Ledy Vankavage, Esq. Email & Phone Number

ELISE “LEDY” VAN KAVAGE, ESQ.SENIOR LEGISLATIVE ATTORNEY, BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYCHAIR, American Bar Association TIPS Animal Law Committee Ledy VanKavage began her legal career as a judicial law clerk for the Illinois Appellate Court and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. After working at a St. Louis environmental law firm, Green, Hennings, and Henry, she served as an attorney advisor for the U.S. Health and Human Services. Ledy has worked extensively in the humane movement. In 1985 she organized the Madison County Coalition Against Pound Seizure, successfully stopping the sale of animals for research from her county animal control facility. She then founded the Madison County Humane Society and served as its president for eight years. She worked for the ASPCA for nine years in Illinois as Sr. Director of Legislation and Legal Training. During that time she spearheaded the passage of over 20 humane bills and during her tenure Illinois became ranked as the best state in the nation for animal cruelty laws by the Animal Legal Defense Fund. She is Chair of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section's Animal Law Committee. Ledy also serves on the Animal Farm Foundation Board. She has been interviewed the New York Times, MSNBC, NPR’s Justice Talking, the Chicago Tribune, and the St. Louis Post Dispatch.Ledy graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a BS in Zoology and St. Louis University Law School. Ledy resides in Collinsville, Illinois with her husband Cliff Froehlich who is the Executive Director of Cinema St. Louis. Ledy and her husband have adopted three brindle pit bulls, Karma Korn, Che, and Bella and also oversee a feral cat colony in the neighborhood.Specialties: Animal LawAmerican Pit Bull TerriersBreed Discriminatory Laws or Breed Specific Laws (BSL)LobbyingState Pet Population Control FundsFeral Cats

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