Pierson Wadhams Quinn Yates & Coffrin, LLP


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Pierson Wadhams Quinn Yates & Coffrin, LLP


253 South Union Street Burlington, Vermont 05401View Map

Practice Areas:

Corporate, Insurance Defense, Captive Insurers, Banking, Administrative, Probate, Estate Planning, Professional Liability Defense, Fire Insurance, Real Property, Environmental Law, Commercial, Construction, Ski Litigation, Workers Compensation and Divorce Law. General Civil Practice. Trials in all Courts.

Year Established: 1962

Firm Profile:

Founded in 1962 by U.S. District Judge Albert W. Coffrin (1919-1993) and Douglas C. Pierson. Serving clients for over forty-two years throughout the state of Vermont with an emphasis in Chittenden and its contiguous counties, the firm engages in a general practice with individual lawyers practicing in specific areas of law.

Firm Size: 9

Representative Clients:

Chevron Oil Corp.; Daimler Chrysler Corp.; Engineered Monofilaments, Inc.; Hannaford Bros. Co.; Johnson Industrial Painting Contractors; K-2 Construction, Inc. Knight Consulting Engineers, Inc.; Lane Press, Inc.; Martin's Foods; Myson, Inc.; Queen City Printers, Inc.; Replay Sports Inc.; Wright & Morrissey, Inc.

INSURANCE CLIENTS: Acadia Insurance Co.; Allstate Insurance Co.; ALPS (Attorneys Liability Protection Society); Chrysler Insurance Co.; Cincinnati Insurance Co.; CNA Insurance Companies; Crawford & Co.; Employers Reinsurance Corp.; Farmers Insurance Group; First Union Life Insurance Co.; Hanover Insurance Companies; Kemper Insurance Group; LaCapitale Assurances Generales, Inc.; Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.; Marriott Claims Service; Merchants Insurance Group; National Grange Mutual Insurance Co.; St. Paul Insurance Group; Reliance National; Risk Enterprise Management; Smith Bell & Thompson Insurance Agency, Inc.; State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance Co.; State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.; Westport Insurance Corp.

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Douglas C. Pierson (Member) born Montclair, New Jersey, February 11, 1932; admitted to bar, 1957, Vermont. Education: Cornell University (A.B., 1954; LL.B., 1956). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Chittenden County and Vermont Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law; Construction Law; Captive Insurance Law; Professional Liability Defense; Professional Malpractice; Toxic Tort Defense; Arbitration; Mediation.

Richard H. Wadhams, Jr. (Member) born Wilmington, Delaware, August 28, 1942; admitted to bar, 1971, Vermont. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1965); Boston University (J.D., 1971). Member: Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Insurance Defense; Professional Liability Defense; Professional Malpractice; Arbitration; Mediation.

Glen L. Yates, Jr. (Member) born Glen Ridge, New Jersey, January 19, 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, Vermont. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1967; M.B.A., 1969); George Washington University (J.D., 1973). Member: Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law; Insurance Agent's Errors and Omissions Law; General Insurance Defense; Mediation.

James W. Coffrin (Member) born Portsmouth, Virginia, February 20, 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, Vermont. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., 1975); Vermont Law School (J.D., 1980). Member, Vermont Law Review, 1978-1980. Member: Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Brunet v. American Insurance Co., 660 F.Supp. 843; Desjarlais v. Gilman, 463 A2d 234. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Workers Compensation; Corporate Law; Insurance Litigation; Insurance Arbitration; Business Law; Arbitration; Mediation.

Thomas M. Higgins (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, March 8, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1991, Vermont; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Hobart College (B.A., 1984); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1988). Member: Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Commercial; Workers Compensation; Insurance Coverage Defense.

OF COUNSEL

William H. Quinn (Of Counsel) born Rochester, Vermont, May 21, 1938; admitted to bar, 1966, Vermont; 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Tufts University (B.S.M.E., 1960); Boston University (LL.B., 1966). Editor-in-Chief, Boston University Law Review, 1965-1966. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Bernard J. Leddy, 1966-1967. Member: Chittenden County and Vermont Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Products Liability Defense; Insurance Defense; Professional Liability Defense; Professional Malpractice; Environmental Insurance Coverage.

ASSOCIATES

Lewis K. Sussman (Associate) born Burlington, Vermont, March 15, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1973); Gonzaga University (J.D., 1976). Instructor, Business Law, Champlain College, 1976—. Member: Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Commercial Law; Trusts and Estates; Wills.

James E. Preston (Associate) born Bennington, Vermont, August 17, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, Vermont. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., 1985); Syracuse University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991). Member, Justinian Honor Society. Executive Editor, Syracuse University Law Review, 1990-1991. Author: "The Environmental Shell Game in The Green Mountains: Is Vermont's CFC Law Hidden Under Federal Preemption, The Commerce Clause or Vermont's Police Powers," 41 SYR L. Rev. 1251, 1990. Member: Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Legal Malpractice Defense; Workers Compensation Law; Products Liability Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Automobile Insurance Defense; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Life and Disability Insurance Defense; General Liability Defense.

Robin Ober Cooley (Associate) born Dover, Delaware, September 12, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Maryland; 2000, Vermont and U.S. District Court, District of Vermont. Education: Goucher College (B.A., 1995); Vermont Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Law Clerk to the Honorable Arrie W. Davis, Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, 1998-1999. Member: Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage Defense; Workers Compensation Law; Automobile Insurance Defense; Insurance Bad Faith Defense.

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