Addressing the EATS Act and the Farm Bill

Join us for a panel addressing the EATS Act and the Farm Bill, and the efforts to undermine the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Prop 12 case. At issue is whether states have the autonomy to establish animal welfare regulations in the absence of federal guidelines.

The event is co-sponsored by the GW Animal Legal Education Initiative, the GW Animal Law Alumni Committee, and the GW SALDF chapter. We will have the panel presentation and conversation, and then have an informal networking opportunity (with light snacks) for GW alums, DC area animal law students, and other folks who are interested. All are welcome.

The panelists include:

• Christian Lovell, Farm Action Fund
• Alicia Pryogski, ALDF
• Laurel Palluzi (moderator), LAP Legal LLC

The event will take place in the Student Conference Center which is on the 2nd floor of Lisner. The easiest entrance to that building is at 2023 G Street. The doors are all key card entry, but a person will be waiting there to let you in and direct you upstairs to the event.

Christian Lovell is the Senior Director of Programs at Farm Action Fund. He draws on his deep experience in production agriculture and food policy as Farm Action Fund’s Senior Director of Programs. In this role, he provides leadership and direction for the organization’s growing program portfolio to advance a more fair food system.

Previously, Christian spent nearly a decade working on federal agricultural policy in Washington, DC, and served as Legislative Director to U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro during her time as Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations. He also held other roles at the National Governors Association, The World Bank, and Informa Economics Group.

Christian is a native of West Central Illinois where he now resides and manages his family’s Registered Hereford cattle herd. He passionately advocates for regenerative grazing and is actively involved in the Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition.

Alicia Prygoski is the Strategic Legislative Affairs Manager at the Animal Legal Defense Fund, where she oversees the organization’s federal legislative portfolio as well as manages legislative campaigns for animal protection at the state and local levels. Before joining the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Alicia worked on farmed animal policy at both the Humane Society of the United States and the Animal Welfare Institute. Alicia has a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Policy from the University of Michigan and a law degree from Western Michigan University-Cooley where she founded and ran the school’s Animal Legal Defense Fund student chapter. She is a recipient of the Wanda A. Nash Award from the State Bar of Michigan Animal Law Section for advancing animal law in the state. She currently serves as Board Chair for the Michigan-based farmed animal sanctuary, Barn Sanctuary, and volunteers with a DC-based animal rescue organization as a dog foster.

Laurel Palluzi is the founder and principal attorney at LAP Legal, LLC, where she leverages over a decade of in-house legal experience with a focus on fractional general counsel services to technology companies. Her expertise is built on a foundation of roles at technology companies, such as Solo.io, Elastic and Enova, where she honed her technical transactions and legal operations skills. Laurel also served as the president of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund during her last year at GW Law. Starting her career in Washington, D.C., she now resides in Chicago with her partner and one cat adopted in DC, where she continues to focus on empowering businesses with strategic legal guidance and fostering innovation in legal operations.

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