Matthew Liebman is a staff attorney at the Animal Legal Defense Fund, where he works in the civil litigation program. Matthew is the co-author, with Bruce Wagman and Michelle Maloney, of a forthcoming book on international and comparative animal law.

Kathy Hessler is a clinical professor of law and director of the only animal law clinic in the country. She is the first faculty member hired to teach animal law full time in a law school.

Melinda D. Merck, D.V.M., is senior director of Veterinary Forensic Sciences for the ASPCA. She is part of a team of forensic experts that have launched the Veterinary Forensics Program at University of Florida.

Dana Campbell is a long-time attorney for the Criminal Justice Program of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. She also teaches Animal Law as an adjunct professor at Cornell Law School in Ithaca, New York.

Carter Dillard is currently Of Counsel to HSUS, a Research Fellow for the Optimum Population Trust, and he also holds a position on the faculty of Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law, as a Westerfield Fellow.