Corporate Counsel College Builds Alliances. (President's Page)

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IN THE July 2002 issue of Defense Counsel Journal (page 273), Lee Bennett raised some very important issues facing the defense bar. His article cited the gains the Association of Trial Lawyers of America has made through effective coordination, communication and strategy, and he called on the defense community to find ways to counter the organization's significant influence in civil litigation.

Among his recommendations were to develop alliances and to repair the insurance company-defense counsel relationship. In addition to building bridges to the insurance industry, defense counsel also must seek to strengthen and expand its alliances with corporate counsel. It is only by …