June 22, 2023

Volume XIII, Number 173

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Keller and Heckman LLP

Keller and Heckman, founded in 1962, has a broad practice in the areas of regulatory law, litigation, and business transactions, serving both domestic and international clients. Our firm is a pioneer in the use of interdisciplinary approaches to problem-solving. Since 1971, we have had an in-house scientific staff that works closely with the firm's attorneys on matters of technical complexity. Many of our attorneys also have government experience and expertise in multiple areas of the law.

Keller and Heckman represents a wide spectrum of companies and trade associations servicing a range of industries, including food and food additives, plastics, pesticides, industrial and specialty chemicals, drugs and medical devices, transportation, and telecommunications. The firm's practice covers the diverse regulatory areas that affect these industries, as well as business counseling and litigation issues. Our attorneys and scientists emphasize creative service to clients involved in the development of new products, services, and markets.

Our attorneys and staff serve clients from offices in Washington, DC, Brussels, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Paris. We are also a member of Mackrell International, a network of 90 independent law firms in more than 170 offices in 60 countries. By our membership in Mackrell International, we are able to assist our clients in satisfying their legal requirements across the globe.

Contributing authors from Keller and Heckman LLP:

Jaimy “Sindy” Alarcon is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Licensing Specialist. Sindy works in conjunction with the attorneys in the...
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Lisa P. Alsobrook Attorney Keller Heckman DC Office
Lisa Alsobrook practices in the area of food and drug law. She advises domestic and foreign clients on regulatory requirements for foods, dietary supplements, cosmetics, and food and drug...
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Jim Baller Communications Attorney Keller & Heckman Washington, DC
James (Jim) Baller represents clients across the U.S. in a broad range of communications matters including high-capacity broadband network projects, public-private broadband partnerships,...
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Ales Bartl EU regulatory compliance Counsel Keller & Heckman Brussells
Ales Bartl advises clients on regulatory compliance of a broad range of products marketed in the EU. Ales primarily focuses on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of...
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Douglas Behr, white collar criminal defense lawyer, Keller and Heckman, D.C. law
Douglas Behr joined Keller and Heckman in 1994. He practices civil litigation and white collar criminal defense. He handles matters regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Mr....
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 Thomas C. Berger, Keller Heckman, Environmental Protection lawyer, Product Liability Management Attorney
Tom Berger joined Keller and Heckman in 1993. Mr. Berger is a partner in Keller and Heckman's Washington DC office and heads Keller and Heckman's Indianapolis satellite office. Mr. Berger...
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J. Kathleen (Katie) Bond counsels clients on food, drug, advertising, and labeling regulations with extensive experience in matters related to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food...
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Azim Chowdhury, Keller Heckman, ECigarette Research lawyer, FDA Regulatory Compliance Attorney
Azim Chowdhury joined Keller and Heckman in 2010 and practices in the area of food, drug, and tobacco law.  Mr. Chowdhury advises domestic and foreign corporations in matters of FDA and...
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Jason Chun is a Law Graduate with our Telecommunications practice (not yet licensed to practice law as he awaits admittance under the D.C. Bar's Emergency Examination Waiver).
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Gregory A. Clark, Keller Heckman, EPA Contractor Lawyer, Environmental matters Attorney
Gregory Clark joined Keller and Heckman in 2010. He practices in the area of environmental law. While in law school, Mr. Clark served as an articles editor for the Virginia Journal of Law...
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Mitzi Ng Clark, Food, Drug Law, Keller Heckman Law Firm
Mitzi Ng Clark practices in the area of food and drug law, with an emphasis on food packaging. Ms. Clark advises domestic and international corporations on a wide range of regulatory issues...
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Peter Craddock Partner Keller and Heckman LLP
Peter Craddock counsels clients in the areas of privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, e-commerce, and software contracting in the European Union (EU) and worldwide. Peter assists clients...
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Yin Dai, Keller Heckman, Multi national Food Companies Regulation, Paralegal, Shanghai, China,
Yin Dai joined Keller and Heckman in 2013.  She is a paralegal in the food and drug practice area. She monitors developments impacting the regulations of food, food packaging, drugs and...
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Dr. Daniels, Keller Heckman,  Scientist, chemical, regulatory, biotechnology, nanotechnology
Rhys Daniels, Ph.D. joined Keller and Heckman in 2002. Dr. Daniels is a Staff Scientist specializing in chemical, regulatory, biotechnology, and nanotechnology issues. He assists domestic...
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Peter L. de la Cruz, Keller Heckman, Chemical Regulations Lawyer, Trade Attorney
Peter L. de la Cruz joined Keller and Heckman in 1980. Mr. de la Cruz has over 35 years of experience advising clients on antitrust, trade association and regulatory matters. His focus is...
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Timothy A. Doughty, Keller Heckman, Telecommunications Licensing Specialist, Lawyer, FCC Matters Attorney
Timothy Doughty joined Keller and Heckman in 2009 as a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Licensing Specialist. Mr. Doughty assists clients with the preparation of FCC applications,...
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Trent Doyle Environmental Compliance Attorney Keller Heckman Law Firm
Trent M. Doyle advises clients on all types of environmental matters, including compliance with U.S. and international chemical control laws, transportation of dangerous goods regulations,...
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Melvin S. Drozen, FDA, regulatory lawyer, Keller Heckman, law firm
Melvin S. Drozen joined Keller and Heckman in 1987. Mr. Drozen advises clients on a broad spectrum of FDA, FTC, USDA and EPA (pesticides) regulatory matters, ranging from premarket approval...
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Ryan D’Souza D.C. Food and Drug Attorney Keller Heckman
Ryan D’Souza is an Associate with Keller Heckman's Food and Drug practice. 
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Marie Escorneboueu Keller & Heckman Brussels Regulatory and Compliance
Marie Escorneboueu counsels clients on regulatory and compliance matters related to food and drug law, with an emphasis on food and drug packaging, cosmetics, chemical control, and...
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Herbert Estreicher Ph.D., Keller Heckman, International Regulation Lawyer, Environmental law Attorney
Herbert Estreicher, Ph.D. joined Keller and Heckman in 2003. He has a broad practice in international environmental regulatory law. Dr. Estreicher has an interdisciplinary approach...
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David J. Ettinger, Keller Heckman, Partner, Food and Drug Corporation, International Trade Lawyer, Attorney, Shanghai, China
David Ettinger joined Keller and Heckman in 1999. Mr. Ettinger represents domestic and foreign corporations in the area of food and drug law. Mr. Ettinger relocated to Keller and Heckman's...
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David B. Fischer Counsel Keller and Heckman
David Fischer advises clients on environmental, policy, and health and safety matters, with a concentration on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide...
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Keller and Heckman offers global food and drug services to its clients. Our comprehensive and extensive food and drug practice is one of the largest in the world. We promote, protect, and...
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Preston Fulmer, Ph.D. Scientist Keller & Heckman Washington, DC
Preston Fulmer, Ph.D., focuses on EPA, FDA, and USDA issues related to the production of fuel, and other chemicals in both modified and unmodified microorganisms, as well as food additives...
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Sara M. Gaines Compliance Lawyer Keller and Heckman
Sara Gaines advises domestic and international clients regarding global compliance with food additive and food packaging regulations, focusing on the U.S., the EU, South American (MERCOSUR...
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Luca Galizia Brussels Food Lawyer Keller & Heckman
Luca Galizia is an Associate out of Keller & Heckman's Brussels office. He counsels European Union (EU) and international clients on regulatory and compliance matters in food, with an...
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Arthur S. Garrett III, Keller Heckman, National Litigation Attorney, Insurance Coverage Lawyer,
Arthur Garrett joined Keller and Heckman in 1990. Mr. Garrett is co-chair of Keller and Heckman's national litigation practice, along with Robert S. Niemann. He also serves as the Firm's...
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Mike Gentine practices in the areas of product safety and consumer protection, assisting manufactures, retailers, and other commercial clients on legal, regulatory, enforcement, and penalty...
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Coleen Gerber Environmental Attorney Keller Heckman
Coleen Gerber specializes in the federal regulation of pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and its fee-for-service registration process, the...
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Neelam Gill advises clients and supports Keller and Heckman Partners in the areas of food and drug law and tobacco and e-vapor law, counseling both domestic and international corporations...
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Elisa Giusto Associate Keller and Heckman LLP
Elisa Giusto counsels clients on regulatory and compliance matters in food and drug law, with an emphasis on food-contact materials, food additives, packaging for drugs, medical devices and...
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Eric Gotting, Keller Heckman, ligation attorney, appeals lawyer, personal injury
Eric Gotting joined Keller and Heckman in 2011. He serves as a partner in the firm's litigation and environmental practice groups specializing in complex civil and appellate matters, with a...
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Eric Gu, Keller Heckman, China, Shanghai, Food packaging lawyer, Additives regulations Attorney
Eric Gu advises domestic and foreign clients on the requirements and regulations for a variety of consumer products, including foods, food additives, food packaging materials, drugs,...
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Environmental Lawyer Keller Heckman Law Firm
John Gustafson practices primarily in the area of environmental law, where he counsels clients on regulatory compliance and enforcement matters under domestic and international legal...
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Lawrence P. Halprin, Keller Heckman, Workplace Injury Litigation Lawyer, OSHA Regulation Attorney
Lawrence Halprin joined Keller and Heckman in 1978. Lawrence Halprin is nationally recognized for his work in the areas of occupational safety and health, and chemical regulation, at the...
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Dr. Harney, Keller Heckman, Scientist, chemical, regulatory issues, Toxic Substances Control Act, TSCA, Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999, CEPA,
Matthew Harney, Ph.D. joined Keller and Heckman in 2011. Dr. Harney is a Staff Scientist specializing in chemical and regulatory issues. His work focuses on the commercialization of new and...
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Devon Wm. Hill, Keller Heckman, Global Marketing Lawyer, Regulation Compliance Attorney
Devon Hill joined Keller and Heckman in 1996. Mr. Hill's practice focuses on assisting clients with the regulatory issues involved in the global marketing of new products. Specifically, Mr...
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Caleb Holland is a Law Graduate with our Food and Drug practice.
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Josephine Hsu Associate Keller and Heckman LLP
Josephine Hsu counsels domestic and foreign clients on regulatory and compliance matters as a member of the firm’s food and drug practice group, with an emphasis on food additives, food...
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Chen Hu , Keller Heckman, Scientist, Food Chemistry, Regulatory Compliance, Shanghai
Chen Hu joined Keller and Heckman in April 2009. He provides technical assistance in the area of food, food packaging, and chemical control, in matters related to regulatory compliance in...
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C. Douglas Jarrett, Keller Heckman, telecommunications lawyer, procurement law
Douglas Jarrett joined Keller and Heckman in 1979. Mr. Jarrett specializes in telecommunications law, policy and procurement matters. Mr. Jarrett is a recognized expert in representing...
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Taylor D. Johnson ASSOCIATE Keller Heckman California's Proposition 65 Chemical Control Environmental Litigation Transportation Workplace Safety and Health
Taylor Johnson is an environmental lawyer specializing in the area of environmental regulation of products, including chemical control, pesticides, energy efficiency regulation, and...
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David Joy counsels clients in a broad range of food and drug regulatory matters. He has extensive experience in pharmaceutical regulation and in the regulation of food additives,...
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Jeffrey A. Keithline D.C. Food and Drug Attorney Keller Heckman
Jeffrey (Jeff) Keithline practices in the area of food and drug law at Keller & Heckman's D.C. office. Jeff assists companies in establishing the suitable regulatory status of their...
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Keller and Heckman has extensive experience and expertise in chemical control matters arising under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and a number of voluntary programs and...
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Gregory E. Kunkle, Keller Heckman, regulatory attorney, FCC lawyer
Gregory Kunkle joined Keller and Heckman in 2006. Mr. Kunkle practices in the area of telecommunications, with an emphasis on assisting corporate clients and trade associations with various...
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Christophe Leprêtre Regulatory Affairs Adviser Keller and Heckman Law Firm
Christophe Leprêtre is an experienced advisor to the firm’s clients on matters of national, regional, and international complexity. Mr. Leprêtre has a unique expertise in regulatory matters...
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Jenny Li, Keller Heckman, China Food, Drug Regulation, Shanghai, International Trade
Jenny Li joined Keller and Heckman in October 2007. Ms. Li counsels clients on regulatory issues focusing on food and drug, with an emphasis on regulatory regimes in the Asia-Pacific region...
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Casey Lide Communication Attorney Keller & Heckman Washington, DC
Casey Lide represents clients on a broad range of communications matters including telecommunications, cable television, broadband Internet access service, wireless communications, right-of...
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Cythia Lieberman Regulation Compliance Lawyer Keller Heckman Law Firm
Cynthia Lieberman is a Partner in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Her practice focuses on providing legal counsel to further the business interests of entities engaged in the manufacture...
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Thomas B. Magee, Keller Heckman, transactional counsel, litigation attorney, FCC law, safety violation lawyer
Thomas Magee joined Keller and Heckman in 2000. Mr. Magee provides regulatory, transactional and litigation counsel to investor-owned electric utilities, electric cooperatives and...
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Jill M Mahoney Associate Attorney Keller Heckman
Jill Mahoney advises clients on regulatory requirements for food, animal feed, food additives, dietary supplements, and cosmetics. She counsels clients on labeling and advertising...
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Richard Mann Partner Keller Heckman DC
Richard (Rick) Mann represents his clients in business and trade association disputes relating to food advertising, promotional and labeling claims, food safety and compliance issues, and...
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Tracy Marshall, Keller Heckman, regulatory attorney, for-profit company lawyer
Tracy Marshall assists clients with a range of business and regulatory matters. In the business and transactional area, Ms. Marshall advises for-profit and non-profit clients on corporate...
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Daniel McGee advises manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers on the federal and state regulation of tobacco products, including cigars, e-vapor, hookah, and nicotine, as well as cannabis...
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Sheila Millar, Keller Heckman, advertising lawyer, privacy attorney
Sheila A. Millar counsels corporate and association clients on advertising, privacy, product safety, and other public policy and regulatory compliance issues. Ms. Millar advises clients on...
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George G. Misko, Food and Drug Lawyer, Keller Heckman Law firm
George Misko is one of the Firm's Food and Drug Practice Group leaders. Mr. Misko's practice focuses on food and drug matters and environmental concerns, including pesticide regulation,...
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Ian Murray Food and Drug Compliance Attorney
Ian Murray assists domestic and foreign clients with regulatory compliance related to food and drug law, with an emphasis on food and drug packaging. He works with corporations to obtain...
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Catherine Nielsen Attorney Keller Heckman Law Firm
Catherine Nielsen, a partner in our Food and Drug Practice, specializes in counseling domestic and foreign corporations on the regulatory status of food additives and food contact materials...
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Robert S. Niemann, Trial Lawyer, Complex Business Attorney, Keller Heckman Law Firm
Robert Niemann is a trial lawyer in the litigation department concentrating his practice in the areas of complex business and commercial litigation, trade secrets, restrictive covenants,...
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Michael Novak, Keller Heckman Law Firm, Environmental and Business Law Attorney
Michael Novak practices environmental and business law for chemical manufacturers and other clients, including agricultural, antimicrobial, and biochemical pesticide producers. His practice...
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Elizabeth Nugent Environmental Regulation Lawyer
Elizabeth Nugent counsels clients on the regulatory compliance of environmental and occupational safety and health matters and relevant litigation. She has a wide range of experience...
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Hazel O'Keefe Food Contact Lawyer Keller Heckman
Hazel O'Keeffe is an Irish qualified solicitor whose practice is focused on the regulation of food contact materials in the European Union (EU). Specifically, she assists clients in...
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PackagingLaw.com is the premier online resource for the global packaging industry. It provides a wide range of information on laws and regulations—both in the U.S. and other countries...
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Paula S. Pastuskovas San Francisco Food and Drug Attorney Keller and Heckman
Paula Pastuskovas counsels domestic and international clients on regulatory and compliance matters in food and drug law. She assists clients in obtaining regulatory clearances for food...
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Alexis Pecht DC Attorney Keller Heckman Environmental Law
Alexa Pecht practices primarily in the area of environmental law, where she counsels clients on regulatory compliance and enforcement matters under the Resource Conservation and Recovery...
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Evangelia C. Pelonis, food and drug regulatory lawyer, Keller Heckman law firm
Evangelia C. Pelonis joined Keller and Heckman in 2003 as a Food and Drug Associate. Ms. Pelonis' practice focuses on all regulatory and compliance matters of the U.S. Food and Drug...
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Nicholas S. Prust D.C. Food and Drug Attorney Keller Heckman
Nicholas Prust is an Associate at Keller Heckman's D.C. office. He advises domestic and foreign clients on regulatory requirements for food, dietary supplements, pharmaceuticals, and food...
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Anushka Rahman Privacy Cybersecurity Regulatory Lawyer Keller & Heckman Law Firm
Anushka Rahman counsels clients on domestic and international regulations related to privacy and cybersecurity, advertising and promotions, consumer product safety, hazardous materials...
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Manesh K. Rath, Keller Heckman, Occupational Safety lawyer, Associations Attorney
Manesh Rath is a trial and appellate attorney with experience in general commercial litigation, food litigation, wage and hour and class action litigation, occupational safety and health...
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Galen Rende is a Law Graduate with our Food and Drug practice. Admitted to practice in Maryland only. Practice limited to matters before the FDA and matters ancillary thereto.
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David G. Sarvadi, Keller Heckman, Occupational Health and Safety lawyer, Labor Litigation attorney
Partner
David Sarvadi joined Keller and Heckman in 1990. Mr. Sarvadi practices in the areas of occupational health and safety, toxic substance management, pesticide regulation, employment law, and...
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Rachida Semail Food Packaging Attorney Keller Heckman
Partner
Rachida Semail is a partner in the Brussels, Belgium office, affiliated with the Paris bar (France). Ms. Semail assists clients with food packaging matters, particularly with the...
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Katherine Skaggs Food Drug Lawyer Keller Heckman Law Firm
Associate
Kathryn Skaggs practices in the area of food and drug law. She advises domestic and foreign clients regarding compliance of food additives and food-contact materials in a host of...
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Antonia Stamenova-Dancheva Attorney Keller Heckman
Counsel
Antonia Stamenova-Dancheva counsels clients on a wide range of matters, including compliance with federal and state requirements governing product safety, consumer protection, and...
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Frederick Stearns Attorney Keller Heckman
Partner
Frederick Stearns' practice involves a wide range of issues affecting manufacturing of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, medical devices, dietary supplements, and cosmetics. Mr....
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Sean Stokes Communications Attorney Keller and Heckman Washington, DC
Partner
Sean Stokes represents clients nationally on a wide range of communications matters including broadband, cable television, wireless communications, right-of-way management, pole attachments...
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Keller and Heckman’s Telecommunications practice represents major domestic and multinational companies, start-ups, associations, cooperatives, municipalities, and other government entities...
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Emily J. Thomas D.C. Food and Drug Attorney Keller Heckman
Emily Thomas is an Associate at Keller & Heckman's D.C. office. She advises domestic and foreign clients on regulatory requirements for food, drugs, dietary supplements, cosmetics,...
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Kathleen Slattery Thompson D.C. Telecommunications Lawyer Keller and Heckman LLP
Kathleen Slattery Thompson practices in all areas of telecommunications law assisting corporate clients, trade associations, critical infrastructure companies and commercial providers with...
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Mark Thompson Business & Trade Attorney Keller Heckman
Mark Thompson advises a wide array of businesses and trade associations on global compliance requirements applicable to finished foods, food additives, food packaging materials, cosmetics,...
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Suyan  Sharon Tian Paralegal Food and Drug practice
Sharon Tian is a paralegal in the Food and Drug practice. She monitors developments impacting the regulations of food, food packaging, drugs, medical devices and cosmetics throughout Asia....
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LieAnn Van-Tull practices in the area of food and drug law, as well as tobacco and e-vapor regulation. She advises domestic and foreign clients on compliance with global food and drug...
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James Votaw has an extensive practice focusing on environmental and health and safety regulation.Within that arena, he concentrates on the regulation of conventional and nanoscale chemicals...
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Jean-Cyril Walker, Keller Heckman, Environmental Compliance Lawyer, Renewable Fuel Standards Attorney
Jean-Cyril Walker joined Keller and Heckman in 2000. He advises clients on a wide range of environmental matters, including compliance with U.S. requirements governing the safe management...
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Wesley K. Wright, Keller Heckman, Telecommunications Lawyer, FCC Enforcement Attorney, DC
Wesley Wright joined Keller and Heckman in 2006 and practices in the areas of telecommunications law.  He assists corporate clients and trade associations with various legal and regulatory...
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 Keller and Heckman LLP has been named a Go-To Thought Leader in the category of Biotech, Food, and Drug Law for 2022. Providing timely analysis on the topic of synthetic nicotine regulation in the United States, authors Azim Chowdhury, Neelam Gill, and Josephine Hsu article reached approximately 100,000 readers, demonstrating the extremely high quality of their thought leadership, as well as their authority regarding the FDA’s recent rulemaking. As the nicotine regulation landscape continues to change, the authors’ analysis serves as a valuable guide for attorneys and industry professionals.

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