Million dollar personal injury verdicts and the attorneys who obtain them are less common than many people think, given the headlines such awards usually attract.

According to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, fewer than 1% of all U.S. lawyers are members of the group, which limits membership to those lawyers who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts, awards and settlements.

Founded in 1993, the Forum says it has about 3,000 members located throughout the United States, as of November 28, 2007.