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The need for the nation to speak 'with a single voice' prompted the ASSOCIATION OF TRIAL LAWYERS OF AMERICA to call for a moratorium on civil lawsuits related to the [...]

As I begin my term of office and try to assess the needs of our organization, a look back over the tumultuous events of the past several years is in [...]

I'm sitting here five days before the start of trial. I have been reading and rereading the volumes of testimony previously taken, preparing questions for my experts, finalizing the many [...]

I'm always astounded by the speed of the holiday season--and now January is upon us! I hope you will schedule time in the coming year to take part in some [...]

AAJ is on the upswing. In the past three years, our conventions have hit record numbers and seen increases of more than 25 percent in attendance. As president of AAJ, [...]

Recently, I visited Ellis Island for the first time. I have always been respectful of the millions who came to this tiny strip of land in New York Harbor seeking [...]

In 1996, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Penny White lost a retention election because she joined in a decision in a death penalty case. The bitter, inflammatory campaign waged against Justice [...]

The 50th-anniversary celebration of ATLA in Boston was a great success. Almost 2,000 attorneys registered for the convention, and more than 3,000 people attended. The entertainment was incredible, starting with [...]

What a year! It began as the debate over health care and medical negligence "reform" was reaching a fevered pitch. As that debate ground to an end in the fall, [...]

As almost every TRIAL reader surely knows, plaintiffs' rights and plaintiffs' lawyers have been under increasing attack in recent years by many different groups in many different venues. But until [...]