The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to reforming the civil justice system and advocating for tort reform. It is a nationwide network of state-based liability reform coalitions with 142,000 grassroots supporters. It was founded in 1986 by the American Council of Engineering Companies and was joined shortly thereafter by the American Medical Association. Its membership consists of more than 300 nonprofits, small and large businesses, corporations, municipalities, state and national trade and business associations, and professional firms.