Vanessa Shakib
Co-founder, Co-director @Advancing Law For Animals
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WORK HISTORY
Co-founder, Co-director @Advancing Law For Animals
Los Angeles, CA, US
EDUCATION
University of Southern California
Bachelor's Degree, Political Science
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
Juris Doctor
The George Washington University
"Semester in Washington Politics"
ABOUT VANESSA SHAKIB
Vanessa is an expert in administrative and constitutional law. Her work has been featured by CNN, Fox News, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, USA Today, and more. Vanessa co-founded and co-directs Advancing Law for Animals, a non-profit law firm for our non-human friends. There, she develops impact litigation to further the interests of animals exploited in research and food production, with an emphasis on government transparency and accountability. Vanessa is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School, and recognized as 20••••23 Adjunct Professor of the Year. She regularly presents talks as an invited expert in animal law both nationally and abroad.Prior to animal law, Vanessa specialized in illegal taxation, consumer protection, and inverse condemnation, among other practice areas. Her track record in government oversight informs her work at Advancing Law for Animals, where she has successfully challenged cruel and illegally-promulgated regulations at the federal level, and lack of animal-welfare enforcement at the local level. Vanessa continues to consult on a variety of legal matters through her private practice.
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