American Association for Justice
The American Association for Justice (AAJ) is a nonprofit professional association and advocacy organization for trial lawyers representing plaintiffs in the United States. It promotes the right to trial by jury, supports attorneys through education and professional resources, and lobbies on civil justice issues.www.justice.org
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Search complete. 5 mentions across 5 episodes found for "American Association for Justice".
Oct 12, 2026
Chad McLainHOST
I don't know.
Richard ShallcrossGUEST
I remember running with you in Atlanta when we went to that AAJ
Chad McLainHOST
thing.
Richard ShallcrossGUEST
And I had a hard time keeping up with you.
Pat IyerHOST
Michael's grandfather was a police chief, and his father was an attorney who was representing elders, so he's got a long history of law and law enforcement in his background.
Pat IyerHOST
Michael is active invol- actively involved in the American Association for Justice and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and if you go to the LevinandPerconti.com website, you will find some of his most notable verdicts, which run the gamut of, um, infant cases, and teenager cases, and group homes, and elder abuse.
Pat IyerHOST
He sees this world from the perspective of being an advocate for the families of the victims.
Pat IyerHOST
When Michael and I decided to plan this podcast, we wanted to focus, first of all, on the types of cases his firm handles, and then get into some of the aspects of using AI in a legal practice and in a legal nurse consulting practice.
Katherine Van DyckGUEST
Yeah, it's like, it, it, it's a huge problem, and it preempts all of, you know, the bill preempts most state laws governing, um, um, college athletes.
Katherine Van DyckGUEST
Now, I will say that, um, AAJ, the American Association for Justice, has done a lot of hard work to, um, repair the, uh, preemption provision and make it narrower, but it's still not where it needs to be.
Katherine Van DyckGUEST
Um, and I, you know, it, it...
Katherine Van DyckGUEST
A- and what, and then at the end of the day, it takes away the one tool that the players have always had at their disposal, which is our antitrust laws, to challenge the university when they collude and suppress their earnings and their mobility, and all of the other things that the NCAA has a long tracker to, track record of doing, not just to players, also to coaches and other, um, personnel and athletic departments.
Shannon NashHOST
He began his career in government working in the Office of the General Counsel at the US Agency for International Development.
Shannon NashHOST
He also did stints at the House of Representatives and American Association for Justice before joining then-Senator Obama's congressional staff, campaign, and subsequent transition team.
Shannon NashHOST
Mike is an active member of Chicago's civic community where he serves on the boards of Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative, Choose Chicago, Next Street, The World Business Chicago, and Interfaith America, as well as the Billie Jean King Foundation.
Shannon NashHOST
He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois, And is JD from the University of Illinois College of Law.
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Alan PierceHOST
I'm glad you mentioned Leo Boyle, who was then the newly, uh, appointed or elected, uh, president of the American Trial Lawyers Association, and little did he know that shortly after being sworn in as president, this would happen.
Alan PierceHOST
And you mentioned that, uh, he and his colleagues, by the way, Judd and myself included, uh, because we handled some of these workers' comp claims pro bono here in Massachusetts, but you also and your staff worked pro bono.
Alan PierceHOST
And tell us, uh, tell us the appropriate reasons, the decision that you made that a condition of accepting this role as special master.