Principle 01
A lawsuit is a last resort.
Litigation takes a heavy emotional and financial toll. The system should discourage non-meritorious suits and encourage quick, efficient resolution — never serve as a vehicle for windfall riches.
Our Mission
Fair courts. For every Texan.
TLR works to keep Texas courts honest, predictable and open to people with real claims — and closed to the abusive lawsuits that raise costs for everybody else.
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TLR's mission is to foster freedom, innovation, and job creation by advocating for a fair, efficient, and predictable civil justice system — staffed by competent and independent judges who apply the constitution and laws as written.
What we strive for —
Three principles. One standard of justice.
Principle 02
Injured Texans are made whole.
Texans who are genuinely injured deserve fair compensation from the party that caused the harm, paid promptly and without most of the recovery going to litigation costs.
Principle 03
Judges apply the law as written.
Fair courts require competent, independent judges who apply the Texas Constitution and statutes as written — free of intimidation, ideology, or campaign-cash pressure.
These principles have guided TLR's work in every legislative session since 1995.