Published: May 07, 2009 08:59 am      

Local attorneys named to Multi-Million Dollar Forums

Special to The Times-Tribune

The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is pleased to announce that attorneys Todd K. Childers and Brien G. Freeman of Corbin have been certified as life members of both the Million Dollar Advocates and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is recognized as one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts, awards and settlements. The organization was founded in 1993, and there are approximately 3,000 members located throughout the country.

Fewer than 1 percent of U.S. lawyers are members. Forum membership acknowledges excellence in advocacy and provides members with a national network of experienced colleagues for professional referral and information exchange in major cases.

Members of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum must have acted as principal counsel in at least one case in which their client has received a verdict, award or settlement in the amount of one million dollars or more.

Members of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum must be life members of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and must have acted as principal counsel in at least one case which has resulted in a multi-million dollar verdict, award or settlement. Both Childers and Freeman have been approved for membership in both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Todd K. Childers is a graduate of the University of Kentucky School of Law. He has a general law practice with emphasis on personal injury.

Brien G. Freeman is a graduate of Salmon P. Chase College of law. He has a general law practice with emphasis on personal injury.