Alan S. Pierce - Salem, MA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1974
    J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1969
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• Law Offices of Pierce, Schneider & Ricci, P.A. Boston, Salem and Wakefield, MA, 1985 - 1993
• Law Office of Murphy & Beane Boston, MA, 1976 - 1985
• Law Office of James D. Casey Boston, MA, 1974 - 1976
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Lynn, MA, 1969 - 1974

Classes and 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)

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)

Published Works

Articles

• 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)

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

Other Affiliations

• Massachusetts Bar Association, 1976 - Present (Member)
• Massachusetts Academy Trial Attorneys, 1989 - Present (Member)
• Salem Bar Association, 1986 - Present (Member)
• Massachusetts Bar Association, 1988 - 1989 (Chair, Workers Compensation Subcommittee)
• 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