Practical Aspects of Animal Law Conference

• Your Law Practice and Animal Law
• Animal Cruelty Prosecutions
• The Human-Animal Bond

Date: Saturday, November 10, 2012
Time: 11 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Location: State Bar of Michigan, 306 Townsend St., Lansing, MI 48933

Registration: on or before November 7—$25, $15 for students; registration after November 7 and onsite—$35, $25 for students

Register: online or by mail/fax form

The State Bar of Michigan Animal Law Section invites all who work with animals or advocate for them to attend.

Planned Agenda

11:00–11:40 a.m.	Registration, Networking, and Light Buffet Lunch
11:40–11:50 a.m.	Welcome and Animal Law Section Update Donald Garlit, Chair of the Animal Law Section
11:50 a.m.–12:35 p.m.	Prosecuting Crimes Involving Animals Raj Prasad, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office
12:35–1:20 p.m.	Giving Animals a Voice: Cases and Legal Issues in Animal Law Richard Angelo, Law Offices of Richard C. Angelo, Jr.
1:20–1:50 p.m.	Break, Network, and Meet the Speakers
1:50–2:20 p.m.	The Human-Animal Bond Judge David Jordon, Penni Elsesser, and Roscoe the dog from the Matt Brundage Ingham County Veterans Treatment Court
2:20–2:50 p.m.	Animal Abuse Registry Status State Representative Harvey Santana and Renee Edmondson, Cooley Law School, Grand Rapids
2:50–3:50 p.m.	Litigating Animal Law Disputes Julie Fershtman, Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC
3:50–4:00 p.m.	Wrap Up and Closing Remarks