Belefonte Law | Professional Organizations

Carmen P. Belefonte is a member of this prestigious organization. Only trial lawyers who have achieved a verdict or settlement in the amount of one million dollars or more are members. Throughout the United States, there are approximately 1,500 members of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Website - www.milliondollaradvocates.com

Carmen P. Belefonte was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in London in 1998. He is a past Chair of the Pennsylvania State Committee of the College. The American College of Trial Lawyers is one of the premier professional organizations in America. Its membership consists of the best lawyers of the trial bar in both the United States and Canada. Fellowship in this organization is attained by invitation only after careful scrutiny by trial lawyers who are most eminently qualified as advocates and whose careers have demonstrated only the highest standards of ethical conduct and professionalism. There are around 5,000 Fellows throughout the United States and Canada.

Website - www.actl.com

American Association for Justice (AAJ) is a national organization of trial lawyers whose mission is to protect the rights of innocent and injured victims and preserve the right to trial by jury.

ATLA has been the voice of injured victims throughout the United States and is comprised of a Board of Governors representing each state. Carmen Belefonte has served as a membe of the organizations Executive Committee and as a member of the Board of Governors for Pennsylvania.

Website - www.justice.org

The Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (PAJ) is a private attorney-based organization committed to improving the efficiency of the legal system and promoting the role of the trial lawyer in the administration of justice. Organized more than the 40 years ago with the mission of defending the American legal system, PATLA continues to provide a superior level of representation to its clients - consumers, workers and other “everyday real” people. Carmen Belefonte is both a member of the organization and a past-president.

Website - www.pajustice.org