Nerdy for 30 Series
CAMPAIGN & ELECTION COMPLIANCE
February 29, 2024 - 10:00 AM
Thank you for joining us for a discussion on the important campaign and election laws and processes you need to know to stay out of trouble. View the discussion below.
Panelists:
About Elizabeth Hadley: Hadley focuses her practice on both government law and policy and litigation matters. She is board-certified in legislative and campaign law by The Texas Board of Legal Specialization (TBLS). Her government practice includes representing clients with legislative, regulatory, and administrative issues across all policy areas, with an emphasis on insurance regulation, economic development, technology, health care, education, the Texas Public Information Act, procurement matters, and campaign finance compliance in Texas. More.
About Ed Shack: Ed Shack advises officeholders, candidates, political committees, lobbyists, attorneys, corporations, and the media regarding the conduct of state officials, campaign finance, lobby, and election laws. He has appeared as an expert witness in criminal trials and before grand juries and legislative committees. Previously he served as a staff member of the Governor's Ethics Task Force in 1991, which was responsible for drafting emergency rules for the new Texas Ethics Commission and laying the groundwork for the operation of the Commission. He is a former member, City of Austin Ethics Review Commission. He has taught "Ethics and Legal Issues" at the Seminars for Texas State Board Members conducted by the Offices' of former Governors George W. Bush and Rick Perry.
About Andy Cates: Andy is a Founding Member and Board Member of the State Bar of Texas Legislative & Campaign Law Section, where he spearheaded the petition to create the nation’s first legal specialization in Legislative and Campaign Law. He is also one of the few attorneys in the country with board certification in that area. Andy is the author of the only legal guide to Texas ethics laws - Texas Ethics Laws Annotated - now in the 8th edition. More.
