Peel v. Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of Illinois, 110 S.Ct. 2281 (1990), disallows any state from prohibiting disclosure of NBTA certification.

Links to Other Attorney Board Certification Organizations Private Certifiers American Board of Certification Michelle Anderson, Executive Director 44 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 404 Alexandria, Virginia 22314-1592 Phone: 703/739-1023 Specialty Programs: Business Bankruptcy; Consumer Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys Dr. Harvey F. Wachsman, President 57-12, 244th Street Douglaston, New York 11362 Phone: 718/631-1400 Specialty Programs: Accounting Professional Liability; Legal Professional Liability; Medical Professional Liability National Association of Counsel for Children Marvin Ventrell, Executive Director 1825 Marion Street, Suite 320 Denver, CO 80218 Phone: 303/864-5322 Specialty Programs: Juvenile Law-Child Welfare National Association of Estate Planners & Councils Estate Law Specialist Board, Inc. Eleanor Spuhler, Administrative Director 1120 Chester Ave., Suite 470  Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Phone: 216/696-3225 Specialty Programs: Estate Planning Law Specialist National College for DUI Defense, Inc. Rhea C. Kirk, Executive Director 445 S Decatur Street Montgomery, AL 36104 Phone: 334/264-1950 Specialty Programs: DUI Defense Law National Elder Law Foundation Deborah J. Barnett, Executive Director 1604 North Country Club Road Tucson, Arizona 85716 Phone: 520/881-1076 Specialty Program: Elder Law State Programs State Bar of Arizona Legal Specialization and MCLE Marnie Leinberger, Administrator  111 W. Monroe, Suite 1800 Phoenix, Arizona 85003-1742 Phone: 602/340-7326 Specialty Programs: Bankruptcy; Criminal; Estate & Trust; Family Law; Injury and Wrongful Death; Real Estate; Tax; Workers' Compensation State Bar of California - Office of Certification Phyllis J. Culp, Director 180 Howard Street San Francisco, California 94105 Phone: 415/538-2118 Specialty Programs: Appellate; Criminal; Estate Planning, Trust & Probate; Family; Immigration & Nationality; Personal & Small Business Bankruptcy; Taxation; Workers' Compensation The Florida Bar, Board of Legal Specialization and Education Dawna G. Bicknell, Executive Director 650 Appalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2300 Phone: 904/561-5655 Specialty Programs: Admiralty & Maritime; Antitrust & Trade Regulation; Appellate Practice; Aviation; Business Litigation; City, County and Local Government; Civil Trial; Construction Law; Criminal Appellate; Criminal Trial; Elder Law; Health Law; Immigration & Nationality; International Law; Labor & Employment Law; Marital & Family Law; Real Estate; Tax; Wills, Trusts & Estates; Workers' Compensation Louisiana State Bar Association, Board of Legal Specialization Catherine S. Zulli, Executive Director 601 St. Charles Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Phone: 504/566-1600 Specialty Programs: Business Bankruptcy; Consumer Bankruptcy; Estate Planning & Administration; Family Law; Tax Law Minnesota State Bar Association Meaghan Harper, Certification Manager 600 Nicollet Mall #380 Minneapolis, Minnesota Phone: 800/882-MSBA Specialty Programs: Civil Trial, Real Property New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification Wendy L. Weiss, Staff Attorney CN 970, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 Phone: 609/984-3077 Specialty Programs: Civil Trial; Criminal Trial; Matrimonial; Workers' Compensation New Mexico Board of Legal Specialization Jenny Oram, Court Related Programs Assistant Director 5125 Masthead NE Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109 Phone: 505/797-6057 Specialty Programs: Appellate Practice; Bankruptcy-Business; Bankruptcy-Consumer; Civil Trial; Consumer; Criminal Trial; Employment & Labor Law; Environmental; Estate Planning, Probate & Trusts; Family Law; Federal Indian Law; Local Government Law; Natural Resources; Real Estate; Taxation; Workers’ Compensation North Carolina Board of Legal Specialization Alice Neece Mine, Executive Director P.O. Box 25908 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 Phone: 919/828-4620 Specialty Programs: Business Bankruptcy Law; Consumer Bankruptcy Law; Criminal Appellate Practice; Federal Criminal Law; State Criminal Law; Estate Planning & Probate Law; Family Law; Immigration Law; Real Property Law: Business, Commercial & Industrial; Real Property Law: Residential Transactions; Workers' Compensation Law Ohio State Bar Association Melissa Quick, Specialization and Certification Manager P.O. Box 16562 Columbus, Ohio 43216-6562 Phone: 800/282-6556 Specialty Programs: Family Relations Law; Federal Taxation; Workers' Compensation Law in Ohio; Labor and Employment Law; Estate Planning Trust and Probate Law South Carolina Supreme Court Commission on CLE and Specialization Mary A. Germack, Executive Director P.O. Box 2138 Columbia, South Carolina 29202 Phone: 803/799-5578 Specialty Programs: Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor Law; Employment and Labor Law; Estate Planning & Probate Law; Taxation Tennessee Supreme Court Commission on CLE & Specialization Dave Shearon, Executive Director 221 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 300 Nashville, TN 37219 Phone: 615/741-3096 Specialty Programs: Accounting Professional Liability; Business Bankruptcy; Civil Trial Advocacy; Consumer Bankruptcy; Creditors' Rights; Criminal Law Trial Advocacy; Elder Law; Estate Planning; Family Law Trial Advocacy; Legal Professional Liability; Medical Professional Liability Texas Board of Legal Specialization Gary W. McNeil, Executive Director 505 E. Huntland Drive, Suite 400, L.B. 28 Austin, Texas 78752 Phone: 512/453-7266 Specialty Programs: Administrative; Business Bankruptcy; Consumer Bankruptcy; Civil Appellate; Civil Trial; Commercial Real Estate; Consumer and Commerical; Criminal; Estate Planning & Probate; Family; Farm & Ranch Real Estate; Immigration & Nationality; Juvenile; Labor & Employment; Oil, Gas & Mineral; Personal Injury Trial; Residential Real Estate; Tax

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