AAJ Diplomates

AAJ members who have achieved the status of Diplomate as part of the Achievement Recognition Program (ARP) have accomplished this feat through continued education through AAJ. The goal of this program is to build and develop professional knowledge through a continuing commitment to improving practical knowledge of trial skills and substantive law. Active participation in this program provides recognition for dedication, commitment, and enthusiasm to pursuing legal education by awarding members the distinction of Advocate, Fellow, and Diplomate. The Achievement Recognition Program contributes to AAJ members' ability to best serve their clients.

List current as of July, 2011.

For more information on becoming an AAJ Diplomate or to view the ASTA curriculum, visit the Professional Recognition Page.

AAJ Diplomates have attended over 400 hours of qualifying AAJ Education programs—including AAJ Education's Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course: Art of Persuasion. The following AAJ members have shown their commitment to continuing legal education and AAJ Education. Get more information on becoming an AAJ Diplomate!

Arkansas

Frank H. Bailey

Ward M. Merdes*

California

John E. Hill

Edward C.Y. Lau

Daniel Rodriguez*

Gerson H. Smoger, Ph.D., J.D.

Laurence F. Padway

Derek Pakiz

James W. Vititoe

Colorado

William L. Keating

Larry Dean Lee

Lance M. Sears

W. Harold Flowers, Jr.

Carrie R. Frank

Murray Ogborn

James L. Gilbert

Connecticut

Vincent M. DeAngelo

Eddi Z. Zyko

Florida

Timothy F. Prugh

John S. Crompton

J. Ron Smith

Georgia

David Wm. Boone

James C. Carr

Idaho

Darrel W. Aherin

William L. Mauk

Illinois

Patricia C. Bobb

Robert D. Kreisman

Roman R. Okrei

Indiana

Vernon J. Petri

Mary Beth Ramey

Daniel S. Chamberlain

Richard D. Hailey

Charles D. Hankey

Iowa

Roxanne Barton Conlin

Marc S. Harding

Kansas

Peter A. Jouras*

Kentucky

Gary C. Johnson

Peter Perlman

Richard M. Rawdon, Jr.

Martha Marie Eastman

Louisiana

Maury A. Herman

Russ M. Herman

Lawrence K. Burleigh

Michigan

Linda Miller Atkinson

Minnesota

Mark R. Kosieradzki

Kathleen Flynn Peterson

Mississippi

Jon A. Swartzfager

Missouri

Richard E. Schwartz

Royce Deryl Edwards

James H. Thompson

Douglass F. Noland

Nevada

George F. McNally

New Jersey

Bruce H. Stern

Donald G. Targan

Thomas J. Vesper

New Mexico

Turner W. Branch

Joseph M. Fine

New York

Charles N. Rock

Edward P. Ryan

Steven G. Schiesel

Christopher J. O'Brien

Harlan A. Wittenstein

North Carolina

Donald H. Beskind

Elizabeth F. Kuniholm

North Dakota

David R. Bossart

Ohio

Stephen J. Brown

Edward G. Kramer

Alfred K. Nippert, Jr.

Oregon

J. William Savage

Roger J. Leo

Pennsylvania

Matthew A. Cartwright

Jerry R. Knafo

Marion K. Munley

Rhonda Hill Wilson

Rhode Island

Richard A. Boren

Mark S. Mandell

Amato A. DeLuca

South Dakota

Terence R. Quinn

Nancy J. Turbak

Michael D. Stevens

South Carolina

O. Fayrell Furr, Jr.

Texas

Lisa Blue, J.D., Ph.D.

Steven C. Laird

Randell C. Roberts

R. Gary Stephens

Howard L. Nations*

Tennessee

Larry V. Roberts*

R. Eddie Davidson

Donna R. Davis

Phillip H. Miller

Sidney W.Gilreath

Vermont

Jerome F. O'Neill

Virginia

Jeffrey A. Breit

Washington, DC

Patrick M. Regan

William P. Lightfoot

West Virginia

James B. Lees, Jr.

Wisconsin

Paul J. Scoptur*

*These members have completed the NCA's Advanced Studies in Trial Advocacy (ASTA) program.

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