FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Paul Lyon, Spokesman, (570) 574-3089
DATE: August 7, 2006  

Statewide Attorneys’ Group Recognizes
Regional Organization for Community Service  

KINGSTON, Pa. (August 7, 2006) – The Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association recently gave a special President’s Award for Community Service to The Committee for Justice for All, a Kingston-based victims’ rights organization, for its efforts in fighting attempts to limit the legal rights of seriously injured people.  

The award, which was presented at PaTLA’s Annual Convention last month, was presented by outgoing PaTLA President Nancy Fullam and accepted on behalf of CJA by its spokesman, Paul Lyon .  

“It is truly humbling and gratifying to be recognized by such an esteemed organization as the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association,” said Lyon . “We hope our efforts will help the public realize that lawsuit ‘reforms’ proposed by President Bush and others would infringe on people’s constitutional rights and limit their access to justice.”  

The award recognized CJA for its “passionate advocacy and staunch defense of the civil justice system in Northeastern Pennsylvania .”  

“This award is in appreciation of all of CJA’s activities that promote and protect the constitutional right of trial by jury,” said Fullam. “PaTLA stands with Mr. Lyon and CJA in the belief that this right is as fundamental to American freedom as the right to vote.”  

CJA was started in 2002 by a coalition of prominent Northeastern Pennsylvania law firms in response to President Bush’s visit to Scranton to announce his national “tort reform” initiative, which would arbitrarily limit the rights of seriously injured victims of medical malpractice. The group has since garnered the support of numerous victims of malpractice and others injured by negligence. CJA has vigorously opposed arbitrary caps on damages and other legislative attempts to undermine the civil justice system and limit the rights of seriously injured people. It has also promoted programs and initiatives to keep patients and consumers safer.  

CJA, headquartered in Kingston , Pa. , is a nonprofit Northeastern Pennsylvania advocacy group fighting to preserve the integrity of the civil justice system and the Constitutional right of all Americans to trial by a jury of their peers. For more information, visit our web site at www.saynotocaps.org.  

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