- California
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Bruce Wagman focuses his practice on animal law litigation, consultation, legislative affairs and education. He has brought and tried multiple state and federal cases involving a wide range of animal law issues, including the following:
Mr. Wagman has a nationwide practice and represents many animal protection groups, as well as individual clients. He is the author of the first casebook used in law schools on the subject (Animal Law).
Mr. Wagman is the Chief Outside Litigation Counsel of the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), and in that role oversees and devises ALDF's nationwide animal protection litigation program.
Mr. Wagman's illustrative representations include:
Mr. Wagman is the co-author of Animal Law — the first casebook for animal law courses in law schools is not in the fourth edition.
Mr. Wagman lectures across the country on animal law issues on a regular basis.
Mr. Wagman does a significant amount of pro bono work in the animal protection field, including the A Dog's Life Rescue and Cavel v. Madigan cases discussed above.
Mr. Wagman is also a member of the board of directors of three animal protection organizations and two exotic animal sanctuaries.
Mr. Wagman was an operating room nurse at the University of California, San Francisco Hospitals and Clinics where he specialized in cardiac and general surgery.
University of California — Hastings College of the Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991)
Order of the Coif, Thurston Society
Articles Editor, Hastings Law Journal
Judicial Extern — Honorable James Browning
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1990)
Columbia University School of Nursing (B.S.N., 1981)
Cornell University (B.S., 1979)
Adjunct Professor, Animal Law: