‘JUDICIAL HELLHOLES® 2009/2010’ REPORT
SET FOR RELEASE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15
NATION’S WORST CIVIL COURTS TO BE ANNOUNCED,
CORRUPT LAWYERS SPOTLIGHTED IN ‘ROGUES’ GALLERY’
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 8, 2009 – The American Tort Reform Foundation will release its Judicial Hellholes® 2009/2010 report next Tuesday, December 15, and invites journalists from around the country to participate in a telephone news conference when it offers its annual critique of the nation’s most unfair civil courts. Full text of the report will be posted by 9:00 a.m. ET that same day at www.atra.org.
Some reform-resistant jurisdictions have again been named as Judicial Hellholes, but they are joined this year by some newcomers, including a major city in the Northeast and the appellate courts of an entire state in the Southwest. (Note to reporters, editors and producers: If you’ve received this advisory, a court jurisdiction near you is likely to be cited in the Judicial Hellholes report.)
In addition to the report’s popular “Rogues’ Gallery,” which documents widespread trial lawyer corruption and criminality, this year’s report also includes a special section, “Fueling the Fire,” focusing on troubling trends in some courts that could lead to costly expansions of civil liability and even an erosion of public health and safety.
The Judicial Hellholes teleconference, featuring ATRF president Tiger Joyce and American Tort Reform Association general counsel Victor Schwartz will begin at 10:00 a.m. ET. Those wishing to participate should dial 1-800-895-0198 and wait for an operator to place them into the teleconference.
WHO: Sherman “Tiger” Joyce, president, American Tort Reform Foundation
Victor Schwartz, general counsel, American Tort Reform Association and partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.
WHAT: “Judicial Hellholes 2009/2010 Report” News conference by phone, 1-800-895-0198
WHEN: 10:00 a.m. ET, Tuesday, December 15, 2009
CONTACT: More information is available from the American Tort Reform Association’s director of communications, Darren McKinney, (202) 682-0084, dmckinney@atra.org.
-ATRA-
The American Tort Reform Association, based in Washington, D.C., is the only national organization dedicated exclusively to tort and liability reform through public education and the enactment of legislation. Its members include nonprofit organizations and small and large companies, as well as trade, business and professional associations from the state and national level.
SET FOR RELEASE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15
NATION’S WORST CIVIL COURTS TO BE ANNOUNCED,
CORRUPT LAWYERS SPOTLIGHTED IN ‘ROGUES’ GALLERY’
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 8, 2009 – The American Tort Reform Foundation will release its Judicial Hellholes® 2009/2010 report next Tuesday, December 15, and invites journalists from around the country to participate in a telephone news conference when it offers its annual critique of the nation’s most unfair civil courts. Full text of the report will be posted by 9:00 a.m. ET that same day at www.atra.org.
Some reform-resistant jurisdictions have again been named as Judicial Hellholes, but they are joined this year by some newcomers, including a major city in the Northeast and the appellate courts of an entire state in the Southwest. (Note to reporters, editors and producers: If you’ve received this advisory, a court jurisdiction near you is likely to be cited in the Judicial Hellholes report.)
In addition to the report’s popular “Rogues’ Gallery,” which documents widespread trial lawyer corruption and criminality, this year’s report also includes a special section, “Fueling the Fire,” focusing on troubling trends in some courts that could lead to costly expansions of civil liability and even an erosion of public health and safety.
The Judicial Hellholes teleconference, featuring ATRF president Tiger Joyce and American Tort Reform Association general counsel Victor Schwartz will begin at 10:00 a.m. ET. Those wishing to participate should dial 1-800-895-0198 and wait for an operator to place them into the teleconference.
WHO: Sherman “Tiger” Joyce, president, American Tort Reform Foundation
Victor Schwartz, general counsel, American Tort Reform Association and partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.
WHAT: “Judicial Hellholes 2009/2010 Report” News conference by phone, 1-800-895-0198
WHEN: 10:00 a.m. ET, Tuesday, December 15, 2009
CONTACT: More information is available from the American Tort Reform Association’s director of communications, Darren McKinney, (202) 682-0084, dmckinney@atra.org.
-ATRA-
The American Tort Reform Association, based in Washington, D.C., is the only national organization dedicated exclusively to tort and liability reform through public education and the enactment of legislation. Its members include nonprofit organizations and small and large companies, as well as trade, business and professional associations from the state and national level.
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