November 23, 2015      6:58 PM
Empower Texans spent nearly $700,000 on legal fees in 2014
Former Rep. Joe Nixon, tort reformer, reaps huge windfall for his law firm as the main lawyer in MQ Sullivan’s legal troubles
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note: The tax form from Empower Texans is available for our subscribers at the
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The self-proclaimed “conservative” group operated
on a day-to-day basis by Michael Quinn
Sullivan and chaired by Midland oilman Tim
Dunn spent nearly $700,000 on legal fees in the year 2014, according to tax
documents obtained Monday by Quorum Report.
As QR readers
who have followed Dunn’s political activities are aware, Empower Texans/Texans for Fiscal
Responsibility runs several organizations – a 501(c)(4) non-profit
corporation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, and a state general-purpose political
action committee.
The 2014 tax form 990 for the 501(c)(3) shows that it had total revenue last year of more than $2.29
million. Of that, $672,805 was spent with the law firm of Beirne
Maynard & Parsons, which employs former Rep. Joe Nixon and attorney Trey
Trainor of Dripping Springs.
By Scott Braddock
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