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Welcome
 Welcome
to the official web-site of The College of Master Advocates and
Barristers. The College is an exclusive organization formed to
certify experienced trial lawyers in a manner that is based on
the recognition given to experienced advocates in other common
law jurisdictions.
In England, and other
common law jurisdictions, specialized trial lawyers hold the
title of Barrister. Senior, experienced Barristers can apply to
"take silk" and become Queen's Counsel, or Senior Counsel in
countries where the British Monarch is not the Head of State.
The College promotes respect for tradition and for America's
common law heritage by recognizing trial lawyers consistent with
the traditional way of certifying those experienced in the art
of trial advocacy.
The College
advances the view that trial advocacy is an art, the practice of
which we seek to promote . There are no annual fees or dues,
just a one time certification fee. Certification as a Senior
Counsel or Barrister is only open to those advocates who have a
track record of representing clients in courts, tribunals,
arbitrations and mediations. Those
certified by the College don't just call themselves "trial
lawyers"; they have objectively demonstrated that they are trial
lawyers.
The
membership of the College includes a number of highly
qualified and renowned lawyers from several nations. Among
our members are past presidents of ATLA, the NACDL and other
trial lawyer groups including members of the elite Inner
Circle of Advocates and Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
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The Mission of The College of
Master
Advocates and Barristers:
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To be a prestigious and independent membership group for
experienced trial lawyers
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To promote
the ideal that trial advocacy is an Art and that trial
lawyers should always be honorable, dignified, respectable
and learned practitioners of that Art
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To provide a
forum through which experienced trial lawyers may share
information and ideas and provide other assistance to
members of their profession.
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To recognize
and respectfully emulate the tradition, followed in England
and other Common Law Jurisdictions, of recognizing and
honoring those experienced in the art of oral and written
advocacy.
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