The Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, which held its national convention in Galveston this week, approved a resolution in defense of the judicial system, which the lawyers feel has been under attack.  Resolution

"Wheras, the ADTA condemns the recent acts of violence against our judiciary and the threats and attacks on their actions in applying the rule of law," the resolution reads in part.  "Be it therefore resolved that the members of the ADTA are committed to defending the independence of our judiciary, to preserving the jury system and to protecting our judiciary as our judges exert their best efforts to apply the rule of law."

"Our resolution today was a way of expressing our concern for the protection of our judicial system," said Gordon Broom, president of the ADTA.  "The attack in the judicial in Chicago on the judge's family and the attack in the courtroom in Atlanta are serious, serious matters for the American people.  We need to preserve the integrity, the independence and the accessibility of our third branch of government, our judicial system."  Listen  Download