James Erselius

As a senior staff attorney, James develops and implements legal strategies to further the interests of animals. Before joining the Animal Legal Defense Fund, James was litigation counsel at the PETA Foundation and an associate at law firms Latham & Watkins and Gibson Dunn.

James earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2014, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and his B.A. from UCLA in 2009. He is admitted to practice in New York, California, and Washington, D.C. He lives in New York City with humans Anna and Esme, dog Juno, and cat Nyx. In his free time, he enjoys wandering around the city with his family, reading books, and picking up new hobbies.

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