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Scott Heiser ‘87

Senior Staff Attorney & Criminal Justice Program Director, Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)
September 27, 2011
Credit: Robert M Reynolds

Scott Heiser spent seventeen years of his legal career as a prosecutor. While Scott has prosecuted all types of criminal conduct including capital murder, he has always found animal cruelty cases among the most compelling cases he has handled. His passion for holding animal abusers accountable for their crimes lead Scott to join the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), where he serves as Senior Staff Attorney and as the Director of ALDF’s Criminal Justice Program.

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