Our client, the Civil Justice Association of California (cjac.org), is seeking a dynamic new President/Chief Executive Officer to continue this well-established organization’s mission of providing a voice for balance and fairness in the California civil justice system. The Civil Justice Association of California (CJAC) is a statewide, non-profit, membership-supported coalition of citizens, taxpayers, businesses, local governments, professionals, manufacturers, financial institutions, insurers, and medical organizations. CJAC works in the legislature to reduce the excessive and unwarranted litigation that increases business and government expenses, discourages innovation, and drives up the cost of goods and services for all Californians.As a result of powerful lobbying, CJAC has stopped hundreds of dangerous bills from becoming law. CJAC also works in the courts to help produce important decisions with significant cost savings to businesses of all sizes in a broad variety of areas. The multitude of lawsuits in California are costing jobs and crowding the courts. More than 1,000 major class action suits are filed in state courts each year; half of them are over employment issues. Conflicting and confusing laws expose small businesses to disability access lawsuits. CJAC’s annual budget is approximately $2.5 million. The President/CEO leads a small, engaged, staff who bring experience from both the private and public sectors. The influential board’s 50 members include many representatives from Fortune 500 companies, who support CJAC’s activities. The President/CEO reports to the Executive Committee’s nine members. CJAC actively engages with other like-minded, high-profile organizations, such as the California-based Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, the Washington DC-based Civil Justice Reform Group, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-affiliated Institute for Legal Reform. CJAC was founded in 1979 as the Association for California Tort Reform (ACTR), a by-product of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA), passed in response to a crisis of runaway medical liability costs and the resulting shortage of healthcare providers in California. ACTR later merged with another tort reform group of high-tech and venture capital leaders in the Silicon Valley, the California Legal Reform Institute, to form a broader, more powerful coalition dedicated to improving California’s civil justice system. The association was renamed the Civil Justice Association of California in 1999. To maintain a strong, forceful, and influential Association, a key priority for the President/CEO will be membership recruitment and retention, demonstrating the value of CJAC to all industries. The President/CEO will be required to develop relationships with representatives of the state government’s Executive Branch, key agencies, the Legislature and peer/affinity groups. The President/CEO will be expected to rebuild CJAC’s staff to full strength and to be highly engaged with the media. This is an outstanding opportunity to lead an influential and high profile, statewide organization, working to bring balance and fairness to the civil justice system in California. EXPECTED OUTCOMES
It is expected that the President/Chief Executive Officer will achieve the following during the first year:
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Successful candidates will have the following combination of experience that will allow them to achieve the outcomes noted above:
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