Practice Areas
Litigation, Food, Drug, and Medical Device, Environmental, Washington Office
Practice Description
Food and drug law, business and contract disputes, commercial litigation, environmental law.
Education
- A.B., 1991 Duke University (cum laude; Dean's List with Distinction, Chair, University Ethics Committee, President's Student Leadership Conference)
- J.D., 1996 Georgetown University Law Center (cum laude; Senior Staff Editor, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Dean's List, Teagle Foundation Academic Scholarship)
Admissions
- 1997 District of Columbia
- 1997 New York
- 2000 Washington
- 2002 California
Publications Available on this website...
"
Compliance Race: New FDA Dietary Supplement Rule Takes Effect,"
Client Advisory, September 7, 2007
Additional Publications
“The Case Against Advocates' Immunity: A Comparative Study,”
9 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 267, 1995; “International Benchmarking,”
Competitive Intelligence Review, Vol. 3 No. 2, 1992 (co-authored)
Illustrative Matters
- Representation of foreign manufacturer and distributor of medical devices in connection with several PMA supplements and IDEs for significant risk devices.
- Representation of manufacturers of dietary supplements in FDA reviews and approvals.
- Negotiation of agreements on behalf of medical device manufacturers to conduct clinical studies.
- Consultation by foreign medical device manufacturer and distributor on potential acquisition of U.S. medical device company.
- Due diligence targeting FDA regulatory matters in connection with potential corporate acquisitions.
- Representation of publicly-traded biopharmaceutical company that acquires, develops, and commercializes innovative products to advance cancer care.
- Representation of a leading global financial services firm in connection with lending to a publicly-traded biopharmaceutical company.
- Representation of employers involved in non-competition contract issues.
- Representation of individual property owner in dispute over new construction in federally-protected historic district of Georgetown in Washington, DC.
- Representation of landowners in case against large chemical company accused of poisoning livestock.
- Representation of company with buildings damaged in Hurricane Katrina in insurance coverage dispute.
- Representation of government entity in redevelopment and other activities along Anacostia River in Washington, DC.
- Representation of government entity and memorial foundation with World Trade Center deconstruction and redevelopment efforts in Lower Manhattan.
- Representation of clients in other areas of environmental practice such as wetlands, environmental cleanup liability contracts, and environmental insurance coverage issues.