NEW OWNERS OF DOGS SHOT BY POLICE: ATTORNEYS

FIND A LAWYER - ANIMAL LAW

ALDF Litigation Program

ALABAMA

FIND ATTORNEY - AL STATE BAR ASSOC.

Thomas 'Tommy' Joseph Spina
tommyspina@bellsouth.net
p: 1-205-939-1330
f: 1-205-933-0101
1330 21st Way S Ste 200
Birmingham, AL 35205-3912
05.15.09 - BESSIE & SMOKE - AL

ARIZONA

FIND ATTORNEY - AZ STATE BAR

1. Christopher Wencker, Esq.

Law Office of Christopher Wencker, PLC

5025 North Central Ave, Box 429

Phoenix, AZ 85012-1520

Phoenix: (602) 492-3509

Tucson: (520) 955-8529

Fax: (602) 773-0819

2. Arizona State Bar Association Animal Law Section

Statewide

BRITISH COLUMBIA

1. Cara Hunt

Cara Hunt Law

PO Box 21021

Duncan, BC V9L 0C2

Phone: (250) 746-4868

FAX: (250) 746-5868

Cell: (778) 350-4868

CALIFORNIA

1. David Blatte, Esq.

2161 Shattuck Ave., Suite. 227

Berkeley, CA 94706

Phone: (510) 548-7382

2. Evans & Page

Corey Evans, Esq.

2912 Diamond Street #346

San Francisco, CA 94131

Phone: (415) 896-5072

Fax: (415) 358-5855

3. Christine Garcia, Esq.

San Francisco, CA

4. Shannon R. Keith, Esq.

Los Angeles, CA

5. Robert Newman, Esq.

Santa Ana, CA

6. Bryan Pease

302 Washington St. #404

San Diego, CA 92103

Phone: (619) 723-0369

Fax: (619) 923-1001

7. Law Offices of John J. Uribe

Los Angeles, California

Phone: (213) 617-1300

Fax: (213) 617-1320

8. Bruce A. Wagman, Esq.

San Francisco, CA

9. Jack Willis

Law Offices of Jack Willis

P.O. Box 75989

Los Angeles, CA 90075

Phone: (213) 736-8585

Fax: (213) 736-8587

10. Jill Lee Ryther

Jill Ryther Law Offices

6911 Topanga Canyon Boulevard Suite 300

Canoga Park, CA 91303

p: 818−347−4126

f: 818−347−4128

Email: jill@jillrytherlaw.com

10. L.A. County Bar Association Animal Issues Committee

Los Angeles, CA

11. San Diego County Bar Association Animal Law Section

San Diego, CA

12. S.F. County Bar Association Animal Law Section

San Francisco, CA

COLORADO

1. Karen Breslin

The Progressive Law Center, LLC

Lakewood, CO 80227

Phone: (303) 532-6860

2. Gabriela Sandoval

Law Office of Gabriela N. Sandoval, LLC

600 17th Street, Suite 2800 South

Denver, CO 80202

Phone: (303) 954-4580

Fax: (888) 217-1686

3. Jennifer Reba Edwards, Esq.

Phone: 1-877-PET LAW 1

HEADQUARTERS

4465 Kipling Street

Suite 108

Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

DOWNTOWN DENVER OFFICE

1866 Vine Street, Second Floor

Denver, CO 80206

Phone: (303) 322-4355

Fax: (303) 322-4354

Prior and Current Cases: Ava, Chloe, and Ziggy

CONNETICUT

1. Connecticut Bar Association Animal Law Section

Statewide

FLORIDA

1. Center for Animal Advocacy

Phone: (321) 837-9603

Email: Info@TheCenterForAnimalAdvocacy.com

Casey Taylor, Kim Radcliffe, and Peggy Hoyt

2. Jennifer A. Dietz, Esq.

The Law Office of Jennifer A. Dietz, LLC

3225 South MacDill Ave., Suite 129-297

Tampa, FL 33629

Phone: (813) 528-3759

Fax: (813) 835-6801

3. Marcy I. LaHart, Esq.

FloridaAnimalLawyer.com

Tallahassee, FL

Phone: (850) 926-6313

Cell: (561) 358-5436

4. Timothy C. Martin, Esq.

MARTIN LAW OFFICE, P.A.

10200 Gandy Blvd. N. #1014

St. Petersburg, FL 33702

Phone: (813) 260-1413

5. Florida Bar Association Animal Law Committee

Statewide

GEORGIA

1. J Alvin Leaphart

Attorney at Law

155 N. Brunswick St.

Jesup, GA 31546-4376

Ph. (912) 427-2024

Fx. (912) 427-9395

Case No. 5:12-cv-00031-LGW-JEG Devlin et al v. Troup et al | Filed on 04.23.12

2. Joseph J. Segui, PC

P.O. Box 699

Waynesville, GA 31566-0699

Ph. (912) 399-9922

Fx. (404) 671-8569

JoeSegui@live .com

Case No. 5:12-cv-00031-LGW-JEG Devlin et al v. Troup et al | Filed on 04.23.12

HAWAII

1. Emily Gardner, Esq.

Attorney at Law

Clay Chapman Crumpton Iwamura & Pulice

Topa Financial Center

700 Bishop Street, Suite 2100

Honolulu, HI 96813

Phone: (808) 535-8462

Fax: (808) 535-8444

IDAHO

1. Adam P. Karp, Esq.

Statewide

ILLINOIS

1. Chicago Bar Association Animal Law Committee

2. William Gregory O

Attorney & Counselor At Law

Lex Scripta, LLC

651 South Sutton Road, Suite 292

Streamwood, IL 60107

Phone: (312) 854-9323

3. Cherie Travis

DePaul University College of Law

25 E. Jackson Blvd.

Chicago, IL 60604

Phone: (312) 362-6799

4. Amanda C. Antholt

Smith, Johnson, & Antholt, LLC

112 S. Sangamon Street

Chicago, IL 60607

Office: 312-432-0400

$333K - Successful Case

IL Animal Law Roster

Peter B. Canalia, Canalia & Clark LLC, Munster, Chair
Angela E. Peters, Buffalo Grove Law Offices, Arlington Heights, Vice-Chair
Hon. William E. Holdridge, Peoria, Secretary
Amy Maher, Madison County State's Attorney's Office, Edwardsville, Ex-Officio
Angela P. Donohoo, Troy, Member
Timothy A. Gutknecht, Stumpf & Gutknecht PC, Columbia, Member
Stephen F. Hedinger, Sorling Northrup Hanna Cullen &Cochran, Springfield, Member
David H. Hopkins, Schiller DuCanto & Fleck, Wheaton, Member
Melissa A. Maye, Office of Appellate Defender, Ottawa, Member/Newsletter Editor
Jane E. McBride, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Springfield, Member/CLE Coordinator
Anna E. Morrison-Ricordati, AMR Law Group LLC, Chicago, Member
Jessica K. Thomas, Law Office of James F Dunneback, Orland park, Member
Elise A. VanKavage, Best Friends Animal Society, Maryville, Member
Christine G. Zeman, CWLP, Springfield, Member
Jamie L. Bracewell, The Law Office of Staci Yandle, O'Fallon, Board Liaison
Lynne Davis, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, Staff Liaison
Annemarie E. Kill, Avery Camerlingo & Kill LLC, Chicago, CLE Committee Liaison

INDIANA

1. Aimee M. Gong

Law Offices of Lawrence M. Reuben

136 E. Market St., Ste. 200

Indianapolis, IN 46204

(317) 634-2200

IOWA

1. Terri Quartucci

Quartucci Law Office

P.O. Box 2214

Fairfield, IA 52556

Phone: (319) 696-2910

LOUISIANA

1. Ariel DiGiulio

DiGiulio Utley

422 Notre Dame

New Orleans, LA 70130

Phone: (504) 524-4080

Fax: (504) 524-4084

2. Edwin L. Hightower

Hightower Commercial Law Center, LLC

PMB# 186

17732 Highland Road, Ste. G

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810

Phone: (225) 362-1926

Fax: (225) 612-6810

3. Louisiana Animal Law Section

MARYLAND

1. DC Animal Law Committee

Washington, DC

2. Sean R. Day

Attorney at Law

8505 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 201

College Park, MD 20740

Phone: (301) 220-2270

3. Rebekah Lusk

Thienel Law Firm LLC

10624 Harpoon Hill

Columbia, MD 21044

Phone: (443) 535-9715

$620K - BANDI

4. Cary J. Hansel, III

Joseph, Greenwald and Laake Lawfirm

6404 Ivy Ln

Greenbelt, MD 20770

         Phone: (301) 220-2200
   Fax: (240) 553-1745
   Email: chansel@jgllaw.com

         $620K - BANDI

MASSACHUSETTS

1. Robert H. Fennessy, Esq.

Walpole, MA

2. The Animal Law Offices of Jonathan Stone Rankin, Esq.

P.O. Box 3311

Framingham, MA 01705

Phone: (508) 887-5050

Fax: (508) 637-9999

3. Donna M. Turley

Glickman Turley LLP

250 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

Phone: (617) 399-7770

Fax: (617) 399-7775

4. Steven Wise, Esq.

896 Beacon St., Suite. 303,

Boston, MA 02215

Phone: (781) 453-0802

MICHIGAN

1. Richard C. Angelo, Jr., Esq.

9459 Lapeer Rd., Ste. 101

Davison, MI 48423

Phone: (248) 202-3152

2. Sarah L. Babcock, DVM, JD

32750 S. River Rd.

Harrison Twp., MI 48045

3. Michigan Bar Association Animal Law Section

Statewide

MINNESOTA

1. Barbara J. Gislason

Fridley, MN

Phone: (763) 572-9297

2. Minnesota Bar Association Animal Law Section

Statewide

MISSOURI

1. Lynn K. Harke

SLU Assistant Professor of Legal Research

Email: hartkelk@slu.edu

Phone: (314) 977-2756

2. Kansas City Metro Bar Association Animal Law Committee

2300 Main St., Suite 100

Kansas City, MO 64108

Phone: (816) 474-4322

Fax: (816) 474-0103

3. Missouri Bar Animal Law Committee

MO Animal Law Committee
Chairperson: Dana K. Apple

P.O. Box 346
Odessa, MO 64076

Phone: (816) 229-9394

Email: dapple@wcblue.com

Email: AnimalLaw@mobarlist.org

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.

NEW JERSEY

1. Gina A. Calogero, Attorneys at Law

466 Kinderkamack Road

Oradell, NJ 07649

Phone: (201) 265-5575

2. Linda Niedweske, Esq.

Morristown, NJ

3. Linda M. Sinuk

53 Patterson Street

New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Phone: (732) 296-1771

4. Isabelle R. Strauss, Esq.

2247 Old Church Road

Toms River, NJ. 08753

Phone: (732) 255-4696

5. New Jersey Bar Association Animal Law Section

Statewide

NEW MEXICO

1. Judith L. Durzo

P.O. Box 872

Albuquerque, NM 87103-0872

Phone: (505) 797-8540

Fax: (505) 797-8541

2. Helga C. Schimkat

Environmental and Animal Law

P.O. Box 8155

Santa Fe, NM 87504

Phone: (505) 989-9913

3. Merry Stubblefield

P.O. Box 14841

Albuquerque, NM 87191

Phone: (505) 298-2991

NEW YORK

1. The Law Office of Cia Bruno

Holistic & Interdisciplinary Attorney & Counselor At Law

JAAN, INC: Social Justice & Advocacy for Animals & Nature

Advocacy for Animal Persons Their Guardians & Service Providers

1626 Becker Street

Schenectady, NY 12304

Phone: (518) 557-5748

Fax: (631) 867-1343

2. Egert & Trakinski

165 W. 91 Street, #16B

New York, NY 10024

Phone: (646) 306-1076

3. Joel R. Zand, Esq.

New York City, NY

4. Association of the Bar of the City of New York LIPTA

New York City, NY

5. New York Bar Association Animal Law Section

Statewide

6. The Law Office of Oliver J. Round, Esq.,

5 Penn Plaza, FL 23,

New York City, NY 10001

Phone: (212) 835-1617

Fax: (718) 679-9368

7. Debra A. Vey Volda-Hamilton

Animal Conflict Coach and Mediator

Phone: (914) 273-1085

NORTH CAROLINA

1. Calley Gerber

Gerber Animal Law Center

4030 Wake Forest Road, Suite 300

Raleigh, NC 27609

Phone: (919) 510-6393

Fax: (888) 816-0071

2. The Law Office of Joe Mustian

Joe Mustian, JD, MBA

510 Meadowmont Village, #210

Chapel Hill, NC 27517

Phone: (919) 929-7977

OHIO

1. Jonathan R. Goodman

Walter & Haverfield

1301 E. 9th Street, #3500

Cleveland, OH 44114

Phone: (216) 781-1212

2. J. Jeffrey Holland

Holland & Muirden, Attorneys at Law

1343 Sharon-Copley Road

P.O. Box 345

Sharon Center, Ohio 44274

Phone: (330) 239-4480

Fax: (330) 239-6224

3. Paul Leonard, Esq.

Center for Animal Law & Advocacy

7811 Abraham Lincoln Dr.

Dayton, OH 45459

Phone: (937) 294-2778

Background:

Before retiring from politics 12 years ago, he was elected to the Ohio state legislature four

times, served two terms as the mayor of Dayton and then returned to the capitol as

lieutenant governor.

Today he's an animal lawyer and the founder the Center for Animal Law and Advocacy.

OKLAHOMA

1. Attorney, James B. Brunson of Oklahoma City
500 N Walker Ave
Ste C-100
Oklahoma City, OK 73102- 1621
Oklahoma County
Phone: (405) 415-1780

$15,000 for Bruiser Successful Case Ref.

2. Tulsa County Bar Association Animal Law Section

Tulsa, OK

OREGON

1. Geordie Duckler, LLC

Portland, OR

2. Holly Anne Gibbons, LLC

Phone: (541) 563-5447

3. Law Office of Dane Johnson, LLC

3929 SW Council Crest Drive

Suite 201

Portland, OR 97239

Phone: (503) 975-8298

Fax: (503) 525-0717

4. Rachel Kosmal McCart, Equine Legal Solutions, Inc.

Phone: (408) 251-3876

Phone: (503) 343-9681

Fax: (503) 343-9680

PENNSYLVANIA

1. Law Offices of Molly Maguire Gaussa, PC

1725 Washington Road, Ste. 407

Pittsburgh, PA 15241

Phone: (412) 308-6070

Fax: (412) 202-5713

2. Dennis Michael Moskal, Law Offices of Dennis M. Moskal, LLC

425 First Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Phone: (412) 434-4911 Ext. 29

Cell: (412) 992-0948
25k - Sadie

3. Pennsylvania Bar Association Animal Law Section

Statewide

TENNESSEE

1. Tasha C. Blakney

Eldridge, Blakney & Trant, P.C.

Phone: (865) 544-2010

TEXAS

1. Yolanda Eisenstein

Eisenstein Law Office

705 Ross Ave.

Dallas, TX 75202

Phone: (214) 749-0101

Fax: (214) 749-0111

2. Donald D. Feare

Law Offices of Donald D. Feare, PC

721 W. Division St.

Arlington, TX 76012

Phone: (817) 543-2202

4. Randall E. Turner

Randy Turner, Turner &McKenzie, PC, Attorneys at Law

1800 Norwood, Suite 100

Hurst, Texas 76054

Phone: (817) 282-3868

Fax: (817) 268-1563

5. Texas Civil Rights Project
* Austin: (512) 474-5073
Thursday afternoons between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
* El Paso (915) 532-379
Thursday afternoons between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
* Houston: (832) 767-3680
Monday afternoons from 3:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m. and
Wednesday afternoons from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m
* South Texas: (956) 787-8171
Tuesdays from 9:30-12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
* Statewide: If you are not in one of the above three areas of the state, please call the Austin office for information.

6. TexasLawHelp.org as a possible resource for civil legal assistance. TexasLawHelp.org is a one stop, online resource for free and low-cost civil legal assistance for those who cannot afford legal help. Learn about your rights, self-help resources, and legal aid at TexasLawHelp.org.

7. The State Bar of Texas Lawyer Referral Service at 1-800-252-9690 and ask for an attorney in your area.

8. Law Offices of Vance and Whitley
Call 210-807-8287, toll free at 877-563-2149, or email us to schedule a confidential consultation about your needs. We have two offices in the San Antonio area for our clients' convenience. Spanish translation services are available upon request.

VIRGINIA

1. The Law Office of Joe Mustian

Joe Mustian, JD, MBA

510 Meadowmont Village, #210

Chapel Hill, NC 27517

Phone: (919) 929-7977

WASHINGTON

1. Adam P. Karp, Esq.

Statewide

2. John Lowe

Note: Needs research to get contact info

3. Washington State Bar Association Animal Law Section