Thursday, January 25th
8 a.m PST| 11 a.m EST
Offered by Will Work For Food and moderated by Jeff Kichaven (www.JeffKichaven.com ) and Jean Lawler (www.LawlerADR.com)
This worldwide conversation will be like nothing else. Join in! Share, learn, have fun, and raise money for food banks .
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Our special guest this week, Debra Hamilton will Present on:
How Mediation Better Serves All Animals in These Emotionally Charged Disputes
This program will highlight the important position pets, and animals in general, have taken in our life. From our fluffy kitten sleeping on our lap to the tigers being poached during COVID, emotions run high when speaking about keeping animals safe. Disagreements have resulted in much litigation, precedent-setting, and legislation creation; leaving little thought to who will enforce these laws in time to save the animals. This short program will make you curious about the role of Mediation in Animal Law and Animal Welfare. What can we do to assist everyone in getting it right for the animals and keeping animals’ welfare top of mind when conflicts arise, over the need to be right, when conflicts arise?
We will look at some of the changes in property status of animals (NY-Domestic Relations - Best Interests Legislation; Pet Trusts; Pet Service Providers liability) and its application; as well as take a broader look at animal issues including Wild Horses, the BLM, Zoos and Aquariums.
Debra Hamilton is the principal at Hamilton Law and Mediation, PLLC, (HLM).
HLM uses understanding-based alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methodologies to transform disagreements over animals in veterinary medicine, divorce, and beyond. Debra facilitates non-defensive discussions between parties providing them the opportunity to choose peaceful conversation over litigation
Debra speaks internationally at law and vet conferences and is the best-selling author of Nipped in the Bud-Not in the Butt-How to Use Mediation to Resolve Conflicts over Animals. She has an internationally received podcast, Why Do Pets Matter and holds an international pet planning community call, The MAAP Plan, which helps its members navigate the journey their pet takes when they can’t care for it, on Wednesday evenings.
She holds Board positions on AVMLA (president); SVME; NY Save; The Center for Understanding; NYSBA Women in the Law and ISCA. She is an advisor to NOMV- Clear Blue task force and Fear Free.
She is the go-to person for information regarding the use of mediation in disagreements involving animals for the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Huffington Post, and US News and World Report.
She breeds, owns, and shows Irish Setters and Long-haired standard Dachshunds.