Bruce Wagman – How to Establish an Animal Law Practice/Animal Hoarding Cases
Bruce Wagman is a partner in the civil litigation firm of Morgenstein & Jubelirer in
San Francisco, California . During his career he has been actively involved in animal law litigation in state and federal courts as well as private arbitrations. He created the course materials and curriculum for the Animal Law course at
Hastings
College of the Law in
San Francisco , which he has taught every year since its inception in 1995. He is the co-author of Animal Law, with its third edition expected in 2006. Animal Law is the first casebook for use in law school courses teaching animal law, an
d b eing used in approximately fifty law schools in the country. Mr. Wagman also teaches animal law at
Stanford
Law
School , Boalt Hall (
University of
California ,
Berkeley ) and the University of San Francisco School of Law. He is also a regular speaker on animal law issues throughout the country.
Eric Biley – Criminal Enforcement of Hunting Regulations
Eric Bily is an Assistant District Attorney for the Harris County District Attorney’s Office in
Houston, Texas where he began his career as a prosecutor in 1995. He is assigned to the Environmental Crimes Division where he is responsible for the state criminal prosecution of environmental crimes in
Harris
County , including water, air, hazardous waste, used oil, solid waste, medical waste and wildlife resource violations. He has spoken at several environmental seminars aimed at educating law enforcement personnel and businesses about criminal violations of
Texas environmental laws. He has guest lectured to law school students and has been a guest speaker at Continuing Legal Education seminars. Mr. Bily has also been an instructor for the Advanced Environmental Crimes Training Program held at the
Federal
Law
Enforcement
Training
Center in
Glynco, . Mr. Bily earned his B.B.A. in 1990 from
Texas
A&M
University . He obtained his J.D., cum laude, in 1994 from Texas Tech School of Law.
Raul Calderon – Local government regulation of animals
Raul Calderon is an Assistant City Attorney for the City of
Austin . A graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, he began working for the City in 1983 as a municipal court prosecutor and has since served as general counsel to various departments. He currently advises, among other offices and departments, the animal control officers for the City. A native of
El Paso and a graduate of
Yale
University , he has lived in
Austin since 1980. Past pets include lizards, hamsters, gerbils, dogs, cats, fish and an iguana.
Chris Copeland – Biomedical Research
Mr. Copeland is the general counsel and government relations director for the Texas Veterinary Medical Association. He obtained a Bachelor of Science from
Southwest
Texas
State
University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law. Since 2001, he has served on the Board of Directors for the Texas Society for Biomedical Research.
Chris Green – The Future of Veterinary Malpractice
Chris Green is a graduate of
Harvard
Law
School , and the
University of
Illinois , where he created the school’s first Environmental Sciences degree program in 1990. He is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Law Association, the Committee on Legal Issues Pertaining to Animals, Association of the Bar of the City of
New York , and the Illinois Farm Bureau. Green recently took a 2-year sabbatical to research and write The Future of Veterinary Malpractice Liability in the Care of Companion Animals. A 90-page “condensed” version was published in the 10th Anniversary Issue of the journal Animal Law. Green also won first prize at the inaugural National Animal Advocacy Competition held at Harvard last March. Green has consulted for CBS News, 60 Minutes and The Washington Post on veterinary legal issues, and frequently lectures on civil damages/animal valuation matters at veterinary colleges and legal conferences around the country. Last year, Green participated in the in the California Veterinary Medical Association’s Non-Economic Recovery Task Force, helping the organization and its insurance carrier explore legislative options to address the profession’s increasing liability exposure. This year he is acting as an advisor to the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Task Force on the Legal Status of Animals addressing these same issues at a national level. Most recently, Green is researching a historical examination of human attitudes towards other species of animals as viewed through the dual lenses of veterinary science and the codified/common law. Chris currently divides his time between New York City, where is founding the Animal Policy Endowment, an organization to fund academic scholarship pertaining to animal legal issues, and Illinois, where he manages a farm that has been in his family for 168 years. Green also has appeared in and produced several films, worked extensively in the music business, and continues to host a weekly music video program for PBS television.
Judge Roberta A. Lloyd – Civil Seizures of Neglected and Abused Animals
Roberta Lloyd serves as Judge of Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4. She obtained a B.S. in Finance from
Florida
State
University , a J.D. from Stetson University College of Law, and a L.L.M. in Taxation from the
University of
Miami . She has spoken extensively on Dangerous Dog and Exotic Animal Regulations. Judge Lloyd serves on the Harris County Animal Shelter Advisory Committee. She is also a long-time volunteer for the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Houston Zoo.
Judge William C. McCulloch – Trusts for Non-Human Family Members
Bill McCulloch serves as Judge of Harris County Probate Court No. 4. He was born and raised in
Dallas, Texas . He is a graduate of the
University of
Texas (B.A., Plan II) and the University of Texas School of Law. Judge McCulloch served in the United States Army, being discharged with the rank of Captain. He moved to
Houston in 1970 to join the firm of Bracewell & Patterson. He joined Texas Commerce Bank in 1976 serving as Manager of the Probate Section of the Trust Department. He was appointed Judge of the newly created Probate Court No. 4 of
Harris
County in 1985. He was re-elected Judge of that Court in 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002. Judge McCulloch has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law in Wills, Trusts and Estates at South Texas College of Law and as an Adjunct Instructor in Conflict Resolution at the
College of
Biblical Studies in
Houston . He is a past chairman of the Probate Trust and Estates Section of the Houston Bar Association, a member of the National College of Probate Judges, a member of the Houston Business and Estate Planning Council, a fellow of the College of the State Bar of Texas, the Houston Bar Foundation and the Texas Bar Foundation, and an elder at Bethel Independent Presbyterian Church. He and Ann, his wife of 43 years, have two grown married children and five grandchildren living in
Houston . His interests include short-term mission trips and playing golf. Judge McCulloch has been an author/speaker/moderator for numerous seminars, institutes and educational courses sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association, South Texas College of Law,
University of Houston Law Foundation, Texas College of Probate Judges, Disability and Elder Law Attorneys’ Association, and the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
Christopher B. Pepper is a member of Lloyd Gosselink's Air and Waste Practice Group. His client work focuses on air quality and environmental permitting matters. Chris received his Doctor of Jurisprudence and MS (Environmental Toxicology) from
Texas
Tech
University and his Bachelor of Arts from
Texas
A& M
University . Prior to joining Lloyd Gosselink, he served as a Staff Attorney in the Air and Water Quality Sections of the Offices of Legal Services at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. He has also worked as a Senior Research Associate with the
Institute of
Environmental and Human Health in
Lubbock, Texas , where he served as the Program Coordinator for the Zumwalt Program and was a member of the Vector-borne Zoonoses Laboratory. As a law student, Chris was President of the Student Bar Association, the Managing Editor of the Texas Bank Lawyer, and a member in the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, the Environmental Law Society, and the Texas Aggie Bar Association. He was also a legal intern for the Staff Judge Advocate's Office, 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina . Chris published articles in the following legal and technical journals: Journal of Land, Resources, and Environmental Law; Journal of Wildlife Diseases; Texas Environmental Law Journal; Environmental Management; Environmental Pollution; Federal Facilities Environmental Journal; and Ecotoxicology. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas (Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Intellectual Property Law Sections) and licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Stacey Allison Steinbach is a member of the Lloyd Gosselink's Water Practice Group and District Practice Group. Her client work focuses on water quality, water supply, and water district matters. A native Texan, Stacey received her Doctor of Jurisprudence with honors from the University of Montana School of Law, where she served as an editor for the
Public
Lands and Resources Law Review. She earned an M.S. (wildlife and fisheries sciences) from
Texas
A&M
University in 2002 and a B.S. (biology and environmental studies) from
Baylor
University in 1999. For her master's thesis, Stacey studied habitat conservation planning under the Endangered Species Act and worked closely with regional endangered species planning efforts. Stacey has published articles in The Journal of Wildlife Management, Communication and Critical Cultural Studies, and the Public Lands and Resources Law Review and is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Austin Bar Association, and the Austin Young Lawyer's Association.
Belinda Smith – Criminal Prosecution of Animal Cruelty Cases
Andrew (Andy) Wilkinson - Biomedical Research
Dr. Wilkinson began his career in veterinary medicine as a veterinary technician. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from
Texas
A&M
University
in Biomedical Science in 1981. He then worked at the
San Antonio
Zoological Gardens
and Aquarium prior to entering veterinary college at
Texas
A&M
University
. During veterinary school Dr. Wilkinson developed an interest in the medicine and surgery of avian and exotic species. He completed an externship at the Gladys Porter Zoo in
Brownsville, Texas
during his senior year of veterinary school. Upon graduation from veterinary school, he took a position at a private practice clinic in
San Antonio
which specialized in avian and exotic species.
Dr. Wilkinson left private practice after 3 years to pursue a veterinary career in the military. He became a veterinary medical officer in the U.S. Army and this allowed further professional development via board certification. While in the army he practiced clinical medicine and surgery for 4 years before getting accepted into a laboratory animal medicine residency program. Dr. Wilkinson completed his residency training at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in 1999 and earned board certification later that year. He worked at the
Uniformed
Services
University
of the Health Sciences for 2 years before ending his military career. He is currently employed in the industry sector and is a Texas Society for Biomedical Research board member.
