Long, Peter A.

Alison M. Weir is an associate in Wiggin and Dana's New Haven office. She joined the firm in 2008.

Prior to joining Wiggin and Dana, Alison was a law clerk to the Honorable Jose A. Cabranes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Alison was a 2004-2005 Supreme Court Fellow, with duty at the United States Sentencing Commission where she served in the Office of the General Counsel. Alison received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Georgetown University. During law school, Alison was awarded the ABA award for excellence in intellectual property law and the CALI award for excellence in family law. She was inducted into the Order of the Coif.

Before embarking on a career in the law, Alison was an active duty officer in the United States Air Force, from which she retired as a lieutenant colonel. During her time in uniform, Alison served in a variety of roles, including as an engineer and acquisition manager for a number of national security space systems; speechwriter to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force; and acting chief of staff to the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collection. In addition to her J.D., she earned a Ph.D. in English from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. in English, both from Cornell University.