Chris Green

Chris Green is ALDF’s director of Legislative Affairs, a program which helps pass tougher animal protection laws in state and federal legislatures, as well as county boards & municipal councils. Equally important, the program works to block bills proposed by those who seek to exploit or endanger animals.

Chris graduated from Harvard Law School and the University of Illinois. In 2004, he published a groundbreaking article titled The Future of Veterinary Malpractice Liability in the Care of Companion Animals, in the Animal Law Review. The article was the first to calculate the economics of veterinary malpractice insurance and consider damages beyond a companion animal’s replacement cost or “fair market value.”

A founding Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Animal Law Committee, Chris has served on the Board of the National Center for Animal Law, acted as an advisor to the National Canine Research Council, and is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Law Association and Illinois Farm Bureau. Chris’s research also led to him being an invited member of the California Veterinary Medical Association’s Non-Economic Recovery Task Force, and an advisor to members of the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Task Force on the Legal Status of Animals.

Chris has consulted on animal legal issues for CBS News, Dateline NBC, Science Magazine, Smart Money Magazine, Chicago Tribune, and Washington Post. He contributed a section on liability issues for the book Vet Confidential: An Insider’s Guide to Protecting Your Pet’s Health, and frequently lectures on animal valuation and exotic animal ownership at law schools and veterinary colleges around the country. Next year, Chris will serve as Chair of the American Bar Association’s Animal Law Committee during its 10th Anniversary term.

Occupation

Director of Legislative Affairs, Animal Legal Defense Fund