SALT friends – tell us more about your special family member and submit photos to be featured in our SALT Pet of the Month column!

You can also email your interest to SALTonline@eversheds-sutherland.com and we will respond to you with questions.

As we welcome the new year, we are also excited to give a warm welcome to our January SALT Pets of the Month, Joey and Layla! This charming duo resides with SALT Counsel Diane Beleckas and her family.

Joey, a six‑year‑old Schnoodle, joined the family in 2020 as a surprise for Diane’s kids after months

Our December SALT Pets of the Month are one stylish flock! This feathered family, belonging to Partner Todd Betor, was inspired by a touch of royalty. After binge-watching With Love, Meghan, Todd’s wife, Michelle, decided it was time to make her backyard chicken coop dream a reality.

The first step? Designing a home fit

Meet Luna and Yordy, two lovable rescue pups who have brought plenty of personality (and a little bit of chaos!) to the home of Joe Moore, Vice President, Corporate Tax at Costco.

Luna, a two-year-old white Labrador, is a big, goofy sweetheart who likes to avoid tiny humans at all costs. Her family has learned to

Meet our September SALT Pet of the Month, Misha! As far as her parents know, her name is Russian for teddy bear, and she is just as fluffy and cuddly as her name suggests. Misha is owned by the family of Shannon Brandt, who works at the Texas Comptroller’s office. Who wouldn’t want to come

Meet Barclay, our July SALT Pet of the Month! This beloved 10-year-old Goldendoodle has been a devoted companion to Marilyn Wethekam, Of Counsel at the Council On State Taxation (COST), since he was just 8 weeks old.

His name is a clever nod to the US Supreme Court case Barclays Bank v. Franchise Tax Board

We’re excited to introduce you to our June SALT Pets of the Month, Scout and Riley! These two lovable pups belong to Anna Schoenbaechler, Senior Tax Analyst at Cox.

Scout is a charming 6-year-old mixed breed with plenty of personality. Weighing 70 pounds, Scout was adopted as an 8-week-old pup from the Atlanta Humane Society

Meet Theodora, our May SALT Pet of the Month! With her royal presence, it was only fitting that her owner, SALT Associate Constance Chien, named her after Empress Theodora. Constance welcomed Theodora into her home three years ago when a neighbor was looking to rehome her, and it turned out to be the perfect match.

Meet Astro, a charming Basenji who belongs to Amanda Nelson, Senior Manager of Indirect Tax at Salesforce. Astro is three years old and got his name from the lovable and loyal character on the Jetsons. Astro’s unique breed is known for being “barkless” and for its curly, donut-shaped tail, making Astro a quiet and pawsitively 

Meet Senator Claude, our February SALT Pet of the Month! Due to his gentlemanly disposition and active political engagement, he was inaugurated as a Senator upon his adoption. He responds to both “Senator” and “Claude,” though his paw-rent Alla Raykin, counsel in our Atlanta office, calls him Claude.

Claude is 7 years old and was

Meet Hercules Mulligan, our January SALT Pet of the Month! Named after a character from the Broadway show “Hamilton,” Hercules lives with Dan Hopper, a SALT Associate in New York.

This adorable 4.5-year-old Boxer was adopted from a shelter in a Houston suburb. These days, Hercules is full of energy and loves chasing frisbees and