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.

International Animal Law Sections and Committees:

The Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch Animal Law Section
Website: http://www.cba.org/bc/s_ani/main/default.aspx
Contact: Rebeka Breder

The Law Society of New South Wales, Young Lawyers Animal Law Committee
Website: http://www.lawsociety.com.au/about/YoungLawyers/Committees/AnimalLaw/index.htm
Chair: Edyta Zurawski

National Animal Law Sections and Committees:

American Bar Association (ABA)
Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS)
Animal Law Committee
Chair: Rebecca Huss
Website: http://apps.americanbar.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=IL201050

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
Website: http://www.azbar.org/sectionsandcommittees/sections/animallaw
Contact: Stephanie Nichols-Young and Julie Hall

Colorado
Colorado Alliance for Cruelty Prevention Committee
Website: http://www.cobar.org/index.cfm/ID/20130/DPWCP/Colorado-Alliance-for-Cruelty-Prevention-Committee/
Contact: Kathleen Schoen

Colorado Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Website: http://www.cobar.org/index.cfm/ID/22539/DPSEC/Animal/
Co-Chair: Diane Balkin dbalkin@aldf.org
Co-Chair: Kate Burke kate@insightlawllc.com
Co-Chair: Jennifer Edwards

Connecticut
Connecticut Bar Animal Law Section
Website: https://www.ctbar.org/Sections%20Committees/Sections/AnimalLaw.aspx
Contact: Suzan Porto and Colette Griffin

Florida
Florida Bar Animal Law Committee
Website: http://www.floridabar.org
Chair: Ralph A DeMeo

Georgia
The State Bar of Georgia Animal Law Section
Website: http://www.georgiaanimallaw.org/
Contact: Betsy Choder

Idaho
Idaho State Bar Animal Law Section
Website: https://isb.idaho.gov/member_services/sections/anm/anm.html
Contact: Heather Anne Cunningham

Illinois
Illinois State Bar Association Animal Law Section
Website: http://www.isba.org/sections/animallaw
Chair: Peter B. Canalia
Contact: Amy Breyer

Indiana
Indiana State Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Website: http://www.inbar.org/ISBALinks/Committees/AnimalLaw/tabid/334/Default.aspx
Chair: Fred R. Jones, (574) 936-4031
Chair elect: Barbara J. Simmons, (812) 932-3327
Contact: Sarah Anne Hook

Kentucky
Kentucky State Bar Equine Section
Website: http://www.kybar.org/359
Chair: Robert L. Heleringer
Contact: Justin "Jack" O'Malley

Louisiana
Louisiana State Bar Animal Law Section
Website: http://www.lsba.org/InsideLSBA/section_information.asp?SectionID=CC1
Chair: Ariel Digiulio
Contact: Ariel K. DiGiulio

Maryland
Maryland State Bar Animal Law Section
Website: http://www.msba.org/sec_comm/sections/animallaw/
Chair: Stacey Evans
Contact: Nathan Herschler

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bar Association's Animal Law Practice Group
Website: http://www.massbar.org/events/calendar?e=478
Contact: Pat Plasse, 617-338-0596

Michigan
State Bar of Michigan Animal Law Section
Website: http://michbar.org/animal/
Contact: Donald Garlit

Minnesota
Minnesota State Bar Animal Law Section
Website: http://www2.mnbar.org/sections/animal-law/
Chair: Amanda Prutzman
Contact: Sue Bores

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

Nevada
State Bar of Nevada Animal Law Section
Website: http://www.nvbar.org/content/animal-law-section
Chair: Kathy McCarthy

New Jersey
New Jersey State Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Website: http://www.njsba.com/about/special-committees/animal-law-committee.html
Contact: Dr. Nancy Halpern

New Mexico
New Mexico State Bar Association Animal Law Section
Website: https://nmbar.org/AboutSBNM/sections/AnimalLaw/animallawsection.html
Contact: Helga Schimkat

New York
New York State Bar Association Special Committee on Animals and the Law
Website: http://www.nysba.org
Contact: Amy Lynn Chaitoff

Ohio
Ohio State Bar Animal Law Committee
Contact: Kyle Silvers

Oregon
Oregon State Bar Animal Law Section
Website: http://www.osbar.org/sections/animal.html
Contact: Kathryn Hall

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Bar Animal Law Committee
Website: http://www.pabar.org/public/committees/animal/
Contact: NA

Rhode Island
Rhode Island Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Website: http://www.ribar.com/For%20Attorneys/Bar%20Committees.aspx
Contact: Katy Hynes

South Carolina
South Carolina Bar Animal Law Committee
Website: http://www.scbar.org/Committees/AnimalLawCommittee.aspx
Chair: Kimberly A. Kelly
(843) 725-8548

Texas
Texas State Bar Association Animal Law Section
Web Site: http://www.animallawsection.org
Chair: Fran Ortiz
Contact: Randy Turner

Washington
Washington State Bar Association Animal Law Section
Website: http://www.wsba.org/Legal-Community/Sections/Animal-Law-Section
Chair: Claire Davis
Contact: Elizbeth Elliott

Regional Bar Sections and Committees:

Albany County, NY
Albany County Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Website: http://www.albanycountybar.com/committee/subpage.cfm?ID=53
Contact: Natalie Carraway and Jonathan Schopf

Austin, TX
Austin Bar Association Animal Welfare Committee
Website: https://austinbar.org/pages/communitycomm
Co-chair: Kelly Dwyer
Co-chair: David Wells
Co-chair: Rebecca Whitehouse
Contact: Rebecca Whitehouse

Chicago, IL
Chicago Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Chair: Anna E. Morrison-Ricordati, (312) 376-7660
Contact: Valerie Schramm and Anupana Paruchuri

Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Animal Law Section
Website: http://www.clemetrobar.org/Sections.aspx?id=153&terms=animal%20law
Co-chair: Shirley A. Tomasello
Co-chair: Melanie R. GiaMaria

Dallas, TX
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Animal Welfare Committee
Website: http://www.dayl.com/Committees/index.cfm?Type=3&ID=15
Contact: Allison Grossman

Houston, TX
Houston Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Website: http://www.hba.org/folder-sections/sec-animal.htm
Chair: Robert J. Inger
713-702-8154

Houston, TX
Houston Young Lawyers Association Animal Welfare Committee
Website: http://www.hyla.org/hyla/Animal_Welfare.asp?SnID=2
Co-chair: Kindel Elam
Co-chair: Kelly Hartmann
Contact: Elizabeth Asher

Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Bar Association Animal Issues Committee
Website: http://www.lacba.org/showpage.cfm?pageid=5699
Contact: TBD

Nassau County, NY
Nassau County Bar Animal Law Committee
Website: http://www.nassaubar.org/For%20Our%20Members/Committees/Committee%20Descriptions.aspx
Chair: Eileen J. Goggin
Phone: 516-493-3565
Contact: Elinor Molbegott

New York, NY
New York City Bar Legal Issues Pertaining to Animals Committee
Website: http://www.nycbar.org/animal-law
Chair: Christine Mott
Contact: Martha (Mikki) Golar

San Diego, CA
San Diego County Bar Association Animal Law Section
Website: http://www.sdcba.org/index.cfm?pg=SANIMACommAbout
Co-chairs: Angelia Gates and Kathy Van Voorhees
Emerald Plaza
Contact: Angelia Gates and Anne Perry

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

Tulsa, OK
Tulsa County Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Website: http://www.tulsabar.com/shell.asp?pg=17
Contact: NA

Washington, DC
D.C. Bar Animal Law Committee of the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Section
Website: http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/sections/environment_energy_and_natural_resources/animal_law/
Contact: Mindy Kursban

White Plains, NY
Westchester County Bar Association
Animal Law Committee
Website: http://www.wcbany.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=41
Co-Chair: Carol Simon