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About Alan

Alan S. Pierce at Pierce, Pierce & Napolitano has been representing injured workers and their families for over 30 Years. Alan is Past President of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, and has been on the editorial board of the Journal of Workers Compensation where his column From The Courts appeared quarterly. For 9 years he was an appointed member of the Governor's Advisory Council on Workers' Compensation. He has served on the Board of Governors of the Mass. Academy of Trial Attorneys, the Board of Directors of the Essex County Bar Association and the House of Delegates and the Executive Management Board of the Massachusetts Bar Association He recenly was a member of the Rules Committee of the Department of Industrial Accidents. He currently is immediate past chair of the ABA TIPS Workers' Compensation Section and board member of WILG, Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group. For the past several years he has been the host of Workers Comp Matters which can be heard at www.legaltalknetwork.com. In 2007 he was among the first 40 lawyers in the country to be inducted as a Fellow in the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers of the American Bar Association. He has been listed as a Super Lawyer for Workers' Compensation in Boston Magazine in every year since 2004 through 2012,the only lawyer listed for 9 consecutive years in this category. He appears in the Best Lawyers in America 2007-2012 editions. In 2011 he was the chair of the Workers' Compensation Centennial Commemoration held in Boston to mark the 100th anniversary of Workers' Compensation in the United States. He has authored dozens of articles pertaining to Workers' Compensation practice and is a frequent lecturer in Massachusetts and around the country on compensation and disability legal issues.

work Experience

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co Jan. 1, 1974 - Jan. 1, 1976
Attorney
None
Murphy & Beane Jan. 1, 1976 - Jan. 1, 1985
Attorney
None
Law Offices of Alan S. Pierce & Associates Jan. 1, 1985 - Jan. 1, 2011
Attorney
None
Legal Talk Network Jan. 1, 2005 - Current
Host Workers' Comp Matters
None
Pierce, Pierce & Napolitano Jan. 1, 2012 - Current
Attorney
None

school Education

University of Massachusetts, Amherst - 1969
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Suffolk University Law School - 1974
JD - Juris Doctor

bookmarkAwards

America's Best Lawyers
Boston Sunday Globe Magazine
2015
Super Lawyer
Boston Magazine
2014
Dragonslayer's Award
WILG
2014
AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated
Martindale-Hubbell
2012
Boston Sunday Globe Magazine
America's Best Lawyers
2012
Recognized
America's Best Lawyers
2011
Super Lawyers
Boston Magazine
2011
Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Massachusetts
National Trial Lawyers Association
2011
Recognized
America's best lawyers
2010
Boston's Best Lawyers
Boston Sunday Globe Magazine
2010
Recognized
America's Best Lawyers
2009
Boston's Best Lawyers
Boston Sunday Globe Magazine
2009
Super Lawyer
Boston Magazine
2009
Recognized
America's Best Lawyers
2008
Super Lawyers
Boston Magazine
2008
Boston's Best Lawyers
Boston Sunday Globe Magazine
2008
Recognized
America's Best Lawyers
2007
Fellow
College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers
2007
Super Lawyer for Workers' Compensation
Boston Magazine
2007
Recognized, America's Premier Lawyers
Fortune Magazine
2006
Super Lawyer for Workers' Compensation
Boston Magazine
2006
Super Lawyer for Workers' Compensation
Boston Magazine
2005
Recognized
America's Best Lawyers
2005
Super Lawyer for Workers' Compensation
Boston Magazine
2004
Distinguished Service Award
Mass Acacdemy of Trial Attorneys
2003
President's Award
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
2003

groupAssociations

Chair
Massachusetts Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section
1987 - 1989
appointed member by Governor
Workers' Compensation Advisory Council
1995 - 2004
Chair
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Workers' Compensation Section
1999 - 2002
Board of Editors
Journal of Workers' Compensation
2002 - 2009
Secretary
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Chairperson Education Committee
2002 - 2003
Board of Directors
Essex County Bar Association
2004 - 2010
President
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
2004 - 2005
Board of Advisors
Workers' Comp RX
2006 - 2007
member Rules Committee WC
Mass Bar Association
2006 - 2007
Member
American Bar Association,Tort and Ins Practice, Workers' Compensation Committee
2007 - 2008
Board of Directors
MassCOSH
2008 - 2011
member ABA AMA Task Force
American Bar Association
2008 - 2008
Chair
American Bar Association, Workers Compensation Committee
2010 - 2011
Secretary
Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group
2013 - 2014
Treasurer
Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group
2014 - 2015
Member
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Workers' Compensation Section
None -
Member
Salem Bar Association
None -
Member
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Workers' Compensation Section
1992 - Current
Board of Governors
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Workers' Compensation Section
1999 - Current
Member
Workers Injury Law and Advocacy group
2004 - Current
President
Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore
2005 - Current
Member
American Association for Justice
2007 - Current
Chair
Workers' Compensation Centennial Committee
2009 - Current
President
Temple B'nai Abraham
2009 - Current
Workplace Safety Task Force
Mass Bar Association
2010 - Current
Board of Directors
Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group
2011 - Current
Board of Governors
College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers
2013 - Current
Member
National Academy of Social Insurance
2015 - Current

import_contactsPublished Works

Workers Compensation Reform Act
PESI Publication
Benefit Boosters
PESI Publication
Orthopedic Issues In workers Compensation
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
The IME - What's In An Acronym
The Journal of Workers' Compensation
The Massachusetts IME-Not Worth Emulating
The Journal of Workers Compensation
The Exclusive Remedy Doctrine
Journal of Workers' Compensation
The Impartial Medical Exam-Ten Years of Experience
Journal of Workers' Compensation
Benefit Boosters: How To Increase Your Client's Workers' Compensation Rate
Journal of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
Top Ten List as to Why Injured Workers Retain Attorneys (with apologies to David Letterman)
Journal Of Workers' Compensation
Personal Comfort Doctrine; Recreational Injuries
22 Causes of Action (COA) 2nd
From the Courts (published quarterly)
Journal of Workers Compensation
The Jewish Community of the North Shore
Arcadia Press
Exclusive Remedy Revisited
Journal of Workers' Compensation
History of Boston's Jewish North Shore
History Press
Traps For The Unwary
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education New England
Personal Comfort Doctrine
ABA TIPS Section

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