John Day Selected to Serve As Secretary of The American College of Trial Lawyers

(October 26th, 2022 - Nashville, TN) The American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), one of the premier professional organizations comprised of preeminent trial lawyers from the U.S. and Canada, has installed John A. Day of The Law Offices of John Day, P.C. as its Secretary.

Mr. Day was installed as Secretary at the College’s 2022 Annual Meeting in Rome, Italy. A total of 769 Fellows and guests from across North America and Canada gathered in Rome to also induct 48 new Fellows and to discuss issues important to the profession.

“Other than being admitted to Fellowship in the College in 2002, the opportunity to serve the College as Secretary is my greatest professional honor,” said Mr. Day. “The College works daily to promote the importance of the rule of law, a cornerstone of both our democracy and economic system. Our nation’s future depends on adherence to the rule of law and access to justice.”

Mr. Day is a 1978 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and 1981 graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He has practiced law in Tennessee since 1981, starting a firm now known as the Law Offices of John Day, P.C. in January 1993.

Mr. Day has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America since 1993 in the following categories: Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs, Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, Commercial Litigation, and Bet-the-Company Litigation.

He has served as a leader in numerous state and national organizations. He has authored or co-authored four books, has had over sixty articles published, and has given over 300 speeches to bar association groups across the country.

During this year’s meeting in Rome, he College elected the following Officers who will serve until the 2023 Annual Meeting in San Diego, California: President-Elect William J. Murphy of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP (Baltimore, MD); Treasurer Richard H. Deane, Jr. of Jones Day (Atlanta, GA); and Michael L. O’Donnell of Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell LLP (Denver, CO) as Immediate Past President. The College also elected four new members to its Board of Regents. The new Regents, who join 11 existing Regents, are William P. Keane of Farella Braun + Martel (San Francisco, CA), Gregory K. Wells of Shadoan, Michael & Wells, LLP (Rockville, MD), Richard M. Strassberg of Goodwin Procter (New York, NY), and Bernard Amyot, Ad. E. of LCM Attorneys Inc. (Montreal, QC).

The American College of Trial Lawyers is comprised of the best of the trial bar from the United States and Canada and is widely considered to be the premier professional trial organization in North America. Founded in 1950, the College is an invitation-only fellowship. The College thoroughly investigates each nominee for admission and selects only those who have demonstrated the very highest standards of trial advocacy, ethical conduct, integrity, professionalism and collegiality. The College maintains and seeks to improve the standards of trial practice, professionalism, ethics, and the administration of justice through education and public statements on important legal issues relating to its mission. The College strongly supports the independence of the judiciary, trial by jury, respect for the rule of law, access to justice, and fair and just representation of all parties to legal proceedings. Learn more at www.actl.com.

“Other than being admitted to Fellowship in the College in 2002, the opportunity to serve the College as Secretary is my greatest professional honor,” said Mr. Day. “The College works daily to promote the importance of the rule of law, a cornerstone of both our democracy and economic system. Our nation’s future depends on adherence to the rule of law and access to justice.”