Tennessee State Coordinator
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At least once a week I take a call that begins, “Ms. Davis, I understand you are a Board Certified
Civil Trial Specialist” and I am looking for an attorney.”
--Donna Davis |
| Why I Became Board Certified: At least once a week I take a call that begins, “Ms. Davis, I understand you are a Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist” and I am looking for an attorney.” When I hear those words I feel very proud. I feel proud because the person calling me recognizes, just as I did when I wrote the NBTA exam, the importance of Board Certification. I was a Registered Nurse for ten years before going to law school. As a nurse, I knew the importance of seeking a physician who had completed a board certification. As I traveled around the country as a lawyer, I would see attorneys with "certified specialist" after their names and envy the fact that their State had established a means for a lawyer to continue their education beyond the basics of law school, and to prove their skills through the successful completion of a board exam. When I heard of the NBTA and the work it was doing to promote growth in knowledge, skill and professionalism in the legal arena, I wanted to be a part of it. I wanted to be a lawyer that the public could come to knowing that I had passed the rigid review and examine of the NBTA and as proof to the consumer that I was prepared to properly represent them. Shortly after I passed the NBTA exam, my state established a commission to review the credentials and approval applications for State certification. After reviewing the NBTA requirements for certification, my State commission decided to award State certification to those whom the NBTA had deemed qualified for board certification a clear recognition by my State of the outstanding job the NBTA was doing.
I have frequently asked callers why it was important to them they call a Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist, and I almost always get the same answer, not in the same words, but with the same meaning. And that answers is that they wanted someone who had been examined on their knowledge of the law, their credentials, and their ethics. They believed that a person who took the time to complete a board certification would be the type of person who would take the time with their case to do the job that they believed should be done for them. I think they are right.
Donna R. Davis
Tennessee Attorney
Certified since 1996
(865) 637-3531
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It just makes great sense to choose a board certified trial lawyer over a non-certified lawyer.
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