national association of personal historians

With members worldwide, and a network of U.S. AAJ promotes justice and fairness for injured persons, safeguards victims' rights-particularly the right to trial by jury-and strengthens the civil justice system through education and disclosure of information critical to public health and safety. Today, AAJ is a broad-based, international coalition of attorneys, law professors, paralegals, and law students. In 2006, ATLA members voted to adopt a new name: the American Association for Justice® (AAJ®). In 1977, ATLA's headquarters moved from Boston to Washington, DC. Reflecting its growth and expanded commitments, NACCA changed its name 3 times before 1971, when it emerged as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA®).

It wasn't long before the group included attorneys engaged in almost all facets of trial advocacy. Their devotion to securing strong representation for victims of industrial accidents soon attracted admiralty, railroad, and personal injury lawyers.

It was at this meeting where it was enthusiastically agreed upon to create a new association by the name, the National Association of Claimants' Compensation Attorneys (NACCA). Their goal was to put together a plan for a national organization to combat new threats facing trial lawyers across the country.

On August 16, 1946, a group of nine plaintiffs’ attorneys involved in workers’ compensation litigation met in a hotel room at the Heathman Hotel in Portland, Oregon.

National association of personal historians