By Chase Squires
PHOTO BY: Wayne Armstrong
DU Today

Attorney Jennifer Thomaidis made her debut in the field of pet litigation as a child more than 20 years ago, but it took those two decades to help her realize she was already on the path her life would follow.

Thomaidis, 29, grew up surrounded by animals on a Maryland farm. Any kind of animal she could adopt or rescue or convince her parents to buy became a pet.

And at 8 years old, when she made a pragmatic pitch to keep her father from putting down a sickly calf, she had no idea it would lead to her career as an attorney focused on the emerging area of pet law.

Yes, pet law.

“I’ve always loved animals. I’ve always wanted to work with animals … I was going to become a vet,” says Thomaidis, who has a cat, dog and fish as pets. “But after college, it came down to ‘Do I want to go to school to learn how to work on animals, or do I want to fight for animals?’ I decided I wanted to fight for animals.”

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Jennifer Thomaidis and "office dog" Mercedes.