Speakers List
A great way to learn more about animal law is to invite a speaker to your school. This is a list of some people who are able to speak on a wide range of subjects relating to animal law. However, this list is not comprehensive. If you do not see a speaker that meets your needs on this list you can try our Find an Attorney page or get in touch with a professor that teaches an Animal Law Course. Also, you do not need to limit your choices to those people who live in your region, some of these speakers will travel!
NORTHEAST
MEENA ALAGAPPAN, Attorney
Address:
343 E. 74th St., Apt. 101L
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-744-2504
Website: www.teachhumane.org
Expert In:
Humane education
Legislation
Enforcement efforts
Lesson coverage
Program effectiveness and Evaluation
ELENORA L. BENZ, Attorney
Address:
122 Main Street, Suite 102
Newton, NJ 07860
Phone:973-940-0707
E-mail:elb@elenorabenz.com email
Website:www.elenorabenz.com website
Expert In:
Pet Trusts
DAVID N. CASSUTO, Associate Professor of Law
Address:
Pace Law School
78 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603
Phone: 914-422-4456
Fax: 914-422-4168
Expert In:
Industrial farming
Animal ethics
Environmental ethics (as it relates to animals)
Legal personhood and animals
Standing for animals
LYDIA ANTONCIC CIACCI, Attorney
Address:
1234 Summer St, Suite 400
Stamford, CT 06905-5510
Expert In:
SARAH CONANT, Litigation Fellow, HSUS
Address:
The Humane Society of the United States
2100 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-676-2325
Email: sconant@humanesociety.org
Expert In:
Litigation and legal issues for farm animals
ROBERT H. FENNESSY, Attorney
Address:
1068 Main Street
Walpole, MA 02081
Phone 508-668-5595
Website: www.fennessylawoffices.com
Expert In:
Animal Cruelty
Municipal Law
Animal Law generally
GARY FRANCIONE, Attorney
Address:
Rutgers Law School
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Website: www.animal-law.org
Expert In:
ETHAN EDDY, Staff Attorney HSUS
Address:
The Humane Society of the United States
2100 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-676-2329
Email: eeddy@hsus.org
Expert In:
Animal fighting
First Amendment
Administrative law
Puppy mills
Horse slaughter
Pigeon shoots
LEN EGERT, Attorney
Address:
Egert & Trakinski
165 W. 91 St. #16B
New York, NY 10024
Phone: 212-334-6858
Expert In:
ELLEN P. GOODMAN, Professor of Law
Address:
Rutgers University Law School
217 North Fifth Street
Camden, N.J. 08102
Phone: 856-225-6393
E-mail: ellgood at camlaw.rutgers.edu
Expert In:
Animal rights/welfare theories
Animal welfare and science/information technology.
RACHEL HIRSHFED, Attorney
Offices in:
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Nassau, Suffolk,
Rockland and Westchester Counties
Phone:917-797-6508
877-7PET-TRUST (877-773-8878)
Fax: 925-888-1644
http://www.pettrustlawyer. com
Expert In:
Pet Trusts
JANE HOFFMAN, Attorney
Address:
55 West 14th Street, Suite #6D
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-243-5423
Expert In:
KARA HOLMQUIST, Attorney
Address:
MSPCA
350 S. Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02130
Phone: 617-277-0771
Website: www.mspca.org
Expert In:
CHERYL LEAHY, General Counsel for Compassion Over Killing
Address:
COK
P.O. BOX 9773
WASHINGTON, DC 20016
Phone: 301-891-2458
E-mail: cherie_leigh_leahy@yahoo.com
Expert In:
Factory Farming litigation
DARA LOVITZ, Attorney & Adjunct Professor of Animal
Law at Temple Beasley School of Law
Address:
Schutjer Bogar LLC
One Liberty Place
1650 Market Street, 36th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 267-207-2871
Fax: 267-207-2744
E-mail: dlovitz@schutjerbogar.com
Website www.schutjerbogar.com
Expert In:
Ecoterrorism bills
Prosecuting Battery Cage Farm Owners for Violations of Animal Cruelty Code
(prosecuted such a case in PA)
Veterinary Malpractice
Dog Bite Laws
JONATHAN LOVVORN, Vice president of Litigation, HSUS
Address:
The Humane Society of the United States
2100 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-955-3669
E-mail: jlovvorn@hsus.org
Expert In:
Wildlife law
Animal cruelty/fighting
Federal and state litigation
Administrative law
MELINDA MERCK, DVM Forsensic Veterinarian, ASPCA
Phone: 678-773-8014
E-mail: catdvm@bellsouth.net
Expert In:
Veterinary forensics and investigation
Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal
Attorneys:Howard Crystal, Eric Glitzenstein, Katherine Meyer, Tanya Sanerib and Joshua Stebbins
Address:
1601 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20009-1056
Phone: 202-588-5206
Website: www.meyerglitz.com
Expert In:
Animal Protection Litigation
PETER PETERSAN, Deputy Director of Animal Protection Litigation (APL) for The Humane Society of the United States.
Address:
The Humane Society of the United States
Animal Litigation Department
2100 L St NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone:202-955-3665
Website:www.hsus.org
Expert In
Animal Protection Litigation
SHERRY RAMSEY, Staff Attorney HSUS
Address:
Animal Protection Litigation
200 W 57th Street, Suite 705
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-246-2632
sramsey@hsus.org
Expert In:
Enforcing and prosecuting animal cruelty
Problems with the animal cruelty laws.
DEL SELIGMAN, Attorney
Address:
Del Seligman
70 Main Street
Kingston, NY 12401
Phone: 845-338-4100
E-mail: delseligman@aol.com
Expert In:
Status of law on animals
Changes needed, why they are needed and how changes can be made
JOAN SCHAFFNER, Associate Professor of Law
Director & Animal Law Program George Washington University Law School
Address:
2000 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
E-mail: jschaf@law.gwu.edu
Expert In:
The link between animal abuse and human violence
Dangerous Dog legislation
Challenges to breed-specific legislation
Drafting and lobbying for local animal welfare laws
PAUL SHAPIRO, Senior Director of the Humane Society of the United States Factory Farming Campaign
Address:
The Humane Society of the United States
2100 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 301-721-6432
E-mail: pshapiro@hsus.org
Expert In:
Factory Farming
Vegetarian eating
VERNE R. SMITH, Assistant Dean for Administration, Widener University School of Law And Animal Law Professor
Address:
4601 Concord Pike, Box 7474
Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone: 302-477-2794
Email: vrsmith@widener.edu
Expert In:
General Field of Animal Law including
Commercial uses of animals (food, "entertainment," etc.)
Criminal law (cruelty, neglect, hoarding) issues
Tort law issues
Property law issues
Wills and trusts
Endangered Species Act and Animal Welfare Act
ISABELLE STRAUSS, Attorney
Address:
2247 Old Church Rd.
Toms River, NJ 08753
Phone: 723-255-4696
Website: lawyers.com/animalrights
Expert In:
AMY TRAKINSKI, Attorney
Address:
Egert & Trakinski
165 W. 91 St. #16B
New York, NY 10024
Phone: 212-334-6858
Expert In:
KAREN J. VAN INGEN, Counsel to Meyers & Heim and Professor, Brooklyn Law School
Address: New York, NY
Phone: 212 355 7188 ext. 3
E-mail: Kjvaningen@aol.com
Expert In:
Disaster Preparedness
Pet Trusts
Guardians
STEVEN WISE, Attorney, Professor and Author
Address:
896 Beacon St., Suite 303
Boston, MA 02215
E-mail: wiseboston@aol.com
Website:www.cefr.org
Expert In:
Civil Animal Protection Litigation
Animal Rights Law
Legal Personhood for Animals
DAVID A. WOLFSON, Attorney
Address:
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, NY 10005
Website: www.milbank.com
Expert In:
SOUTHEAST
JENNIFER DIETZ, Attorney
Address:
410 South Ware Blvd.
Parc Center, Suite 1100
Tampa, Fl 33619
Website: www.lawunet.com
Expert In:
WILLIAM A. REPPY, JR., Professor of Law Duke University
Adress:
Science Drive & Towerview
PO Box 90360
Durham, NC 27708-0360
Phone: 919-613-7053
Fax: 919-668-0995
Email: reppy@law.duke.edu
Expert In:
Civil injunctions to abate animal cruelty
Prosecution of hoarding cases
Interpretation of animal cruelty statutes
And more.
JEFF WELTY, Attorney
Address:
201 W. Main St., Ste. 301
Durham, NC 27701
Phone: 919-683-8544
Fax: 919-956-9547
Expert In:
Factory farming (terrestrial)
Slaughter of farmed animals
Aquaculture
Criminal laws (AETA, etc.)
STEVEN WISE, Attorney, Professor and Author
Address:
Center for the Expansion of Fundamental Rights
9825 NW 49th Place
Coral Springs, FL 33076
E-mail: wiseboston@aol.com
Website:www.cefr.org
Expert In:
Civil Animal Protection Litigation
Animal Rights Law
Legal Personhood for Animals
MIDWEST
AMY A. BREYER, Attorney
Address:
33 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2020
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Phone: 312-977-1400
Fax: 312-977-1401
Website: www.AnimalLawOnline.net
Expert In:
Tort claims
Dangerous dog defense
Civil rights claims
Contracts
Starting/running a law practice
Ethics issues
Starting a bar committee.
BARBARA J. GLISLASON, Founding Chair, ABA-TIPS Animal Law Committee
Address:
7400 University Ave NE
Fridley, MN 55432
Phone:763-572-9297
E-mail:GislasonBJ@aol.com
Expert In:
National credibility for Animal Law
Making it in the ABA
Emergency management and disaster response
Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA)
Veterinary malpractice
Custody
KATHY HESSLER, Professor & Associate Director
Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict and Dispute Resolution
Address:
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
11075 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Phone:216-368-2769
E-mail: kathy.hessler@case.edu
Expert In:
Teaching animal law
Clinical and externship issues
Helping to start a course, a SALDF, a bar committee
Animals as property
Trends in animal law (I keep up with some more than others, vet
Malpractice, housing and ADA issues, breed specific bans, emergency related
issues, etc.)
Some protest issues and first amendment issues
Mediation in animal law
Helping students get into the field
REBECCA J. HUSS, Professor of Law
Address:
Professor of Law
Valparaiso University School of Law
656 S. Greenwich St.
Wesemann Hall
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Phone: 219-465-7856
Fax: 219-465-7872
E-Mail: rebecca.huss@valpo.edu
Expert In:
Housing Issues and Companion Animals
Veterinary Malpractice
Custody Issues and Companion Animals
Estate Planning Issues and Companion Animals
Valuation of Companion Animals
Selected Issues Relating to Animal Control and Rescue Organizations
KATHY HESSLER, Professor
Address:
11075 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Phone: 216-368-2769
E-mail: kathy.hessler@case.edu
Expert In:
BARBARA J. GISLASON, Founding Chair, ABA-TIPS Animal Law Committee
Address:
Barbara J. Gislason & Associates
7400 University Avenue NE
Fridley, MN 55432
Website: www.barbarajgislasonlawoffice.com
Expert In:
MARIA KRAMER, Attorney
Address:
The National Anti-Vivisection Society
53 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 1552
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: 800-888-NAVS
Website: www.navs.org
Expert In:
PAUL R. LEONARD, Attorney, Professor and former State Legislator, Mayor, and Lt. Governor of Ohio
Address:
Wright State University
Department of Political Science
3rd Floor, Millett Hall, Room 323,
Dayton, Ohio 45435-0001.
Phone: 937-775-2915;
E-mail: paul.leonard@wright.edu
Expert In:
Law, Politics,and Ethics of Animal Rights in America
RUSS MEAD, General Counsel for Best Friends Animal Society
Address:
Best Friends Animal Society
5001 Angel Canyon Road
Kanab, Utah 84741-5000
Phone: 435-644-2001
E-mail: russ@bestfriends.org
Expert In:
"Dangerous Dog" issues
Companion Animal Issues
LEDY VANKAVAGE, Sr. Director of Legal Training & Legislation ASPCA
Address:
PO Box 313
Maryville, IL 62062
Phone:618-345-8086
Fax:618-345-6542
Expert In:
Muzzling Reckless Owners & Dangerous Dogs -ordinances that work
Lobbying for Animals
Pit bulls
Spay/Neuter Legislation
SOUTWEST
STEVEN D. BAKER, Attorney
Address:
8840 E Chaparral Rd Suite185,
Scottsdale, AZ 85250-0001
Phone: 602-451-8751
Expert In:
Estate planning for pets
Related estate planning or probate issues
AMYBURES DANNA, Practicing Attorney and Professor
Address: Houston, TX
E-mail Address: amy.animalattorney@yahoo.com, adanna@claryfirm.com
Phone: 713-208-5543
Website: www.buresdannalaw.com
Expert In:
Teaching Animal Law
Advising Rescues
Animal Related Contracts
Other topics, as needed.
STEPHANIE NICHOLS-YOUNG, Attorney
Address:
642 N Third Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85003-0001
Phone: 602-257-9739
Expert In:
CHRIS WENCKER, Attorney, Chair of the AZ State Bar and Adjunct Associate Professor
Address:
Benavidez Law Group, P.C.,
7440 N. Oracle Rd.Bldg. 7,
Tucson, Arizona 85716
Phone: 520-623-1461; e-mail:
E-mail:cwencker@benavidezlaw.com
Expert In:
Civil actions for injuries to animals
Civil actions for injuries caused by animals
Damages
Animal cruelty prosecution & defense
Veterinary malpractice
Ethical issues involved in animal law practice
WEST & PACFIC NORTHWEST
PAMELA ALEXANDER, Staff Attorney & Director of the Animal Law Program
Address:
170 E. Cotati Ave.
Cotati, CA 94931
Phone: 707-795-2533 x1020
E-mail: palexander@aldf.org
Expert In:
Ways in which attorneys can get involved in animal law on a full-time, part-time, and pro bono basis;
How students can get involved with animal law via SALDF chapters, animal law groups, and student projects;
How students, attorneys, and law school administration can add an animal law course(s) to a law school curriculum
KAREN R. BRESLIN, Attorney
Address:
2600 So Lewis Way Suite, 112
Lakewood, CO 80227
Phone: 303-532-6860
Website: www.progressivelawcenter.org
Expert In:
"Dangerous Dog" issues
Other legislative and legal issues in animal law
EDEN ROSE BROWN, Attorney
Address:
310 Pioneer Trust Building
117 Commercial St. NE
Salem, OR 07301
Phone: 501-581-1800
Website: www.edenrosebrown.com
Expert In:
Pet Trusts
TIMOTHY A. CANOVA, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Betty Hutton Williams Professor of International Economic Law
Address:
Chapman University School of Law
One University Drive,
Orange, California 92866
Phone: 714-628-2640
E-mail: canova@chapman.edu
Website: http://ssrn.com/ author=405808
Expert In:
Animal Law
Endangered Species and Marine Mammal Protection
The impact of corporate power and global trade on human rights and animal welfare.
RICHARD L. CUPP JR, Associate Dean for Research and John W. Wade Professor of Law Pepperdine University School of Law
Address:
Malibu, CA 90263
Phone: 310-506-4658
E-mail: Richard.cupp@pepperdine.edu
Expert In:
Damages in tort lawsuits involving animals (and other civil
remedies issues);
Issues regarding potential rights for animals;
Animals and personhood;
Evolving societal views toward animals; and
Companion animals in custody disputes
COURTNEY DILLARD, Assistant Professor and Founder of Four Feet Forward
Address:
College of Liberal Arts
Department of Rhetoric and Media Studies
Willamette University
Eaton 406.
900 State Street, Salem, OR 97301
Phone: 503-370-6745
Fax: 503-375-5398
E-mail: cdillard@willamette.edu
Expert In:
Professional/presentational speaking
Public speaking
Mass media & persuasion
Emphasize the importance and power of effective communication in animal advocacy
COREY EVANS, Attorney
Address:
Evans & Page
55 New Montgomery St., Suite 607
San Francisco CA 94105
Phone: 415.896.5072
Expert In:
ROBERT FERBER, Attorney
Address:
Office of the City Animal Protection Unit
800 City Hall East, 200 North Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: 310-202-3839
Website: www.lacity.org/atty/atycb1c2b.htm
Expert In:
PAMELA FRASCH, Vice President of Legal Affairs Animal Legal Defense Fund
Address:
ALDF Portland Office
919 SW Taylor, Suite 400,
Portland, OR 97205
Phone: 503-231-1602 x302;
pfrasch@aldf.org
Expert In:
Expert on it all
Wrote the casebook on animal law, with Sonia Waisman and Bruce Wagman
CHRISTINE GARCIA, Attorney
Address:
The Animal Law Office
3824 - 18th Street, Suite 201
San Francisco, CA 94114
Phone: 415-297-3109
E-mail: christine@animalattorney.com
Website: www.animalattorney.com
Expert In:
SCOTT HEISER, Director, Criminal Justice Program at the Animal Legal Defense Fund
Address:
ALDF Portland Office
919 SW Taylor, Suite 400,
Portland, OR 97205
Phone:503-231-1602 x303
Expert In:
All things criminal
Many civil issues as well
ADAM P. KARP, Attorney
Address:
Animal Law Offices of Adam P. Karp
114 W. Magnolia St., Ste. 425
Bellingham, WA 98225
Phone Number: 360-738-7273 (RARF)
Phone Number: 888-430-0001
Fax: 360-392-3936 (FYDO)
Web: www.animal-lawyer.com
Email: adam@animal-lawyer.com
Expert In:
Civil animal law litigation
Citizen criminal complaints
Finder's law and animal custody disputes
Veterinary malpractice
Doggie due process
Animal evidence
SHANNON KEITH, Attorney
Address:
3940 Laurel Canyon Blvd., # 831
Studio City, CA 91604
Phone: 323-243-2300
E-mail: animalliblawyer@adelphia.net
Website: www.animal-rights-lawyer.com
Expert In:
"Doggie Death Row" cases
Animal Cruelty Prosecution
Activist Defense
THOMAS G. KELCH, Professor of Law Whittier Law School
Address:
3333 Harbor Blvd.
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone: 800-808-8188 ext. 234
Expert In:
Philosophy of animal proection
Animals as Property
Feminism and Animal Law/The Relationship of the Emotive and Animal Law
The First Amendment and Animal Experimentation
International Animal Law Issues and the WTO
JOSHUA K. MARQUIS, Clatsop County District Attorney
Address:
PO Box 149
Astoria OR 97103
Phone: 503-325-8581
Fax: 503.325.9305
Expert In:
Criminal Law
Animal Hoarding
LAURA IRELAND MOORE, Executive Director of the National center for Animal Law
Address:
Lewis and Clark Law School
10015 SW Terwilliger Blvd
Portland, OR 97219
Phone: 503-768-6849
Fax: 503-768-6917
E-mail: ncal@lclark.edu
Expert In:
Careers in Animal Law
Forming an Animal Law Student Group
Civil Animal Protection Litigation
ROBERT NEWMAN, Attorney
Address:
1913 E. 17th Street Suite 212
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Phone: 714-542-7600
Website: www.theanimallawyer.com
Expert In:
STEPHAN OTTO, Director of Legislative Affairs at the Animal Lgeal Defense Fund
Address:
ALDF Portland Office
919 SW Taylor, Suite 400,
Portland, OR 97205
Phone:503-231-1602 x301
E-mail: sotto@aldf.org
Expert In:
All things legislative in the world of animal law
GENEVA PAGE, Attorney
Address:
Evans & Page
55 New Montgomery St., Suite 607
San Francisco CA 94105
Phone: 415.896.5072
E-mail: gpage@evansandpage.com
Expert In:
JAMI PANNELL, Attorney
Address:
National Center for Animal Law
10015 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd.
Portland, OR 97219
Phone: 503-768-6848
E-mail: anmlclin@lclark.edu
Expert In:
Civil Protection Litigation
NICOLE PAQUETTE, Attorney
Address:
Animal Protection Institute
P.O. Box 22505
Sacramento, CA 95822
Phone: 916-447-3085
Website: www.api4animals.org
Expert In:
SANDRA TOYE, Attorney
Address:
Toye & Associates Animal Law
1925 Century Park East, Suite 500
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: 323-462-2100
Expert In:
JOYCE TISCHLER, Founding Director, Animal Legal Defense Fund
Address:
Animal Legal Defense Fund
170 E. Cotati Ave.
Cotati, CA 94931
Phone: 707-795-2533 x1012
E-mail: jtischler@aldf.org
Expert In:
Standing to sue
The federal Animal Welfare Act and cases interpreting it, Wills and trusts for animals
Patenting of animals
Damages and recovery for injury to or death of an animal, Animal rights theory
Animal law
Increasing legal protections for farmed animals
How attorneys and law students can become more involved in animal law
Employment opportunities in animal law, and lots more.
BRUCE WAGMAN, Attorney and Professor
Address:
Morgenstein & Jubelirer LLP
One Market, Spear Street Tower, 32nd FL
San Francisco, California 94105
Phone: 415-901-8700
E-mail: bwagman@schiffhardin.com
Expert In:
Animal Protection Litigation, co-authored the Animal Law textbook.
SONIA S. WAISMAN, Attorney
Address:
Morrison & Foerster LLP
555 West Fifth Street, Suite 3500
Los Angeles, California 90013-1024
Phone: 213-892-5200
Expert In:
PETER YOUNG, Activist
Address: Los Angeles, CA
E-mail: peterdanielyoung@yahoo.com
Expert In:
Direct action
The current "green scare"
Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act
The SHAC 7 case
Prison experience
Political repression of social justice movement
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