Justice 2020 is a trial lawyer-aligned political action committee that funded Democratic U.S. Senate candidates during the 2020 election cycle. Other Justice PACs have been set up for each two-year election cycle, called Justice 2018, Justice 2022, and Justice 2024. ¹

Justice 2020 spent heavily on the elections of Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Theresa Greenfield in Iowa, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in Georgia, Cal Cunningham in North Carolina, Sara Gideon in Maine, and Barbara Bollier in Kansas, alongside incumbent Sens. Tina Smith (D-MN) and Gary Peters  (D-MI). ²

Background

Justice 2020 is a trial lawyer-aligned political action committee that funded Democratic U.S. Senate candidates during the 2020 election cycle. ¹

Since 2018, Justice PACs have been set up for each two-year election cycle, with iterations called Justice 2018, Justice 2022, and Justice 2024. ¹

Justice 2018 and Justice 2020 separately sent seven figures to support Democratic U.S. Senate candidates across the country, with a particular focus on competitive races including in Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, and North Carolina. ³

Judith Zamore is listed as the treasurer of the PAC. ⁴

Finances

Justice 2020 raised $1,269,242. Contributions to the PAC from individual donors of $200 or more totaled

$601,858. The PAC spent $1,269,208. ⁴

Robins Kaplan LLP contributed $4,000 to the Justice 2022 PAC. ⁵

Making Americans Count PAC contributed $1,000 to the Justice 2022 PAC. ⁵

Justice 2020 spent $185,077 towards the election of Iowa U.S. Senate candidate Theresa Greenfield (D); $112,551 towards the election of Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff (D); $100,762 towards the election of Georgia U.S. Senate candidate Raphael Warnock (D); $92,132 towards the election of North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham (D); $86,994 toward the election of Maine U.S. Senate candidate Sara Gideon (D); and $75,344 toward the election of Kansas U.S. Senate candidate Barbara Bollier (D) alongside $80,324 toward the election of incumbent Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) and $75,943 toward the election of Sen. Gary Peters in Michigan. It also gave $41,808 to ActBlue. ²

From 2017 to 2024, the iterations of Justice PAC contributed $4,288,379 to Democratic U.S. Senate candidates, according to research by the right-of-center Alliance for Consumers. The PAC’s iterations also contributed a total of $7,678 to Democratic-leaning organizations. For contributions, 100 percent went toward getting Democrats. ¹

Trial Lawyer Political Influence

Along with the Justice PACs, the right-leaning Alliance for Consumers identified two other organizations in its report that labeled groups as “shady trial lawyer” PACs. Its report identified the AAJ PAC, which is associated with the American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America). The AAJ PAC contributed 98 percent of its $21.5 million in contributions to Democratic candidates from 2017 through 2024. It also identified that the Truth and Justice Fund Company spent more than $3 million in swing state U.S. Senate candidates in North Carolina and Montana. ¹

From 2017 through 2024, the Justice PACs, the AAJ PAC and the Truth and Justice Fund Company contributed about $29 million in total support for Democratic U.S. Senate candidates and allied committees, according to the Alliance for Consumers. Some of the recipients include left-leaning groups such as America Votes, American Bridge, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and Emily’s List. ¹

The Alliance for Consumers reviewed eight major leading trial lawyer firms with close ties to state and local government litigation and found that of $15 million donated from 2017 to 2020 for federal elections, about 99 percent went to Democrats. Of that, $4 million went to Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee. Another $6 million went to Super PACs and other Democratic-aligned groups. ⁶

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