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Jeff KerrGeneral Counsel to PETA
As general counsel to PETA and its international affiliates for nearly 25 years, Jeff Kerr built and leads the world’s largest legal team working for animal rights. His team was named CorporateCounsel magazine’s 2017Best Legal Department, and his high-profile cases—including the 13th Amendment case Tilikum v.SeaWorld, the first three successful constitutional challenges to”ag-gag” laws, and the “Monkey Selfie” copyright case—have made headlines around the world and sparked a global conversation about the legal rights of animals. Kerr graduated from theUniversity of Virginia School of Law and George MasonUniversity, where he was a Weber scholar, and he lectures about animal law at law schools around the country.
