Fredrikson & Byron Group Recognition: Lora Friedemann and Asmah Tareen

Lora Friedemann

Asmah Tareen

The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) acknowledged Fredrikson’s strong commitment to animal rights by presenting the firm the 2019 Advancement in Animal Law Pro Bono Achievement Award. Fredrikson has been proud to co-counsel with the ALDF twice to shut down facilities that have broken animal cruelty laws. In 2017, Lora Friedemann, former Fredrikson lawyer Nick Datzov and Asmah Tareen helped ALDF with research relating to the Endangered Species Act after learning of an educational farm that was raising wolf pups in violation of the act. A team of Fredrikson lawyers co-counseled with ALDF and represented plaintiffs who sued to shut down a private zoo with unimaginable conditions for the animals.