National College of Advocacy®
The National College of Advocacy (NCA) is the educational arm of AAJ. Through the NCA Board of Trustees, the NCA is responsible for all AAJ education programs and establishing the education policy of AAJ.
Register for an Education ProgramIn 1946, 11 trial lawyers realized the great need to exchange information with other trial lawyers across the country, as this would help level the playing field against well-funded defendant corporations. Today, the NCA continues that tradition by sharing strategies and knowledge on how to hold wrongdoers accountable through our education programs.
National College of Advocacy cochairs
National College of advocacy Board of Trustees
Rick Barrera, Jr.
Buckingham Barrera Vega Law Firm
Albuquerque, NM
Edward J. Ciarimboli
Fellerman & Ciarimboli
Kingston, PA
Sean Domnick
AAJ Vice President
Domnick Cunningham & Whalen
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Yvonne M. Flaherty
Lockridge Grindal Nauen, PLLP
Minneapolis, MN
Jennifer Greene
Scott Vicknair, LLC
New Orleans, LA
Richard D. Hailey
Ramey & Hailey Attorneys at Law
Indianapolis, IN
Stephen Herman
Herman Herman & Katz, LLC
New Orleans, LA
Robert K. Jenner
Jenner Law, P.C.
Baltimore, MD
Mark Kosieradzki
Kosieradzki Smith Law Firm
Minneapolis, MN
Zachary Mandell
Mandell, Boisclair, & Mandell
Providence, RI
Danielle W. Mason
The Sanders Firm
Montgomery, AL
Phillip H. Miller
Miller Law Offices
Nashville, TN
Chris Nace
Paulson & Nace, PLLC
Washington, DC
Kathleen L. Nastri
Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, PC
Bridgeport, CT
Christopher J. O'Brien
O'Brien & Ford
Buffalo, NY
Shayla M. Reed
Reed Law, PC LLO
Omaha, NE
Elise R. Sanguinetti
Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos LLP
Emeryville, CA
Lance M. Sears
Sears & Associates, PC
Colorado Springs, CO
Carl L Solomon
Solomon Law Group, LLC
Columbia, SC
Bruce Stern
Stark & Stark
Princeton, NJ
Aimee Wagstaff
Andrus Wagstaff
Lakewood, CO
Derrick L. Walker
Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, PC
Richmond, VA
Robyn Wishart
Wishart Brain & Spine Law
Vancouver, BC
We know education is important, but we wanted the data to back it up; thus, every year we look at AAJ members who joined in the last 5 years to see if we can find patterns, and the results are clear! If you attend an AAJ education program within your first 5 years of joining, then you are more than twice as likely to renew your AAJ membership. In addition, you are more likely to join a Section or Litigation Group, donate to AAJ PAC, or join Leaders Forum. This is why education is a cornerstone of AAJ.
