Experience

• Saving Animals from a Cruel End
  Schiff Hardin attorneys helped put an end to the illegal and inhumane gassing of domestic animals by the Georgia Department of Agriculture in violation of Georgia's Humane Euthanasia Act.
  


• More Than 300 Dogs Rescued From Abuse, With Schiff Hardin's Help
  In a case that has received nationwide attention, Schiff Hardin's Animal Law practice group helped to obtain a full and final judgment for the plaintiffs in a North Carolina animal abuse lawsuit.
  


• Cats Keep Their Claws In West Hollywood
  Schiff Hardin assisted the Animal Legal Defense Fund in preparing an amicus brief in support of the defendants in a case regarding a city ordinance against declawing.
  


• USDA Challenged on Animal Welfare Act
  In 2006, Schiff Hardin attorneys represented several plaintiffs in a case challenging the USDA's failure to adopt a policy to ensure the psychological well-being of primates pursuant to the Animal Welfare Act.
  


• Cruel Treatment of Chimpanzees Halted
  In 2006, Schiff Hardin attorneys helped to achieve a groundbreaking victory that represented a major step towards the end of the use of nonhuman primates in entertainment.