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Alan S. Pierce
ATTORNEY AT LAW
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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 Admission
- 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
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
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
Current Employment Position
- Attorney