Jeff Clements

Jeff Clements is a founder and president of American Promise, which is uniting Americans to combat systemic corruption and protect our voice, votes, communities and future with a For Our Freedom Amendment to the US Constitution. The amendment authorizes limits and regulation of the deployment of money to influence local, state and federal elections. Jeff has been as a partner at a large law firm based in Boston and in his own firm. He also has served as Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the Public Protection in the Attorney General’s Office in Massachusetts. Among other major litigation, Clements filed briefs in the Supreme Court and other courts in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and other cases defending anti-corruption laws. He is the author of Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy from Big Money & Global Corporations and his work has appeared in various media. Clements also is a founder of Whaleback Partners LLC, which provides sustainable financing to businesses in the local agriculture economy.