Anthony Eliseuson

Tony Eliseuson is the Litigation Program Director for the Animal Legal Defense Fund where he has the good fortune to work with an amazing team of attorneys and professional staff, who file strategic high-impact lawsuits that enforce and expand protections for animals under the law.

Tony joined the Animal Legal Defense Fund in 2017 after a 15-year career as a partner in the Chicago office of Dentons US LLP. While at Dentons, Tony worked on several pro bono cases with the Animal Legal Defense Fund going back to the mid-2000s. Tony also received several awards for his pro bono efforts, and served as the co-chair of the Pro Bono Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Committee for five years where he worked to facilitate attorney pro bono participation in the federal circuit courts of appeal.

Tony graduated with honors from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2002, and received his undergraduate degree in political science from Arizona State University in 1999. He is admitted to practice law in Minnesota and Illinois, and is based in Illinois.

Tony is an avid sports fan and (often frustrated) golfer, and enjoys spending free time with his rescue buddy Darwin, a black lab plus who likes to think he is still a puppy.

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