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Promises to keep.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-AUG-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Promises to keep.(President's Page)

Article Excerpt
The last South Carolinian to be president of ATLA was James "Spot" Mozingo of Darlington, back in 1952. Someone once asked Spot why he was a plaintiff lawyer, and he replied, "Because I like people better than I like buildings."

Actually, Spot never was really an ATLA president, because there wasn't an ATLA in those days. The organization was then known as NACCA--the National Association of Claimants' Compensation Attorneys. The name was a reflection of the fact that almost all the lawyers representing people were workers' compensation practitioners. There were few tort lawyers around because there was so little tort law.

When Spot took office, he wouldn't have found much to be...

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