New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA)
With membership of approximately 4,600 trial lawyers, New York State Trial
Lawyers (NYSTLA) is a leading state trial lawyer association
in the United States. Their mission is "to promote a safer and healthier
society, to assure access to the civil justice system by those who are
wrongfully injured and to advance representation of the public by ethical,
well-trained lawyers."
NYSTLA was created in 1953 by 20 trial lawyers, who were
concerned that New York had no forum for plaintiffs' lawyers. They joined
together to form the New York Association of Plaintiff's Trial Lawyers, which
later changed into New York State Trial Lawyers Association.
NYSTLA works with coalition partners on numerous issues to
protect the rights of consumers: health advocates, tenants' groups, senior
citizens groups, anti-gun violence groups, and many other public interest
organizations. NYSTLA's business is to assure that the
wrongfully injured will have full access to the civil justice system. The
organization is thus dedicated to the preservation of the federal and state
constitution rights to trial by jury.