Ledy Vankavage

Ledy VanKavage is the Senior Legislative Attorney for Best Friends Animal Society located in Kanab, Utah, and a member of the ISBA’s animal law section. Before coming to Best Friends Ledy was the Senior Director of Legislation and Legal Training for the ASPCA. She has helped spearhead the passage of over 50 humane state bills during her lobbying tenure and is also a past Chair of the American Bar Association’s Animal Law Committee.  Ledy is the recipient of the ABA’s Excellence in Animal Law award for 2014, the 2018 Wallace Award from the Wallace the Pitbull Foundation, and Excellence in a State Campaign award from the Women in Government Relations Association. She is a co-author of the USDOJ publication, “The Problem of Dog-Related Incidents and Encounters” and is an instructor for the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board. She has been interviewed on MSNBC, NPR, the Chicago Tribune, Time Magazine, and the New York Times.