Attorneys Gregory F. Coplan and Benjamin A. Crane have been elected to membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). This national organization is dedicated to the preservation of a fair and impartial judiciary and the right to trial by jury. ABOTA membership is available by invitation only to “those trial lawyers of high personal character and honorable reputation” who have served as lead counsel in the requisite number of jury trials that have gone to verdict. The association was founded in 1957 by a group of young lawyers dedicated to the preservation of the civil jury trial. The organization notes it seeks attorneys “who display skill, civility and integrity, to help younger attorneys achieve a higher level of trial advocacy and to educate the public about the vital importance of the Seventh Amendment.”
