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A promise kept.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-APR-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: A promise kept.(Association of Trial Lawyers of America's vow to help the families of September 11 tragedy.)(President's Page)

Article Excerpt
It is a distant but indelible memory now. It was September 12, 2001. My law firm colleagues and I were sitting in our offices quietly. No planes were flying anywhere. ATLA's president, Leo Boyle, scheduled an emergency conference call. He asked a question will never forget: What can ATLA do to help?

Those of us participating in the call knew we were in uncharted waters. Like people all over the country, we were still in shock from the events of the previous day, yet Leo had the presence of mind to ask this important question. After talking it over, we made what we believed was the right decision. We called for a moratorium on lawsuits arising from the...

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