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ANIMAL LAW SECTIONS/COMMITTEES
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State Bar Animal Law Sections & Committees
State Bar Animal Law Sections & Committees Forming
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INTRODUCTION

Twelve state bar associations and the District of Columbia have animal law sections or committees (Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and the District of Columbia). Two are in the process of forming (Massachusetts and Oregon).


State Bar Animal Law Sections & Committees


Arizona
Arizona Bar Animal Law Section
Contact: Stephanie Nichols-Young (ALDF Board member)

Connecticut
Connecticut Bar Animal Law Section
Contact: Suzan Porto

Florida
Florida Bar Animal Law Committee
Contact: Fred Cohen
Web site

Maryland
Maryland Bar Animal Law Section
Contact: Alan Scott Nemeth, Chair
Web Site

Michigan
Michigan Bar Animal Law Section
Contact: M. Jean Ligon
www.michbar.org/animal

Minnesota
Minnesota State Bar Animal Law Section
Contact: Barbara Gislason or Lee Scholder
http://www2.mnbar.org/sections/animal-law/

Missouri
Missouri Bar Animal Law Committee
Contact: Tamra Wilson-Setser

New Jersey
New Jersey State Bar Association Animal Law Committee
Contact: Sherry Ramsey
http://www.njsba.com/committees_sections/special/animal.cfm

New York
New York Bar Animal Law Committee
Contact: Holly Kennedy Passantino
www.nysba.org/mstemplate.cfm?micrositeid=80

Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Bar Animal Law Committee
Contact: Gordon Einhorn

Texas
Texas Bar Animal Law Section
Contact: Lisa McClain
Web Site

Washington
Washington Bar Animal Law Section
Contact: Adam Karp
Web site

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


State Bar Animal Law Sections & Committees Forming


Massachusetts
Contact: Kara Holmquist, Esq.

Oregon
Contact: Dana Campbell
(ALDF staff attorney in our Portland office)

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ANIMAL LAW SEMINARS

Pennsylvania Bar Institute - Animal Law Seminar
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