NEW "Law Tails" Premiers with an Interview with William Goren, Esq., leading expert on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Welcome to the first "Law Tails: The Truth in Animal Law" with Claudine Wilkins, animal law expert, attorney, former prosecutor and founder of Animal Law Source, The Animal Protection Society, APAW (Animal Protection And Wellness ) Expo and Georgia Humane Society.

Claudine Wilkins interviews William Goren, Esq. who is an expert on the ADA. William Goren is one of the country’s foremost authorities on the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

They discuss crucial aspects of the ADA in Georgia. This interview and course provides much needed answers to questions about the ADA, what are some of the rules, what Law Enforcement Officers can and and can't do, aggressive service animals, flying on a plane and much, much more.

William D. Goren, Esq., of William D. Goren, J.D., LL.M. LLC, in Decatur, GA, with licenses to practice law in Georgia, Texas, and Illinois, has been dealing with the ADA as an Attorney since 1990. His law and consulting practice, https://www.understandingtheada.com/, as well as his blog, Understanding the ADA, (an ABA Top 100 for five consecutive years during the last five years of the award, 2014-2018), all focus on understanding the ADA so that the client understands what it means to comply with that law and related laws. 

Claudine Wilkins is a former prosecutor who became a personal injury trial attorney in 1999. She began her career as a prosecutor at a time when animal-related cases were not given credence. After witnessing animal cases consistently “falling through the cracks,” she began to take on and successfully prosecute these cases. 

She went on to found the Animal Law Source, The Animal Protection Society, Georgia Humane Society, and the Animal Protection and Wellness Expo (APAW). Claudine has been instrumental in drafting twelve Georgia state laws related to animals and public safety and has published over a thousand ALS Toolkits© providing comprehensive overviews of animal law topics. Over the last three decades, Claudine has shaped the way our justice system responds to animal-related cases. Through her work, better laws are on the books, crucial information is accessible online, and victims (both animal and human) have found justice.