W. Glen Pierson, Attorney

Glen is a litigator whose practice focuses on personal injury, motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, products liability and premises liability cases. Glen's work also includes insurance defense, insurance coverage, complex tort litigation, commercial disputes and appellate practice. He also has extensive experience successfully representing vehicle leasing companies and commercial property owners, as well as other commercial and personal lines insureds in a variety of civil litigation. In addition, Glen has represented insurers in a diverse array of complex coverage litigation in both state and federal courts.  He also serves as local counsel to out-of-state firms and their clients.

In addition to his professional concentrations, Glen maintains an active academic interest in the law that includes writing, teaching and membership in various professional organizations, including the Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society. His most recent publication is The Role of Federalism in the Disputed Selection of Presidential Electors: 1916 & 2000, 22 Quinnipiac L. Rev. 283 (2003). Glen regularly presents a lecture on Connecticut civil practice for the New Haven County Bar Association's continuing legal education program.  Glen is also a former Director and active member of the Connecticut Alliance for Business Opportunities (CABO), Connecticut's GLBT Chamber of Commerce. 

Glen is an honors graduate of Princeton University, where he majored in politics. He received his law degree from Georgetown University, where he served on the editorial staff of the nation's leading tax law journal, The Tax Lawyer.

Glen has been featured in the following articles:

Cara Barruzzi, " A More Inclusive Economy", New Haven Register, No 179, Business Section (June 28, 2009). 

Thomas B. Scheffey, "New Risk for Car Rental Firms?," Connecticut Law Tribune, Vol. 35, No. 10, p.1 (March 9, 2009)

Thomas B. Scheffey, "Day Late, Defendant Short," Connecticut Law Tribune, Vol. 32, No. 16, p. 1 (April 10, 2006)

Jessica K. Smith, "Trial and - hopefully, very few - errors," Record-Journal, Local & State section, p. 1 (March 4, 2004)

Lynne Tuohy, "Rental Agency Ruled Liable in Crash," The Hartford Courant, Connecticut section, p. 1 (August 5, 2003)

He resides in Hamden, Connecticut, with his domestic partner, Charlie Reed.