Sometimes, even pre-eminent
predators like sharks need help to keep from becoming prey. Schiff Hardin has been their defender.

For the past four years, Bruce Wagman, a San Francisco-based partner who focuses his practice exclusively on animal law, has battled proponents of shark finning. The long-controversial practice, banned in federal waters more than 15 years ago, entails slicing off a shark’s fins for use in shark fin soup, a traditional Chinese delicacy.