Background
Cousins, Donald C. was born on October 19, 1930 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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Donald C. Cousins
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Trinity College (Bachelor of Arts, 1952). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1955). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Career
Worked at Cousins and Johnson, Professional Corporation (Stratford, Connecticut) specializing in Workers" Compensation, Personal Injury, Trials. Admitted to the bar, 1955, Connecticut. 1957, United States. District Court, District of Connecticut.
1971, United States.
Supreme Court. Delegate, Connecticut House of Delegates, 1975-1976. Member, College of Business Administration Special Advisory Committee on Workers" Compensation Review Division Regulations, 1979.
Seminar on Workers" Compensation, "Preparation and Presentation of Complex Cases," Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1987. Seminar on Stress Claims in Workers" Compensation, IntraCorp, 1988.
Seminar given by the Connecticut Bar Association, Continuing legal education Program on Connecticut Workers" Compensation, January 1989.
Seminar given by the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association on Workers" Compensation, April 1989. "Motions to Preclude: What"s In and What"s Out," 1989. "The Notice of Claim.
Disclaimers and Motion to Preclude," Seminar of Connecticut Bar Association, Bridgeport, Connecticut, September 1989.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member and Vice Chairperson, Executive Committee, 1987-1989, and Chairperson, 1989-1990, Workers" Compensation Section, Connecticut Bar Association.
Advisor, Workers" Compensation Advisory Committee, to the Law Revision Commission, 1989. Company-Chair and Lecturer, College of Business Administration Seminars: "The Cardiac Stress Case in Formal Hearings," February 21, 1992.
"Workers" Compensation After Reform," October 21, 1993.
Lecturer, Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, March 1992, "Evolution of the Back Claim in Workers" Compensation." Lecturer, Connecticut Bar Association Seminar. "Workers" Compensations Issues and Strategies Formal Hearings," December 1994.
Seminar Company-Chair, American Association of Disability Evaluating Physicians, August 1994.
Appointed to Serve on Legal Advisory Committee to Worker" Compensation Commission, 1992. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Workers Compensation Law Section, 1995.
Member: Greater Bridgeport Bar (Chairman, Workers Compensation Section), Bridgeport, Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.
The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (I.A.I.A.B.C.).
The law firm of Cousins and Johnson was originally founded by Donald C. Cousins as a general practice, gradually becoming more devoted to the areas of claimant"s Workers" Compensation and other medically oriented areas. The firm name changed to Cousins and Johnson in 1987 with Norma South. Johnson then becoming a partner. Donald Cousins has been a two term Chairman of the Workers" Compensation Section of the Connecticut Bar Association.
Norma Johnson has been appointed an attorney trial referee for the Bridgeport Superior Court.
The firm now has six attorneys concentrating in the area of personal injury and claimant"s Workers" Compensation matters, including traumatic injuries, repetitive trauma, and occupational disease, arbitration. The firm encourages continuing legal education seminars and professional association activities, particularly in the workers" compensation and personal injury areas.
Achievements
Membership
Member, College of Business Administration Special Advisory Committee on Workers" Compensation Review Division Regulations, 1979. Seminar on Workers" Compensation, "Preparation and Presentation of Complex Cases," Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, 1987. Seminar on Stress Claims in Workers" Compensation, IntraCorp, 1988.
Seminar given by the Connecticut Bar Association, Continuing legal education Program on Connecticut Workers" Compensation, January 1989.
Seminar given by the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association on Workers" Compensation, April 1989. "Motions to Preclude: What"s In and What"s Out," 1989.
"The Notice of Claim. Disclaimers and Motion to Preclude," Seminar of Connecticut Bar Association, Bridgeport, Connecticut, September 1989.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member and Vice Chairperson, Executive Committee, 1987-1989, and Chairperson, 1989-1990, Workers" Compensation Section, Connecticut Bar Association. Advisor, Workers" Compensation Advisory Committee, to the Law Revision Commission, 1989. Company-Chair and Lecturer, College of Business Administration Seminars: "The Cardiac Stress Case in Formal Hearings," February 21, 1992.
"Workers" Compensation After Reform," October 21, 1993.
Lecturer, Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, March 1992, "Evolution of the Back Claim in Workers" Compensation." Lecturer, Connecticut Bar Association Seminar.
"Workers" Compensations Issues and Strategies Formal Hearings," December 1994. Seminar Company-Chair, American Association of Disability Evaluating Physicians, August 1994.
Appointed to Serve on Legal Advisory Committee to Worker" Compensation Commission, 1992.
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Workers Compensation Law Section, 1995. Member: Greater Bridgeport Bar (Chairman, Workers Compensation Section), Bridgeport, Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.
The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (I.A.I.A.B.C.).
