The Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) of the American Bar Association (ABA) presented Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Executive Director Arthur H. Bryant with the Pursuit of Justice Award on August 8, 2003 during the ABA’s annual meeting at the San Francisco Marriott.

“This coveted award is bestowed only on outstanding plaintiffs’ lawyers who actively demonstrate a commitment to justice and access to the court system for all plaintiffs,” stated Diane Abraham, Chair of the ABA’s Women & Minority Involvement Committee. “With great pleasure, TIPS is happy to honor Arthur, who excels in promoting justice and access to the courtroom.”

Arthur Bryant has been TLPJ’s Executive Director since 1987 after joining TLPJ in 1984 as its sole staff attorney. In his 19 years of service, he has won major victories and established new precedents in several areas of the law, including constitutional law, toxic torts, civil rights, consumer protection, and mass torts. Mr. Bryant has helped build TLPJ into a nationally influential and successful public interest law firm. Additionally, he has mobilized the trial bar and public interest advocates to challenge several wide-ranging threats to individual rights in our system of justice – launching special projects to counter unnecessary secrecy in the courts, federal preemption of injury victims’ claims, mandatory arbitration abuse, regressive changes to the Federal Rules, and class action abuse.

Mr. Bryant’s reason for his continued dedication is summed up in his simple statement: “There are still large injustices in the world that need to be fought, and the general market of lawyers has a focus on making profits. Our focus is on doing justice.”

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Trial Lawyers for Public Justice is the only public interest law firm dedicated to using trial lawyers’ skills and resources to advance the public good. Founded in 1982, TLPJ utilizes a network of more than 3,000 of the nation’s outstanding trial lawyers to pursue precedent-setting and socially significant litigation. TLPJ has a wide-ranging litigation docket in the areas of consumer rights, worker safety, civil rights and liberties, toxic torts, environmental protection, and access to the courts. TLPJ is the principal project of The TLPJ Foundation, a not-for-profit membership organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with a West Coast office in Oakland, California. The TLPJ web site address is www.publicjustice.net.