The Inner Circle of Advocates is an organization of civil plaintiff

Lawsuit

A lawsuit or "suit in law" is a civil action brought in a court of law in which a plaintiff, a party who claims to have incurred loss as a result of a defendant's actions, demands a legal or equitable remedy. The defendant is required to respond to the plaintiff's complaint...

 trial lawyers in the United States

United States

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. The group is invitation-only and is limited to 100 lawyers. To qualify for an invitation members must have "excellent character and integrity," must have tried at least 50 personal injury

Personal injury

Personal injury is a legal term for an injury to the body, mind or emotions, as opposed to an injury to property. The term is most commonly used to refer to a type of tort lawsuit alleging that the plaintiff's injury has been caused by the negligence of another, but also arises in defamation...

 jury trial

Jury trial

A jury trial is a legal proceeding in which a jury either makes a decision or makes findings of fact which are then applied by a judge...

s, and must have won at least three verdict

Verdict

In law, a verdict is the formal finding of fact made by a jury on matters or questions submitted to the jury by a judge. The term, from the Latin veredictum, literally means "to say the truth" and is derived from Middle English verdit, from Anglo-Norman: a compound of ver and dit In law, a verdict...

s in excess of $1 million or one verdict in excess of $10 million for their client

Customer

A customer is usually used to refer to a current or potential buyer or user of the products of an individual or organization, called the supplier, seller, or vendor. This is typically through purchasing or renting goods or services...

s with the most recent verdict being no more than five years old,

The group was founded by Richard Grand in 1972. The original requirements for membership were at least one $1 million verdict and 50 personal injury trials, with total membership limited to 50 members.

Members

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Asterisk

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 (*) indicates a member emeritus

Emeritus

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• Michael (Mike) Abourezk
• Charla G. Aldous
• Frederick W. Allen*
• Thomas T. Anderson*
• William E. Artz
• Theodore Babbitt
• Jan Baisch
• Scott Baldwin
  Scott Baldwin
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• Michael F. Becker
• Marshall A. Bernstein*
• Alexander (Zander) Blewett, III
  Alexander (Zander) Blewett, III
  Alexander Blewett III is a Montana personal injury lawyer based out of Great Falls, Montana. He is the head partner in the Hoyt and Blewett PLLC, which represents Montanans seriously injured in car accidents, truck accidents, and motorcycle accidents...
  
  
• Mark R. Bocci
• Lawrence R. Booth*
• James S. Bostwick
• William (Bill) Bradley
• William (Bud) O. Bradley*
• Joseph M. Brown, Jr.
• Rex Carr
• Ben T. Castle
• Daniel C. Cathcart*
• Lawrence S. Charfoos
• Michael V. Ciresi
  Mike Ciresi
  Michael "Mike" V. Ciresi is a prominent trial attorney and was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate for the United States Senate from Minnesota. He dropped out on March 10, 2008. Ciresi gained his public reputation by litigating several high-profile mass tort cases...
  
  
• Robert A. Clifford
  Robert A. Clifford
  Robert A. Clifford is a Chicago trial lawyer and principal partner at Clifford Law Offices. He attended DePaul University for both his undergraduate work and Juris Doctorate, finishing in 1976. The firm was founded in 1984 to represent plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death cases.-Legal...
  
  
• Robert Conason
• Roxanne Barton Conlin
• Philip H. Corboy
  Philip H. Corboy
  Philip H. Corboy, is a Chicago-based trial lawyer who has tried personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice cases across the country for over 50 years. He is the founder, along with Thomas A. Demetrio, of the Corboy & Demetrio law firm...
  
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• Joel Cunningham
  Joel Cunningham
  Joel Cunningham was the fifteenth vice chancellor of the University of the South and the former president of Susquehanna University. He grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Chattanooga in 1965 with majors in mathematics and psychology and completed...
  
  
• Mark S. Davis
• Peter E. DeBlasio*
• Leonard Decof
• Morris Dees
  Morris Dees
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• Thomas A. Demetrio
  Thomas A. Demetrio
  Thomas A. Demetrio is a Chicago, Illinois-based trial lawyer.The National Law Journal named him one of the top ten lawyers in the nation and one of the top ten trial lawyer in Illinois and since its inception in 2005, Lawdragon has named him one of the top 500 Leading Lawyers in America...
  
  
• Dennis Donnelly
• John R. Edwards
  John Edwards
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• Bruce A. Elmore*
• George M. Elsener*
• Elizabeth H. Faiella
• James E. Ferguson, II
• Wayne Fisher*
• James E. Fitzgerald
• Larry B. Franklin
• Nathan A. Friedman*
• Richard Friedman
  Richard Friedman
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• George W. Fryhofer*
• Jim Gilbert
• Thomas V. Girardi
• Ned Good*
• Richard M. Goodman
• Richard D. Grand
• Lawrence P. Grassini
• Browne Greene
• Robert L. Habush*
• Francis H. Hare, Jr.*
• C. E. Heiligenstein*
• John C. Hepworth*
• Albert F. Hofeld*
• James Holloran
• Jackson Howard*
• Thomas C. Hullverson*
• James E. Hullverson*
• Charles T. Hvass*
• Joseph D. Jamail, Jr.*
• Lynn R. Johnson
• E. Stewart Jones, Jr.
• Don C. Keenan
• David F. Kirby
• Thomas R. Kline
• Herbert F. Kolsby*
• Michael P. Koskoff
• Ronald D. Krist*
• Lawrence Landskroner
• Richard D. Lawrence
• J.D. Lee
• Fredric G. Levin
• Salvador A. Liccardo
• Zoe B. Littlepage
  Zoe Littlepage
  Zoe Littlepage is a plaintiff's lawyer whose practice specializes in defective drug litigation. She is a named partner in the joint venture law firm of Littlepage Booth and has been lead trial counsel for cases involving Rezulin, Prempro, Fen Phen diet drugs and many other prescription...
  
  
• Judith A. Livingston
• Paul N. Luvera
• Patrick A. Malone
• David H. Marsh
• Craig R. McClellan
• Randi McGinn
• James Bruce McMath
• Robert R. Michael
• Paul S. Minor
• Robert M. Montgomery, Jr.
• Willard J. Moody, Sr.
• Thomas A. Moore
• Ronald L. Motley
• John C. Mullen*
• James H. Nance
• Nick C. Nichols
• David L. Nixon*
• John W. Norman
• Eugene P. Okey*
• Jack H. Olender
• Terry OReilly
• Brian J. Panish
• Roger L. Pardieck
• Michael Parham
• Eugene I. Pavalon*
• Jim M. Perdue, Sr.
• Peter Perlman
• Aaron S. Podhurst*
• Donald J. Post*
• Joseph A. Power, Jr.
• James R. Pratt, III
• Joseph A. Quinn, Jr.
• W. Carl Rentz, II*
• Norman W. Saucedo*
• Sheldon J. Schlesinger
• Leonard W. Schroeter*
• Scott S. Segal
• George W. Shadoan
• Edgar Simon*
• Todd A. Smith
• William E. Snead
• J. B. Spence*
• Robert F. Spohrer
• Larry S. Stewart*
• Tom Strong
  Tom Strong
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• Daniel F. Sullivan*
• Edward M. Swartz*
• Tyler S. Thompson
• William A. Trine
• Ted M. Warshafsky
• Harvey Weitz
• Lantz Welch*
• William T. Wimberley*
• Steve Yerrid
• Joseph L. Young*
• Robert Zeff