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The Pro Bono Team That Helped Advance Animals’ Legal Status — and Secure Vulnerable Witnesses’ Access to Courtroom ‘Comfort Dogs’

Philadelphia-based law firm Stradley Ronon helped achieve an important victory for animals and vulnerable court witnesses alike.

December 6, 2021 Pro Bono Spotlight

The Pro Bono Legal Team Who Took on the Pet Leasing Industry

Prominent law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, collaborated with the Animal Legal Defense Fund to investigate and call for enforcement against the deceptive pet leasing industry.

September 24, 2019 Pro Bono Spotlight

Attorney Spotlight: Joseph S. Goode, Mark Leitner, and Jessica Farley

Laffey, Leitner & Goode LLC in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a deeply valued partner of the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

February 22, 2018 Pro Bono Spotlight

The Pro Bono Legal Team Working on the Barkworks Lawsuit

Seven professionals from Skadden’s California offices compose the team working on the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s lawsuit against Barkworks.

December 13, 2017 Pro Bono Spotlight

Robert Brownstone and Kevin Moore

In this continuing series of spotlights, ALDF salutes attorneys Robert Brownstone and Kevin Moore.

March 15, 2016 Pro Bono Spotlight

Meet the Pro Bono Legal Team Who Helped ALDF Take on the King Kong Zoo

In this continuing series of spotlights, ALDF salutes attorneys Amanda Groves and Elizabeth Ireland, and paralegal Kristen Parsons.

October 15, 2015 Pro Bono Spotlight

The Pro Bono Legal Team Who Helped Free Ricky the Bear

In February, the Animal Legal Defense Fund announced the news that a female black bear named Ricky had been released to the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado, after our lawsuit secured her freedom from a tiny concrete cage at a Pennsylvania ice-cream shop.

March 3, 2015 Pro Bono Spotlight

Chris Wlach

Attorney Christopher Wlach is an outstanding legal advocate for animals.

November 19, 2014 Pro Bono Spotlight

Monte Cooper, Karen Johnson-McKewan, Derek Knerr, and Scott Lindlaw

The internationally renowned law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (the oldest law firm in San Francisco, with more than 1000 attorneys world-wide) has been a longtime supporter of the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

September 9, 2014 Pro Bono Spotlight

Jeffrey Bramson

On June 26, 2014, the Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted a formal petition, along with co-petitioners Big Cat Rescue, Born Free USA, WildCat Haven, and Wildcat Sanctuary, to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, proposing a rule to amend state regulations regarding the breeding and possession of controversial “hybrid cats.”

July 8, 2014 Pro Bono Spotlight