Texas Civil Justice League

About the Texas Civil Justice League

Established in 1986, the Texas Civil Justice League:

• is a non-partisan, statewide business coalition committed to long-term legal reform advocacy and public policy research.

• thwarted efforts to rollback business liability and legal reform during the 2007 legislative session by defeating sweeping anti-indemnity and qui tam (false claims) bills, and proposals that threatened consolidated insurance programs.

• is already laying the groundwork for the 2009 legislative session. Issue work groups will make recommendations in vital public policy areas, such as courts, general business liability, indemnity/OCIP/construction contracts, mass torts, insurance, and products liability. In addition, the League’s grassroots and political outreach efforts will infl uence legislative and judicial races across the state by keeping business issues in the forefront of upcoming campaigns.

• cost-effectively extends the benefi ts of corporate legal departments by monitoring court rulings, legislation, and alerting members to challenges that threaten the state’s judicial system.

• is the state’s oldest and most effective legal reform organization. Business leaders and former legislators founded the League to enact recommendations issued by the 1987 House/Senate Joint Committee on Liability Insurance and Tort Law Procedure.

• takes fiscal responsibility seriously, leveraging membership dues into meaningful, long-term reform. The lobby team and staff work within an economical budget, spending signifi cantly less than comparable statewide organizations.

• is the only statewide legal reform coalition governed by a diverse board of directors composed of business leaders and association representatives.

• works with business and professional trade associations to achieve mutual public policy objectives. actively seeks and incorporates its members’ input into legislative proposals.

• is a national leader in the lawsuit reform movement and has assisted in the organization of similar state groups in Georgia, Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania.

• is a charter member of the American Tort Reform Association and collaborates with other national groups, including the American Justice Partnership and Civil Justice Reform Group.