For the first time ever, the American Association for Justice has approved a Class Action Litigation Group. The group will be co-chaired by Jay Aughtman from our firm. There are hundreds of lawyers and firms who are members of AAJ and focus primarily on class action litigation. The class action litigation group will provide a forum for those lawyers focusing on class action litigation to share ideas and work together in representing consumers in state and federal courts. The litigation group will hopefully culminate in the formation of a formal class action practice section within AAJ in 2009. I believe that move is badly needed in today’s economic climate. The sub-prime mortgage meltdown and all of the problems relating to financial institutions will result in a great increase in class action litigation. Jay will be on the ground floor of this wave of litigation and will be in a position to help folks who have been victimized by the fraud and other wrongdoing that took place over the past few years in the nation’s financial institutions.
