Livestock auction markets are businesses and every business needs access to specialized legal advice and consultation. Through the LMA legal team, LMA members and their local attorneys obtain consultation and advice on legal matters impacting their business.

The LMA attorneys have extensive experience representing livestock marketing businesses, interpreting laws and regulations affecting the livestock industry, and providing legal opinions to livestock marketing businesses and their local attorneys. Members may receive assistance in such areas as:

Packers & Stockyards Disciplinary and Reparation Cases

Animal Health Laws

Bond Claims

Livestock Sales Contracts

Statutory and Consensual Lien Laws