Member Requirements and Nomination Process

IADC membership is by invitation only. Potential nominees should not be consulted prior to approval by the Board of Directors.

IADC Membership Qualification

• Any person who is and, for at least eight years immediately prior to being nominated for Membership, has been a member in good standing of the bar of the court of last resort of a State, Territory or Possession of the United States of America, or of the District of Columbia, or of any country or political subdivision thereof, and is of high professional standing, who has devoted a substantial portion of professional time to the representation of defendants or business in civil litigation and who will contribute to the purposes and activities of the Association; provided, however, that service on the bench or as a public official engaged in the supervision or regulation of the insurance industry for all or any part of the ten years immediately preceding a nomination for Membership shall satisfy, pro tanto, the foregoing experience requirements.
• Any person (whether or not a licensed attorney) who is actively engaged in the insurance industry as a full-time employee of a licensed insurance company or an insurance association or who is a full-time employee of a company, and whose primary duties include claims or risk management for such insurance or other company and responsibility for its relationships with outside legal and trial counsel or include activities in the fields of interest in which the professional Members of this organization are engaged, such that he or she will contribute to the purposes and activities of the Association.
• Any person who is a member in good standing of the bar of the court of last resort of a State, Territory, or Possession of the United States of America, or of the District of Columbia, or of any country or subdivision thereof, and is of high professional standing and whose present duties, as salaried, in-house counsel for a company, include responsibility for the legal affairs thereof such that he or she will contribute to the purposes and activities of the Association.

The IADC Membership Process

• Each nomination requires one IADC member to nominate the individual and two IADC members to sponsor the individual. (Nominations outside the United States require one nomination and one sponsor.) IADC members may support a qualified individual for membership by:
  • Completing the Membership Nomination Form
  • Completing the Membership Sponsorship Form
• Once nominations are complete, they are reviewed by the Membership Committee which seeks input from members in the nominee’s state or region.
• Once reviewed by the Membership Committee, nominations are presented monthly to the Board of Directors for approval. Those nominees approved by the Board are contacted by the IADC office and offered the opportunity to join.