Richard Bruce Rosenthal Esq

Specialties

Contact Richard Bruce Rosenthal-​Associates for top Kew Gardens, NY Family-​Law-​Attorneys. From adoption and child custody to divorce and relocation, we have experience and a successful record handling familial issues and disputes.

History

Established in 1979.

Animal Law is a relatively new but rapidly growing practice area. Substantive laws that protect animals are few, and establishing standing to enforce those laws can be difficult. In order to advance the interests of non-​human animals and their guardians it is often necessary to creatively use more traditional bodies of law such as contract law, property law, constitutional law and tort law.

Richard Rosenthal, is a pioneer and innovator in this field, as General Counsel for The Lexus Project he has created and advanced Cody Trust Standing in over 100 cases in 27 states and continues to be on the forefront of cutting edge Animal Law litigation

Whether representing a client in a dangerous dog proceeding or a contractual dispute over a pet adoption, He continuously challenges the existing laws, as well as the beliefs and assumptions of judges and lawyers. His goal is to look at the development of new laws and doctrines so that pets can have their own status within property law.

Meet the Business Owner

Richard R.

Business Owner

Columbia College 1975, Brooklyn Law 1978, Admitted NYS, EDNY, SDNY, CDIL, OHND, WIWD, COD. Private General Litigation Practice with a concentration in Animal Rights. Criminal Defense and Consumer Advocacy 1979 — present.

Civil Rights for Dogs — Defining a new paradigm

The world of animal law is changing rapidly as is the way the law views companion animals. Dogs today are able to be protected by orders of protection, they can be the beneficiaries of trusts, be represented by counsel and more and more Courts are beginning to acknowledge the right to emotional damages for harming them. Unfortunately, dogs occasionally cause injuries to people and other animals, the penalty for which is often death (even when the law says they are innocent). No dog was safe unless all were and our mission includes defense for all breeds of dogs unjustly imprisoned or facing execution.