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

2010 Animal Law Symposium Materials

• Practical Considerations for Attorneys Handling Animal Law Cases
• ABA Order Form: Litigating Animal Law Disputes by Julie I. Fershtman and Joan E. Schaffner
• Julie Fershtman, of counsel, Zausmer Kaufman August Caldwell & Tayler PC
• Sherman v. Kissinger
• 2010 Update on Companion Animal Valuation
• The Future of Veterinary Malpractice Liability in the Care of Companion Animals
• Chris Green, vice-chair of the ABA Animal Law Committee
• Developing an Animal Law Practice
• Newman v. Veterinary Bd. of Governors Appellant's Brief
• Newman v. Veterinary Bd. of Governors Response Brief
• Newman v. Veterinary Bd. of Governors Intervenors' Brief
• Newman v. Veterinary Bd. of Governors Appellants' Reply Brief
• Hendrickson v. Tender Care Animal Hosp. Corp. Appellant's Brief
• Adam Karp, Animal Law Offices of Adam P. Karp

2008 Symposium
Justice Marilyn Kelly and her dog Duff
Photo by Roberta Gubbins, Ingham County Legal News