2021-10-28T11:07:08-05:00 2020-12-31 582676261 Rogers & Company PLLC 8300 Boone Boulevard Suite 600 Vienna VA 22182 990 2020-01-01 521464785 American Tort Reform Association AMER 2026821163 1101 Connecticut Avenue NW No 40 Washington DC 200364351 Sherman Joyce President 2026821163 2021-10-28 1 Sherman Joyce XXX-XX-XXXX Lori A Collingsworth P00639819 7038930300 2021-10-27 0 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Sherman Joyce 1101 Connecticut Avenue NW No 400 Washington DC 200364351 4756497 0 X https://www.atra.org/ X 1986 DC The nation's first organization exclusively dedicated to repairing our civil justice system. 27 26 9 26 0 0 0 0 5376341 4755895 893 602 0 0 5377234 4756497 50218 61185 0 0 1217706 1344242 0 0 0 3804385 3150745 5072309 4556172 304925 200325 2169769 2429386 700281 759573 1469488 1669813 X The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) is the nation's first organization exclusively dedicated to repairing our civil justice system. ATRA fights in Congress, in state legislatures, and in the courts to create a fairer civil justice system for all. See Schedule O 0 0 To enhance the fairness, efficiency, and predictability of the tort system through public education and legislative enactments. ATRA accomplishes its legislative agenda by working with state tort reform coalitions. It is a clearing-house for information from approximately 40 state tort reform coalitions. Each fall, ATRA hosts a planning conference at which coalition leaders meet to discuss past successes and future strategies. ATRA also prepares educational materials which carry its message directly to the public. ATRA has developed a communications "tool-kit" for use by local grassroots coalitions interested in fighting lawsuit abuse. See Schedule O To support activities of legislative coalitions in each state by keeping their members informed, mobilizing them for action and keeping media attention focused on the need for civil justice reform. ATRA's weekly "Legislative Watch," available online, via fax and e-mail, keeps members abreast of tort reform at the state and federal level. ATRA's "Reformer" newsletter is a quarterly update of ATRA activities and civil justice issues. ATRA has also published a comprehensive guide to civil justice reform laws in all 50 states. To serve as the nation's voice on lawsuit abuse and the need for civil justice reform. ATRA's media relations program ensures that the media hears both sides of the legal reform debate. ATRA editorials have appeared in such national newspapers as USA Today, and regional dailies nationwide. In addition, ATRA experts have appeared in NBC news, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and many others. ATRA also publishes a legal reform champions list to recognize and publicize the efforts of legal reformers throughout the civil justice community. The "Judicial Hellholes" program will monitor problematic jurisdictions, as documented in ATRA's report "Bringing Justice to Judicial Hellholes", and the judges that preside over them. "Judicial Hellholes" are cities, counties or judicial districts that attract lawsuits from around the nation or the region because they are correctly perceived as very plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions. They are places where the law is not applied even-handedly to all litigants. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 27 26 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 X The Organization 2026821163 1101 Connecticut Avenue NW No 400 Washington DC 200364351 Tamera Velasquez Chairwoman 2.00 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Keesha-Lu Mitra Treasurer 2.00 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Melissas Brown Secretary 2.00 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Seth Lamont Past Chair 2.00 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Robert Levy Chair Elect 2.00 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Victor Schwartz General Counsel 2.00 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Michael Burns Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 George Cox Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Freeman Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Tim Goodrich Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Christopher Gramling Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Markus Green Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Hall Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Molly Jones Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Doug Lampe Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Lanza Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Leah Lorber Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 John Marlow Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Lisa McCraw Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Kyla Christoffersen Powell Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Marcus Rayner Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Eric Rucker Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Thomas Vanderford Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Andrew White Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Marta Zaniewski Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 J Stephen Zielezienski Board Member 2.00 2.00 X 0 0 0 Sherman Joyce President 40.00 2.00 X X 477409 0 72096 Matt Fullenbaum Director of Legislation 40.00 0.00 X 199500 0 19332 Lauren Jarrell Dir. & Counsel, Civil Justice Policy 40.00 0.00 X 165500 0 8384 842409 0 99812 3 0 1 0 The Herald Group LLC 1800 M Street NW Ste 450S Washington DC 20036 Consulting 1466836 Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP PO Box 843718 Kansas City MO 64184 Legal 521192 2 Membership dues and assessments 900099 1982535 1982535 Grassroots program 900099 1936635 1936635 Special programs 900099 836525 836525 Conferences and meetings 900099 200 200 4755895 602 602 4756497 4755895 0 602 X 61185 549505 628981 52354 47670 65732 635402 52740 121759 2035252 16206 46026 4490 164823 6401 46538 639 7003 12144 Professional dues 1322 4556172 490588 475621 1164532 1464871 191737 140425 88412 47325 307545 304693 8606 2852 225894 298292 2169769 2429386 201540 208502 181300 169300 317441 381771 700281 759573 X 1029488 1229813 440000 440000 1469488 1669813 2169769 2429386 200325 0 X 0 0 0 15000 15000 15000 1 Republican Attorneys General Association 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue NW 800 Washington DC 20006 464501717 15000 0 0 0 0 1523400 646571 646571 761700 -115129 119920 119920 0 172084 171509 575 15541 13264 2277 2852 Deferred compensation assets 298292 298292 Deferred compensation liabilities 298292 Deferred rent 83479 381771 1 Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch PO Box 65172 Baton Rouge LA 70806 260234875 501(c)(4) 26185 0 N/A N/A Program support Republican Attorneys General Association 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 800 Washington DC 20006 464501717 527 15000 0 N/A N/A Program support West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (WV CALA) PO Box 127 Charleston WV 25321 200554449 501(c)(6) 10000 0 N/A N/A Program support 0 3 Part I, Line 2: The Association works closely with grantee organizations throughout the year, thereby monitoring the use of the funds. X X 0 1 0 Sherman Joyce President 477409 0 0 0 0 0 39796 0 32300 0 549505 0 0 0 Matt Fullenbaum Director of Legislation 192500 0 7000 0 0 0 8977 0 10355 0 218832 0 0 0 Lauren Jarrell Dir. & Counsel, Civil Justice Policy 157500 0 8000 0 0 0 7447 0 937 0 173884 0 0 0 Part I, Line 4b Sherman Joyce, President, participated in a nonqualified deferred compensation plan under the Internal Revenue Code 457(f). The contribution to the plan during the year ended December 31, 2020 was $26,520. Form 990, Part III, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission: The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) is the nation's first organization exclusively dedicated to repairing our civil justice system. ATRA fights in Congress, in state legislatures, and in the courts to create a fairer civil justice system for all. We identify and champion elected officials and judges who want to fix the system. Our mission is to see real justice in our courts. In the media, we serve as the national voice of the civil justice reform movement. Today, America's $429 billion tort system is the most expensive in the industrialized world. Aggressive personal injury lawyers target certain professions, industries and individual companies as profit centers. They systematically recruit clients who may never have suffered a real illness or injury and use scare tactics, combined with the promise of awards, to bring these people into massive class-action lawsuits. They effectively tap the media to rally sentiment for multi-million-dollar punitive damage awards. This leads many companies to settle questionable lawsuits just to stay out of court. These lawsuits are bad for business; they are also bad for society. They compromise access to affordable health care, punish consumers by raising the cost of goods and services, chill innovation, and undermine the notion of personal responsibility. The personal injury lawyers who benefit from the status quo use their fees to perpetuate the cycle of lawsuit abuse. They have reinvested millions of dollars into the political process and in more litigation that acts as a drag on our economy. Some have compared the political and judicial influence of the personal injury bar to a fourth branch of government. ATRA works to counter that influence by challenging this status quo and continually leading the fight for commonsense reforms in the states, Congress and the court of public opinion. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a, Continued: Each June and December, ATRA publishes "The Tort Reform Record" to record the accomplishments of the latest legislative year. It includes a two-page, state-by-state summary of the ATRA-supported reforms enacted by the states since 1986. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 1 An Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, consisting of the Chair, the Chair Elect, the Immediate Past Chair, the President, the General Counsel, the Secretary and the Treasurer shall, between meetings of the Board of Directors, have and may exercise, so far as may be permitted by law, full authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the Association except that the Executive Committee may not change, supplement or repeal the Association's Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws, may not fill vacancies on the Board of Directors, may not elect Officers, may not suspend or cancel membership in the Association, may not convene a membership meeting and may not dissolve the Association. The Executive Committee shall keep a record of its acts and shall promptly report such acts to the Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 The Association has dues paying members. ATRA's membership is diverse and includes nonprofits, small and large companies, as well as state and national trade, business and professional associations. There are three classes of members: Class A, Class B, and Associate. Class A members are any organization which is not an insurer, law firm or association of insurers or lawyers. Class B members consist of all other organizations and associate members are any individual. Associate members may be considered honorary members if the individual has contributed to the Association's mission through their decision making, leadership or scholarship. Class A members have voting rights. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a The members of the Board of Directors are elected by a majority of Class A members voting in person or by proxy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b A draft of the 990 is provided to management for review. A complete copy is circulated to the Board of Directors prior to filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c All board members and employees are given a copy of the Conflict of Interest Policy and are required to return it to the Association. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The President of the Association's compensation is reviewed annually by the Executive Committee who uses compensation surveys and ASAE data. All other key employee's compensation is determined by the President who reviews compensation surveys and ASAE data to make the decision on appropriate compensation levels. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Association would consider making the governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public if requested to do so. However, these documents are typically not made available to the public. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g ATRA program consultants/ contract services 111,150. Grassroots program consultants/ contract services 1,727,993. Administrative consultants/ contract services 196,109. 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