Ashely Monti

Ashely Monti is Counsel at the PETA Foundation. There, she works closely with other attorneys to provide advice and assistance on a wide range of legal issues that arise from PETA’s work to protect animals. Before becoming Counsel, Ashely completed a year-long fellowship with the PETA Foundation.

Prior to joining the PETA Foundation, Ashely served as a judicial law clerk for the chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. She received her J.D. and Master of Food and Agriculture Law and Policy from Vermont Law School. She has published work through the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law and Graduate School and in the Vermont Law Review on issues related to food labeling and drugs given to animals used for food. She also holds bachelor’s degrees in political science and environmental science from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Ashely currently lives in Portland, Maine, with her husband and canine companion, Jago.