Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA)

About the ADTA

Mission and History

Founded in 1941, the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys is an association of attorneys who provide a complete legal service to persons or companies who require defense within the civil justice system.

Members of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys include trial lawyer doing principally defense work in insurance and self-insurer activities with more than five (5) years defense trial experience. Members also include corporate counsel and employees of insurance companies or self-insureds are ineligible for membership. The organization was formally known as the Association of Insurance Attorneys.

The Association of Defense Trial Attorneys is an association of attorneys who provide a complete legal service to persons or companies who require defense within the civil justice system.

Contact the ADTA

Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA)

4135 Topsail Trail

Port Richey, 34652

adtalaw.com

Office: (304) 552-7794

More About the ADTA

Benefits of Membership

The Association of Defense Trial Attorneys has two primary goals:

to provide an opportunity for the proven successful defense trial attorneys to associate with similarly qualified trial attorneys for professional, social and business purposes; and
to identify the successful defense trial attorney for those persons in search of such an attorney.

Types of Membership

Membership classifications include both prime members and associate members.

Prime Members: The first lawyer member from a firm is the prime member. There can only be one Prime Member from any town, city, or metropolitan area of less than a million population. One additional Prime Member is allowed for each additional one million population, or portion thereof, for a city or metropolitan area. An ADTA prime membership is, in essence, a statement of the high regard in which defense trial attorneys are held by his or her peers in the defense trial bar of their city and state or province.

Associate Members: Partners or associates of a Prime Member are eligible and encouraged for membership as Associate Members, at the will of the Prime Member.

Membership Dues: Prime Members’ annual dues for the fiscal year beginning April 1st are $400, regardless of the size of the city. Associates' dues are $300. In addition:

the Prime Member is expected to be a member of Defense Research Institute (DRI).
Associate Membership terminates upon the death or disqualification for membership of the Prime Member. However, the Associate Member may then apply for the Prime Membership, if qualified.