Bruce A. Wagman
Partner
San Francisco
415.901.8762
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Animal Law

Schiff Hardin has a national Animal Law practice covering animal protection, welfare and public interest issues. We have also litigated and helped develop the law in cases involving companion animals. This burgeoning area of the law requires particular experience and skills, and these cases involve a unique combination of animal law issues and Schiff Hardin's well known strengths in civil litigation.

Our experience in the field of animal law includes, but is not limited to:

• Federal litigation challenging the treatment of animals under the Animal Welfare Act, Endangered Species Act and other federal statutes
• Protection of great apes through creative litigation attacking cruelty and abuse
• Animal hoarding litigation seeking to rescue suffering animals, assist communities in need and stop the underlying problem
• Protection of farm animals subjected to pain and suffering in violation of state and federal laws
• Private client cases involving injuries caused to animals and by animals
• Custody disputes over companion animals

Bruce A. Wagman, a partner in our San Francisco office, leads the Animal Law practice. His expertise ranges from groundbreaking civil actions advocating for the interests and protection of animals to animal injury cases, as well as pet custody and major federal litigation over the application of federal laws to animal health and welfare. Mr. Wagman is also the chief outside litigation counsel of a national law-based animal advocacy organization, and in that role oversees and devises the group's nationwide animal protection civil litigation program.

Schiff Hardin's Animal Law practice is augmented by attorneys in our New York, Atlanta, Chicago and Washington, D.C. offices, giving it a truly national scope.