Bar Association Animal Law Sections and Committees

Note: Animal Law Sections and Committees do not provide legal advice or assistance. Please do not contact them for anything other than information about the relevant committee. If you need legal information about an animal issue please see our legal information pages.

National Animal Law Sections and Committees:

American Bar Association (ABA)
Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS)
Animal Law Committee
Contact: Joan Schaffner

To join the Animal Law Committee, please contact TIPS Membership Coordinator, Linda Wiley.

State Bar Animal Law Sections and Committees:

Arizona
Arizona Bar Animal Law Section
Contact: Stephanie Nichols-Young

Connecticut
Connecticut Bar Animal Law Section
Contact: Suzan Porto

Florida
Florida Bar Animal Law Committee
Contact: Jennifer A. Dietz

Georgia
Animal Law Bar Section Georgia
Contact: Claudine Wilkins

Indiana
Indiana State Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Web Site: http://www.inbar.org/ISBALinks/Committees/AnimalLaw/tabid/334/Default.aspx
Contact: Shaun Graham and Rebecca Huss

Illinois
Illinois State Bar Association Animal Law Section
Contact: Amy Breyer

Louisiana
Louisiana State Bar Animal Law Section
Website: http://www.animallawla.org/index.htm
Contact: Ariel K. DiGiulio

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bar Association's Animal Law Practice Group
Contact: Peter Gollub

Maryland
Maryland State Bar Animal Law Section
Contact: Alan S. Nemeth

Massachusetts
Massachusetts State Bar Animal Law Section
Contact: Kara Holmquist, Esq.

Michigan
State Bar of Michigan Animal Law Section
Website: http://www.michbar.org/animal/animal_council.cfm
Contact: Anna Rose Stern

Minnesota
Animal Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association
Contact: Barbara Gislason or Lee Scholder

Missouri
Missouri Bar Animal Law Committee
Contact: Dana K. Apple

New Jersey
New Jersey State Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Contact: Sherry Ramsey, Esq.

New York
New York State Bar Association Special Committee on Animals and the Law
Contact: James F. Gesualdi

Oregon
Oregon Animal Law Section
Contact: Laura Ireland Moore

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Bar Animal Law Committee
Web Site: http://www.pabar.org/public/committees/animal/
Contact: Gordon Einhorn, Esq.

Texas
Texas Bar Animal Law Section
Web Site: http://www.animallawsection.org
Contact: Lisa McClain

Washington
Washington Bar Animal Law Section
Web Site: http://www.wsba.org/lawyers/groups/animallaw/default1.htm
Contact: Adam Karp

Regional Bar Sections and Committees:

Chicago, IL
Chicago Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Contact: Tracy McGonigle

Cuyahoga County, OH
Animal Law Committee of the Cuyahoga County Bar
Contact: Shirley Tomasello

Houston, TX
Houston Bar Association Animal Law Section
Chair: Alison Smith

Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Contact: Dana K. Apple

Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Bar Association Animal Issues Committee
Contact: Rebecca E. Arvizu, Dana B. McPhall, Richard S. Shaffran

Nassau County, NY
Nassau County Bar Association Animal Law Task
Contact: Michele Olsen

New York, NY
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Committee on Legal Issues Pertaining to Animals
Contact: Meena Alagappan

San Diego, CA
San Diego County Bar Association Animal Law Section
Contact: Jenny Goodman

San Francisco, CA
San Francisco County Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Contact: Tom Cushing

St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Bar Animal Law Committee
Contact: Diana Vuylsteke

Suffolk County, NY
Suffolk County Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Chair: Amy Chaitoff

Tulsa, OK
Tulsa County Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Contact: Ray Norton

Washington, DC
Animal Law Committee of the D.C. Bar Energy
Environment and Natural Resources Section
Contact: Ethan Eddy