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2023 CLE
LSBA REGISTER ONLINE HERE!
ANIMAL
LAW SECTION'S
2023 CLE!
Friday,
December 8, 2023
Canopy by Hilton New Orleans (Downtown)
1100 Tulane Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70112
includes
coffee, tea
and lunch
7
CLE Credit Hours with
1
hour of Ethics and 1 hour Professionalism
$175
for Animal Law Section Members
$185 for Non-Section Members of the LSBA
$50
for
individuals not
seeking CLE credits
REGISTER ONLINE HERE!
AGENDA:
HOUR 1
8:30-9:30
Machelle Hall
A discussion regarding animal adoption certainty after Roark v. Fuselier
(1 Hour)
5 minute break
HOUR 2
9:35-10:35
Daina Bray
A discussion regarding how our treatment of animals drives the climate crisis, how the climate crisis harms animals, and what lawyers and policy can do about it
(1 Hour)
5 minute break
HOUR 3
10:40-11:40
Machelle Hall
Animal Law Ethics Jeopardy - A discussion regarding ethical issues and dilemmas that arise in animal law
(1 Hour Ethics)
11:40-12:40 Lunch Provided at the Hotel
HOUR 4
12:40-1:40
Bruce Wagman
A discussion regarding the more than fifteen years of legislative and litigation work that led to the United States Supreme Court’s decision in National Pork Producers Council v. Ross
(1 Hour)
5 minute break
HOUR 5
1:45-2:45
Matthew D. Evans
A discussion regarding federal dogfighting investigations and prosecutions
(1 Hour)
5 minute break
HOUR 6
2:50-3:50
Machelle Hall
Dealing Professionally with Typical Psychologies and Animal Behaviors in Animal Law
(1 Hour – Professionalism)
5 minute break
HOUR 7
3:55-4:55
Tarak Anada
A discussion regarding the Truth in Labeling of Food Products Act including the implications and constitutionality of that statute and litigation relative to same
(1 Hour)
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES:
Tarak Anada is a partner at Jones Walker in the Litigation Practice Group and serves as an adjunct professor of law at the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, where he teaches a pretrial litigation seminar course. Tarakrepresents clients across the industry spectrum, including oil and gas, construction, maritime, and healthcare companies. A seasoned trial attorney, Tarak has won jury trials, judge trials, and arbitrations; negotiated settlements; and pursued successful appeals on behalf of Fortune 500 multinational corporations, emerging growth companies, and startups in the energy, environmental, offshore drilling, maritime, construction, healthcare, life sciences, food and agriculture, and other sectors. Tarak recently secured major litigation victories for companies in the COVID-19 testing space that are being threatened by unfair trade practices as well as cutting-edge food manufacturers that are being threatened by unconstitutional governmental regulations.
Bruce Wagman is a lawyer in the San Francisco office of Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila. Bruce is a frequent speaker at animal welfare legal conferences and teaches Animal Law at the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, and Stanford Law School. Since 1992, Bruce has been using his legal degree to protect and save animals and assist those who care for them – from individuals to the largest international animal welfare groups. Bruce is the only lawyer running an exclusive animal law practice in a major United States firm, and he focuses on matters that benefit both society and the animals themselves. He litigates, drafts animal-friendly legislation, oversees rescue operations, and consults clients who care for and protect animals. He has published two major works, the leading casebook for law schools nationwide “Animal Law: Cases and Materials” — and “A Worldview of Animal Law,” a global survey of animal law. Bruce also founded Project Chimps, a Georgia chimpanzee sanctuary that is home to chimpanzees retired from a research laboratory.
Daina Bray is a clinical lecturer and senior research scholar in Law with the Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School, where she leads the Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative. Daina previously served as general counsel of the nonprofits Mercy For Animals and the International Fund for Animal Welfare, and practiced with major international law firms in the areas of litigation and international arbitration. Daina is a past chair of the ABA International Animal Law Committee, the ABA TIPS Animal Law Committee, and the Tennessee Bar Association Animal Law Section. Daina received a JD from Stanford Law School with pro bono distinction, a BA in international studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar, a Fulbright scholarship for research in environmental education, and the 2021 ABA Excellence in the Advancement of Animal Law Award.
Matthew D. Evans is an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Minnesota. Prior to becoming an AUSA, Matt was a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environmental Crimes Section, where he prosecuted federal pollution, wildlife, and animal-fighting crimes around the country, including the first federal criminal prosecution of a dogfighting ring in the state of Louisiana. Before joining the Department of Justice, Matt clerked for the Honorable Vincent L. Briccetti, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, and the Honorable James B. Loken, U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, where he was an Executive Editor of the Michigan Law Review.
Machelle Hall is the Environmental Section Chief at the LaDOJ, where she frequently represents the La. Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries. She teaches Animal Law at both Tulane and LSU Law Schools, serves on the ABA Animal Law Committee, is a member of the Association for Prosecuting Attorneys Animal Cruelty Prosecution Committee, and has been a long-time member of the LaSPCA legal affairs committee and board of directors. She is speaking purely in her personal capacity, and the views she expresses should not be imputed to any of these institutions.
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