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State Partners
The organizations
included here comprise a diverse group of independent
organizations, each with its own mission and governance
structure. They have in common, however, that they each
focus on various aspects of legal reform. Some undertake
public education or research programs, while others meet with
government officials to advocate for specific reform measures.
Each has its own role to play in keeping with its mission and
charter.
For your convenience,
we have brought together some of their notable reports and
publications as a way for you easily become acquainted with
their legal reform activities.
Click on logos below to
go to the organization's page on this website. Or, click
on the links on the right menu bar to go directly to their
websites.
You can also view our
State Profile Pages
for information on a state by state basis.
Visit our National Partners
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Alabama |
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Business Council of Alabama, it’s our job to fight for
business and industry. |
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California |
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The
Civil Justice Association is a non-profit, membership supported
coalition of citizens, taxpayers, businesses, local governments,
professionals, manufacturers, financial institutions, insurers
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CMTA
(formerly
the California Manufacturers Association) works to improve and
preserve a strong business climate for California's 30,000
Manufacturers, processors and technology based companies.
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Silicon Valley
Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse is a non-profit public policy
group dedicated to educating the public as to the human and
financial cost of frivolous lawsuits; to stimulate public debate
on the need for civil justice reform and to hold legislators
responsible for that reform. |
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Colorado |
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The
Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry (CACI) was
created in 1965 when the Colorado Chamber of Commerce and the
Colorado Manufacturers' Association merged. |
The Colorado Civil
Justice League is your advocate for lawsuit sanity. We are the only
state-wide coalition dedicated exclusively to ending abusive
lawsuits and creating a fair civil justice system in Colorado.
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Florida |
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The
Florida Chamber of Commerce has recently founded the Florida
Justice Reform Institute, with support from Chamber Senior
Vice President Mark Wilson and new Executive Director
(to be announced soon!) |
Associated Industries of Florida is an association of
diversified businesses, designed to
create and foster an economic climate in Florida conducive to
the growth, development, and welfare of industry and business
and the people of the state. |
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The Florida Chamber of Commerce
is Florida’s largest federation of businesses, chambers of
commerce and business associations. |
The
Florida Coalition for Legal Reform is a
group of Florida companies and associations working together for
reason, sanity, and equity in our state’s legal system.
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Georgia |
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The
Georgia Chamber of Commerce is the unified voice of the
business community. |
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Illinois |
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The
mission of the Illinois Chamber is to aggressively
promote the interests of business by educating and persuading
policy-makers to make pro-business decisions in order to promote
prosperity and opportunity for the citizens of Illinois. |
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Illinois Civil Justice League is a coalition of Illinois
citizens, professionals and local governments
that have joined together to work for fairness in the Illinois
civil justice system. |
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The
Illinois Manufacturers' Association was formed is to
strengthen the economic, social, environmental and governmental
conditions for manufacturing and allied enterprises in the state
of Illinois, resulting in an enlarged business base and
increased employment. |
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Kansas |
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The
Kansas Chamber is the statewide business advocacy group with
headquarters in Topeka. It is moving Kansas towards becoming the
best state in America to do business. |
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Michigan |
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The
Michigan Chamber of Commerce was established in November
1959 to represent employer interests by working to promote
conditions favorable to economic development in Michigan. |
Formed
as a non-partisan, grassroots organization, Michigan Lawsuit
Abuse Watch (M-LAW) serves as a public watchdog over our
court system.
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The Michigan
Manufacturers Association (MMA) has been serving
manufacturers for more than 100 years, providing quality,
competitive-rate insurance programs; effective representation at
Michigan’s Capitol; timely educational seminars; and many more
services. |
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Mississippi |
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Missouri |
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The
Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry understands
that the quality of life in our state depends on quality jobs
for Missourians. To that end, we have one simple mission: to
protect and advance Missouri business. |
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New
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Mexico Alliance for Legal Reform (NMALR) is a non-profit
grassroots public interest organization dedicated to promoting
integrity and fairness in the New Mexico legal system. |
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Association of Commerce and Industry of New Mexico (ACI) is
the statewide business advocate and aggressively lobbies the
state’s legislative, executive, and judicial branches of
government year–round to enact laws and policies that improve
the state’s business climate. |
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North Carolina |
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The North Carolina Chamber is
the largest, broad-based statewide business organization in
North Carolina with the mission of making sure that North
Carolina is and remains the best state in America in which to do
business and the most competitive for jobs.
Nearly 30,000 businesses of all
sizes and sectors are members of the North Carolina Chamber and
partners in its Chamber Federation. |
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Ohio |
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As
the state's leading business advocate and resource, the
Ohio Chamber of Commerce aggressively champions free enterprise,
economic competitiveness and growth for the benefit of all
Ohioans. |
Ohio
Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse
(OCALA) is a non-profit, grassroots public education
organization that represents over 6000 Ohio citizens. |
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Oklahoma |
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The
State Chamber,
Oklahoma's Association of Business and Industry is the state's
most effective lobbying organization representing all types and
sizes of business. |
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South
Carolina |
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As
the premiere advocacy organization in the state, the
South
Carolina Chamber of Commerce will serve as
the unified business voice for promoting an economy of increased
productivity and per capita income to achieve global
competitiveness. |
The South Carolina Civil Justice
Coalition is working to address South Carolina's legal
climate and seeking to improve South Carolina's ranking and
reputation with the US business community. |
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Texas |
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Since
1986, the Texas Civil Justice League (TCJL) has led the
fight to create a strong business climate by restoring fairness
and stability to the civil justice system. |
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Washington |
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The
purpose of the Association of Washington Business is to create
an economic climate in which business and citizens can be
successful. |
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West Virginia |
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The
West
Virginia Chamber of Commerce is an
action-taking business organization that works for a favorable
business climate for its membership. |
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Wisconsin |
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WMC is a statewide, non-profit business association
representing Wisconsin business. |
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If your
organization is interested in joining the fight for common sense
legal reform, contact
Kristyn Shayon, Director of
Communications, 770.972.3266 |
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