"As for lobbying, you're going to have to point me to the lawyers lobbying against trial law on an equal footing with the trial lawyers lobby; I wasn't aware that AAJ had any serious competition anymore than the NRA did. "

For starters, the association of corporate counsel, the institute for legal reform (which is the US chamber of commerce's legal lobby arm), and the US chamber of commerce.

The ACC has 34k+ members, which is about as many as, for example, the national association of criminal defense attorneys.;