Founders & Past Presidents/Chairs

Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA) Founding Chairs

Joe Fried (Fried Goldberg, LLC)
Michael Leizerman (The Law Firm for Truck Safety)

ATAA Past Presidents/Chairs*

Morgan Adams (Law Offices of Morgan Adams) - 2017-2018 President, Board of Regents
Joe Camerlengo (The Truck Accident Law Firm) - 2018-2019 President, Board of Regents
Tom Metier (Metier Law Firm, LLC) - 2019-2020 President, Board of Regents
Robert Collins (Robert L. Collins & Associates) - 2020-2021 Chair, Board of Regents
Timothy Whiting (Whiting Law Group, Ltd.) - 2021-2022 Chair, Board of Regents
Peter Kestner (Penn, Kestner & McEwen, PLLC) - 2022-2023 Chair, Board of Regents
Katherine Harvey-Lee (California Truck Injury Law, P.C.) - 2023-2024 Chair, Board of Regents
Andrew Young (The Law Firm for Truck Safety) - 2024-2025 Chair, Board of Regents

*In an ATAA bylaw revision, the title of President of Board of Regents changed to Chair of Board of Regents

ATAA Success Stories

I’ve been a member of ATAA since the beginning and attended the first conference in 2016. It is one of the best professional organizations I’ve participated in during my career. Second, I want to thank leadership for consistently sharing your knowledge to inspire us to think and practice in new ways. I settled a case this year that I took on shortly after the first ATAA symposium. I owe a debt of gratitude for people whose presentations helped me approach this case in ways I hadn’t before – all of which helped make sure that this family was ultimately treated with the kind of dignity and respect that they deserved.

Tom Sinas

Grand Rapids, MI

I recently handled a trucking case with a newly practicing attorney. Several other attorneys had turned down the case, in which our client rear-ended a tractor trailer at a high rate of speed. Liability was very difficult. We obtained a very favorable settlement on this case, which would have not been possible without the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA). We garnered incredible information from the 2016 Annual Symposium and the member resource center provided many document samples that we utilized in our case. Most importantly, the networking with experienced trucking lawyers nationwide, was invaluable. They provided exceptional advice and direction as we moved through this challenging case! ATAA was the reason why we were able to deliver a substantial check to the grieving widow.

William Cremins

Knoxville, TN