Attorneys Board Certified in Legislative and Campaign Law in Texas

To become board certified in Legislative and Campaign Law, the attorney must devote a minimum required percentage of time practicing in a specialty area each year. 

The attorney must devote a minimum of 30% of his or her time practicing legislative and campaign law in Texas during each year of the three years immediately preceding application. 

the required percentage during each year of the 3 years immediately preceding application. The board certified attorney must devote the required percentage during each year of certification.

Categories for task requirements in Legislative and Campaign Law include: 

• The functioning of Legislative Institutions and Professional Advocacy including:
  • researching, preparing, or advising on legislative instruments, including bills, joint resolutions, resolutions to sue the state, amendments, and ordinances; 
  • researching, preparing, or advising on matters of statutory intent;
  • advising on the law of legislative privileges and legislative immunity;
  • researching, preparing, developing, modifying, or advising on public sector budgets through the legislative process;
  • advising on achieving compliance with state, federal, or local lobby regulation laws; (f) advising on legislative practice and procedure;
  • legal challenges to any state, local, or federal law specifically related to legislative law; 
  • advocacy on behalf of clients at the Texas Ethics Commission, Federal Election Commission, other local ethics commissions, or other similar agencies;
  • government enforcement actions, investigations, or prosecutions involving alleged violations of any state, local, or federal law specifically related to legislative law; 
  • other litigation and executive and administrative opinion processes specifically related to legislative law;
  • advising on separation of powers and scope of delegated powers of each branch of government; and
  • publishing articles, presenting continuing legal education, or teaching at an institution of higher education on legislative or lobby law. 
• The following activities in Campaign Law:
  • providing campaign finance advice for political candidates, political committees, political organizations, and public officials;
  • providing advice on federal or state laws or regulations governing campaign or political activities by corporations or nonprofit organizations;
  • legal challenges to any state, local, or federal law specifically related to campaign law;
  • election contests and/or recounts;
  • government enforcement actions, investigations, or prosecutions involving alleged violations of any state, local, or federal law specifically related to campaign law;
  • other litigation and executive and administrative opinion process specifically related to campaign law; and
  • publishing articles, presenting continuing legal education, or teaching at an institution of higher education on campaign finance or election law.