In 2020, I took a risk.

As the pandemic was beginning and my law practice was heating up for the presidential elections, I started a media company. People thought I was joking. When I told them I was serious, they thought I was nuts.

The conventional wisdom at the time was that the media industry was dying. There were already too many newsletters. No one would care what a lawyer thought. Besides, I knew nothing about how to start and run a media business.

I set all of those concerns aside and moved forward. I saw a vital need for an avowedly pro-democracy platform. In March of 2020, Democracy Docket’s website went live. It has grown ever since.

Democracy Docket covers the battles for voting rights and elections happening in courtrooms across the country. It has no corporate parent and is beholden to no special interest. Instead, it relies on individuals like you.

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