of Workers' Compensation, Standard Publishing Corp. (1998)
- Liens Under the Workers' Compensation Act, N.E. Law Institute (1983)
- Direct and Cross Examination of Psychiatric Witness, Mass. Continuing Legal Education (1984)
- Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Law (contributor), Professional Education Systems, Inc. (1986)
- Massachusetts Workers' Compensation and the Law (contributor), Professional Education Systems, Inc. (1987)
- Third Party Actions Under Section 15, Mass. Continuing Legal Education (1987)
- Traps for the Unwary (contributor), Massachusetts Bar Association (1988)
- The Employer's Role in Workers' Compensation Claims (Walking Through the Maze), Nat'l Business Institute (1988)
- Workers' Compensation, Selected Issues (contributor), Mass. Continuing Legal Education (1989)
- Selected Topics & Issues in Workers' Compensation Law (contributor), Professional Education Systems (1990)
- The Experts View the Issues (contributor), Mass. Continuing Legal Education (1992)
- Summary of 1991 Workers' Compensation Reform Act, Professional Education Systems (1994)
- Psychiatric Disability Claims, Professional Education Systems (1995)
- Compensation 'Boosters' Claims Under §§35B, 35C, 51, 51A, Professional Education Systems (1996)
- Workers' Compensation Reform, a 5-Year Retrospective, Professional Education Systems (1997)
- The IME - A Legal Prespective, 17th Annual Workers' Compensation Symposium (1997)
- Direct and Cross Examination of Medical Expert Witness, 17th Annual Workers' Compensation Symposium (1997)
- Increasing Your Client's Compensation Rate, Mass. Continuing Legal Education (1997)
- Recent Development in Workers' Compensation Law, Professional Education Systems (1998)
- Examining Medical Experts, The Journal of Workers' Compensation, Standard Publishing Corp. (1998)
- Average Weekly Wage Issues, Mass Continuing Legal Education (1999)
- The Massachusetts IME-Not Worth Emulating, The Journal of Workers Compensation, Standard Publishing Corp. (2000)
- From The Courts - Developing Case Law from Across The Country. Published quarterly by The Journal of Workers' Compensation, Standard Publishing Corp. (2000-present)
- Beyond Daubert:Admissability of Scientific Evidence, SEAK,Inc. (2002)
- Point/Counterpoint: The Future of Workers' Compensation Reform, Mass.Continuing Legal Education (2002)
- Cause Of Action To Recover Workers' Compensation Benefits Under 'Personal Comfort Doctrine' Or During Athletic, Recreational Or Social Activities. 22 Causes of Action 2d 163, Thomson West Publishing Co. (2003)
- Exclusive Remedy Revisited, The Journal of Workers' Compensation, Standard Publishing Corp. (Fall 2005)
- Contributor to analysis of medical issues in Workers' Compensation claims published by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (1993)
- Editorial Advisor for Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Law, Standard Publishing Company (1998)
- New England Workers' Compensation Educational Conference, Newport R.I. (1999, 2000)
- Editorial board, The Journal of Workers' Compensation (l999 to present)
Representative Cases
- Kemp's Case 12 Mass App. Ct 964 (1981)
- Kemp's Case 306 Mass 730 (1982)
- Firemans Fund Ins Co. v. Commonwealth 18 Mass. App. Ct. 129 (1984)
- Phillips' Case 41 Mass. App. Ct. 612 (1996)
- Letteney's Case 429 Mass. 280 (1999)
- Ryan's Case 447 Mass. 1111 (2006)
Honors
- Fellow - College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers - American Bar Association - inducted March 2007
- Named to America's Best Lawyers
- Named to America's Premier Lawyers, Fortune Magazine, November, 2006
- Named Super Lawyer for Workers' Compensation, Boston Magazine, November
- Recipient of the President's Special Recognition Award- Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
Classes & Seminars
- Host: "Workers' Comp Matters", Legal Talk Network
- Speaker on Workers' Compensation issues for Risk Management Society, Harvard School of Public Health, MCLE, Professional Education Systems, National Business Institute
- Instructor in medical/legal issues for the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, San Francisco (1993)
- New Orleans (1994)
- Speaker at national Workers' Compensation conference, Las Vegas (2001)
- ATLA convention Atlanta, Georgia (2002)
- Panelist, SEAK National Workers' Compensation Conference Hyannis (2002,2003)
- Panelist, ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Conference, Chicago (2008)
Pro-Bono Activities
- Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore; President(2005-present)
Past Positions
- Law Offices of Pierce, Schneider & Ricci, P.A. Boston, Salem and Wakefield, MA, 1985 to 1993
- Law Office of Murphy & Beane Boston, MA, 1976 to 1985
- Law Office of James D. Casey Boston, MA, 1974 to 1976
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Lynn, MA, 1969 to 1974