Horwitz Law has successfully represented and advised numerous state and local elected officials, candidates for public office, PACs and political organizations, county political parties, and other political law clients across Tennessee regarding campaign finance, election, and political law issues.  Horwitz Law has also successfully represented clients in landmark election-related litigation concerning local, state, and federal election law.  Daniel Horwitz—Horwitz Law’s founding member—formerly served as election counsel for the Tennessee Democratic Party, and he currently serves as General Counsel for Tennesseans For Sensible Election Laws, an election-reform oriented multicandidate political campaign committee and advocacy group.

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AN INVALUABLE ASSET

July 3, 2014 – Daniel’s portfolio is a broad one, but the particular area of expertise where I most often solicit his help is applied Election Law. As Executive Director of the Tennessee Democratic Party, I frequently need advice with respect to candidate qualifications, electoral challenges, and other election-specific matters. Daniel’s work in this area is simply superlative. It is concise, well reasoned and supported, brilliantly written, specific, and actionable. It is also hard to come by elsewhere. Daniel Horwitz is an invaluable asset.

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Selected Election Law Case History

Selected Case Documents

*Tennessee Supreme Court’s Opinion and Order granting relief,

–Wallace Principal Brief

–Metro’s Principal Brief

–Wallace Reply Brief

–Wallace Application for Extraordinary Jurisdiction

Selected Media Coverage

-The Tennessean: Tennessee Supreme Court moves up Nashville mayoral special election to May

-The Nashville Scene: Supreme Court: Mayoral Election Must Be Held in May

-The Nashville Post: Supreme Court moves mayoral election to May

-The Nashville Business Journal: Supreme Court strikes down August mayoral election date

-Nashville Business Journal: Tennessee Supreme Court to decide fate of Nashville mayoral election

-WPLN: Nashville Must Hold Next Mayor’s Election In May, Court Rules

-Nashville Post: Supreme Court will decide mayoral election date

-Nashville Scene:  Metro Legal Could Cost the City Money for Another Election

Selected Case Documents:

*Court of Appeals Opinion Affirming Judgment

*Chancery Court Memorandum and Order

*Chancery Court Order Awarding Attorney’s Fees

–Plaintiff’s Complaint

–Plaintiff’s Memorandum of Law in Support of a Preliminary Injunction

–Defendants’ Answer

–Plaintiff’s Pre-Trial Brief

–Defendants’ Pre-Trial Brief

–Principal Brief of Appellants BECF and Davidson DA

–Brief of Appellee Tennesseans for Sensible Election Laws

–Reply Brief of Appellants BECF and Davidson DA

–Amicus Brief of the Beacon Center of Tennessee 

–Brief of Amici Curiae Goldwater Institute and Liberty Justice Center

Selected Media Coverage:

-The Tennessean: Appeals court tosses Tennessee laws that created a donation blackout for nonpartisan PACs

-The Tennessean: Nashville judge rules against state in lawsuit over ‘blackout period’ for PACs

-Nashville Post: Court strikes down ‘blackout period’ campaign finance provision

-The Tennessean: Tennessee sued over PAC contributions ‘blackout period’ before elections

Selected Case Documents:

*Court of Appeals Memorandum Opinion Affirming Judgment

–FOP Court of Appeals Brief

–Metro Court of Appeals Brief

–Community Oversight Now Court of Appeals Brief

*Tennessee Supreme Court Order Denying FOP’s Rule 10 Application

–FOP Rule 10 Application

–Community Oversight Now Rule 10 Response

Selected Media Coverage:

-The Tennessean: Community oversight board belonged on the Nashville ballot, appeals court says; vote stands

Case Documents:

–Brief of the “Yes On 1” Campaign as Amicus Curiae

*Sixth Circuit Opinion Reversing District Court

–Plaintiffs’ Petition for Rehearing En Banc

–Sixth Circuit Order Denying En Banc Review

Media Coverage:

-The Tennessean: Appeals court won’t reconsider Tennessee abortion measure decision

-Patch: Federal Court Denies Challenge To Tennessee Abortion Amendment

-The Tennessean: Fate of Tennessee abortion measure Amendment 1 now up to appeals court

-Pro Life News: Tennessee: Pro-Life Win as Judge Says State Counted Votes Correctly on Amendment 1

-The Tennessean: Amendment 1 plaintiffs on shaky legal ground

-News Channel 5: Vote Counting For Tennessee Abortion Measure Argued In Federal Court

-Yes on 1: Yes on 1 Files State Court Motion on Behalf of Disenfranchised Voters

Selected Election Law Scholarship

-Daniel A. Horwitz, A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words:  Why Ballot Selfies Are Protected by the First Amendment, 18 SMU Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. 247 (2015), available at http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2704630 (featured in May 2016 ABA Journal).