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Peel v. Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of Illinois, 110 S.Ct. 2281 (1990), disallows any state from prohibiting disclosure of NBTA certification.

Nevada State Coordinator
Every capable lawyer has an obligation to become board certified .
--J.R. Crockett
Why I Got Board Certified
In the late 70's and early 80's, my partner, Rich Myers and I were seeing more and more lawyers advertising their services as trial lawyers. Without exception, they werelawyers we had never heard of and we had never seen them in the courthouse. These were just marketing lawyers. We groused and sputtered at the prospect of these lawyers holding themselves out as trial lawyers and preying on an innocent public but we realized that, to the legal consumer, there was nothing to distinguish these non-trial lawyers from real trial lawyers. With enough of an advertising budget, any lawyers could tout themselves to the public (while still operating well within the “restrictions” of truthful advertising) and the public would be none the wiser: the unsuspecting consumer would be their lawful prey.

What could we do about it? Was there anything to distinguish an experienced trial lawyer from an inexperienced lawyer who was just looking to strip mine the legal justice system? How could we get the word out to the public that there are also lawyers out there who are ready, willing and able to represent the legal consumer and who have actual experience handling cases? My partner read about the (relatively new) NBTA organization and became board certified by it in 1982. I followed in 1983. We even incorporated the NBTA’s mission (educating the consumer about the availability of board certified lawyers) into our own advertising and public relations materials; extolling the virtues of NBTA certification and encouraging consumers to always look for the NBTA logo whenever they sought the services of a capable lawyer.

We’ve continued to campaign about the NBTA wherever we go and whoever we speak to and we firmly believe that every capable lawyer has an obligation to become board certified and to let the legal consumer public know of the availability of competence and experience. That is, after all, what the consumer is looking for!

We also find the NBTA directory to be an excellent source for referrals – both incoming and outgoing – just one more reason why we strongly urge every eligible lawyer we know to become Board Certified by the NBTA.

J.R. Crockett, Jr.r
Nevada Attorney
Certified since 1983
(702) 382-6711

Choose a Board Certified Trial Lawyer

All lawyers are not created equal, but all lawyers are free to take any case they want, regardless of whether they've proven themselves.

NBTA board certification provides both consumers and other lawyers looking to refer cases with an objective credential.

It just makes great sense to choose a board certified trial lawyer over a non-certified lawyer.

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