The American Board of Criminal Lawyers was founded in June 1978 by San Francisco attorney Nathan Cohn, who conceived the idea of an exclusive national, legal, honorary society for outstanding criminal trial lawyers, with admission to fellowship by invitation only. To possess sufficient qualification for admission to fellowship, members must have at least 10 years of criminal trial experience, and have had tried at least 50 trials of which 35 were felony jury trials.
ABCL Officers
President
Jennifer Lukemeyer
President Elect
Jon Paul Rion
Secretary
Brian H. Bieber
Treasurer
Arthor Jay Weiss
Vice President
Blair Berk
Vice President
Steven D. Benjamin
Vice President
Mark R. DeVan
Vice President
Larry Kazan
Vice President
Jeremy Delicino