Hogan & Hartson’s food and agriculture attorneys approach client challenges from a unique industry perspective, helping clients navigate the complex domestic and international food and agriculture scene regardless of the issue. With broad regulatory and legislative experience complemented by real world food industry experience, our practice advises companies and trade associations in all segments of the food chain, from farm to table. We are not simply lawyers who understand food law and regulation; we understand the food and agriculture industry.

Having served in various key leadership positions in government as well as the private sector, our attorneys have been involved in every major food and agriculture initiative over the past 30 years. We use this experience to our clients’ benefit whether we are representing them before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission, another federal or state agency, or a Congressional committee or other legislative body in public policy development or regulatory compliance; helping them prepare for and manage a product recall; or advising on product manufacturing, labeling and marketing considerations. Our goal is to help our clients achieve their goals, whatever the forum.

Former Leadership Positions

• Clayton Yeutter, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and U.S. Trade Representative
• Joe Levitt, former Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA and Deputy Director for Regulations and Policy at the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health as well as Executive Assistant to the FDA Commissioner and other senior positions in the Commissioner's office
• Bob Brady, David Fox, Joe Levitt, Meredith Manning, Rick Silverman, Linda Horton, Mike Druckman, and Robert Church all former Associate Chief Counsels for Enforcement at the FDA
• Bob Brady, former Associate Chief Counsel for Foods at the FDA, former Associate Chief Counsel for Biologics at the FDA, and former Executive Assistant to the FDA Commissioner
• Rick Silverman, counsel to the Bureau of Foods (now the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition) at the FDA
• Linda Horton, former advisor to the FDA’s Acting Deputy Commissioner and former FDA Director of International Policy, Deputy Chief Counsel for Regulations and Hearings, Associate Chief Counsel for Medical Devices, and Chief of FDA’s Legislative Branch
• Howard Holstein, former Associate Chief Counsel at the FDA and Former Vice President and General Counsel of the Health Industry Manufacturers Association (now called AdvaMed)  
• David Fox, former Associate Chief Counsel for Drugs at the FDA
• Mike Druckman, former Associate Chief Counsel for Enforcement and former Associate Chief Counsel for Biologics at FDA’s Office of the Chief Counsel (OCC)
• Robert Spencer, former Field Investigator and Consumer Safety Officer for the FDA’s Office of General Counsel
• Marc Bozeman, former Director of the Office of Compliance for the Bureau of Biologics and former FDA Deputy Chief Counsel for Administration
• Stephen Lawrence, former Compliance Officer and Investigator for the FDA
• Meredith Manning, former Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia
• Gary Kushner, former Vice President and General Counsel for the American Meat Institute and former Staff Counsel, Scientific Affairs for the Grocery Manufacturers of America
• Robert Church, former Associate Chief Counsel for Drugs and former Associate Chief Counsel for Enforcement at FDA’s Office of the Chief Counsel (OCC)