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</div><div><table class="tablesorter" id="firm_summary" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; font-family: arial; margin: 10px 0pt 15px; font-size: 10pt; width: 629px; color: rgb(33, 43, 74); line-height: 24px;"><tbody><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000383&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Abbott Laboratories</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$110,000</td><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ross Products</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Pharm/Health Prod</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000046386&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Adheris</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$0</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Health Services</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000064497&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">AltEn Operating Company</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$40,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Misc Energy</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000046896&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">American Commodity Distribution Assn</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$40,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Non-Profits</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000044642&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">American Heart Assn</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$0</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Human Rights</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000024175&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Association of Medical Device Reprocessors</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$0</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Pharm/Health Prod</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000038650&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Beef Products Inc</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$0</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Food Process/Sales</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000047815&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Black Hills Forest Resources Assn</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$0</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Misc Issues</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000048168&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">California Cling Peach Growers</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$50,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Crop Production</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000024726&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Cheese Importers Assn of America</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$40,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Dairy</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F10931&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">CMA Consulting Services</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$50,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Computers/Internet</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F6331&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Council for Biotechnology Information</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$320,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Agricultural Svcs</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000025490&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Diageo PLC</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$40,000</td><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Diageo North America</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Beer, Wine & Liquor</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000050168&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Didion Milling</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$60,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Crop Production</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000064737&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$110,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Agricultural Svcs</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F81&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Federal Forest Resource Coalition</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top;">$120,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Forest Products</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000327&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">FMC Corp</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$90,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Chemicals</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000051007&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Food Safety Services Providers</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$0</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Misc Unions</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000056490&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">inTeam</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$80,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Computers/Internet</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000027252&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Livestock Marketing Assn</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$20,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Livestock</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000053225&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Lower Brule Sioux Tribe</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$40,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Casinos/Gambling</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000027810&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">National Assn of Wheat Growers</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$20,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Crop Production</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000027831&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">National Confectioners Assn</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$50,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Food & Beverage</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F1898&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">National Frozen Pizza Institute</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$0</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Food Process/Sales</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F6930&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">National Geospatial Coalition</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$0</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Agricultural Svcs</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000676&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">National Pork Producers Council</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$0</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Livestock</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000054461&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Natl Commodity Supplemental Food Program</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$40,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Non-Profits</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000027864&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">North American Meat Assn</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$10,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Food Process/Sales</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000054850&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Nsf International</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$120,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Business Services</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F22299&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Nutriset</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$40,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Food Process/Sales</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F12846&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Raven Industries</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$0</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Chemicals</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000067032&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Red Bull GmbH</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$0</td><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Red Bull North America</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Food & Beverage</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=F6007&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Rolling Plains Cotton Growers</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$40,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Crop Production</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000037354&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">San Tomo Inc</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$0</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Repub/Conservative</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000028937&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">School Nutrition Assn</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$50,000</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Other</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000064447&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Syngenta AG</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top;">$140,000</td><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top;">Syngenta Corp</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Agricultural Svcs</td></tr><tr class="even"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000057528&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Texas Alliance of Energy Producers</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">$0</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Oil & Gas</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);"><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000058458&year=2013" style="color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Watts & Assoc</a></td><td class="number" style="text-align: right; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">$0</td><td class="center" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">-</td><td nowrap="" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); padding: 4px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 246);">Business Services</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>
</div><div>=</div><div><h2 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(73, 110, 136); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Silverglade to leave CSPI for Olsson Frank Weeda</h2><p class="date" style="margin: 6px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.02400016784668px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thursday October 14 2010The Center for Science in the Public Interest yesterday announced the impending defection of one of its most high-profile leaders to one of the food industry's largest law firms. Bruce Silverglade, CSPI's director of legal affairs, is leaving the consumer advocacy group he joined in 1981 to become a partner at Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz PC.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.02400016784668px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Silverglade, who joined CSPI after previously working just three years as an attorney at the FTC, kept busy during his nearly 29-year tenure.</div><div></div><div>
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</div><div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.399999618530273px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC (OFW Law) is an American <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_firm" title="Law firm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">law firm</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying_firm" title="Lobbying firm" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">lobbying firm</a> based in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,D.C." title="Washington, D.C." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Washington, D.C.</a>, that specializes in representing business interests in the food, drug, medical device, and agriculture industries in their dealings with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration" title="Food and Drug Administration" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Food and Drug Administration</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture" title="United States Department of Agriculture" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">United States Department of Agriculture</a>. The firm was founded in 1979 as Olsson and Frank PC, but has long been best known as Olsson Frank Weeda or, more recently, OFW Law. As of 2012, the firm employs more than 30 lawyers and Senior Policy Advisers.Co-founder Philip Olsson was deputy assistant secretary at USDA for marketing and consumer services from 1971 to 1973.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsson_Frank_Weeda_Terman_Matz_PC#cite_note-fdw05-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a> Co-founder Richard L. Frank was a Washington lawyer. The third long-time principal, David F. Weeda, died in 2001.The addition of three named partners in 2007,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsson_Frank_Weeda_Terman_Matz_PC#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> one of whom left the firm in 2011, included Marshall Matz, who joined the firm in the early 1990s after having served as General Counsel for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Nutrition_and_Human_Needs" title="United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsson_Frank_Weeda_Terman_Matz_PC#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a> whose chair was Senator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McGovern" title="George McGovern" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">George McGovern</a>. The late Senator McGovern was himself a Senior Policy Advisor with the firm, specializing in issues of food, nutrition, and agriculture, until his passing in October 2012.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsson_Frank_Weeda_Terman_Matz_PC#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a> Other former political figures serving as senior policy advisors and lobbyists with the firm include former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Secretary_of_Agriculture" title="U.S. Secretary of Agriculture" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. Secretary of Agriculture</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R.Block" title="John R. Block" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">John R. Block</a> and former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.House_of_Representatives" title="U.S. House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. House of Representatives</a> member from Texas, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_W.Stenholm" title="Charles W. Stenholm" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Charles W. Stenholm</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsson_Frank_Weeda_Terman_Matz_PC#cite_note-fdw05-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsson_Frank_Weeda_Terman_Matz_PC#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a>As lobbyists, the firm has worked for a variety of corporations in its areas of expertise as well as for a few non-profit and human rights organizations.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsson_Frank_Weeda_Terman_Matz_PC#cite_note-oso-prof-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a> By 2009 it was earning $2.4 million from its lobbying activities.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsson_Frank_Weeda_Terman_Matz_PC#cite_note-oso-prof-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a> The former legal affairs director of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Science_in_the_Public_Interest" title="Center for Science in the Public Interest" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Center for Science in the Public Interest</a> consumer advocacy group joined the firm in 2010.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsson_Frank_Weeda_Terman_Matz_PC#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a><h2 style="color: black; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">References<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate; font-family: sans-serif;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olsson_Frank_Weeda_Terman_Matz_PC&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><div class="reflist" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; list-style-type: decimal;"><ol class="references" style="line-height: 1.6; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: inherit;"><li id="cite_note-fdw05-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">^ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsson_Frank_Weeda_Terman_Matz_PC#cite_ref-fdw05_1-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:a</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsson_Frank_Weeda_Terman_Matz_PC#cite_ref-fdw05_1-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-3763079/Olsson-Frank-Weeda-Grapevine-news.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">"Olsson, Frank & Weeda"</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Food%26_Drink_Weekly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Food & Drink Weekly (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Food & Drink Weekly</a>. 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font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 15px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Conventional Foods & Cosmetics</div><contenthead style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><content style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">At OFW Law, our lawyers form attorney-client relationships with members of the conventional food and cosmetic industries to further the client's legal, regulatory, competitive, and other business objectives by employing a variety of available means - both conventional and creative. Our attorneys and Senior Policy Advisors lobby Congress and administrative agencies; write comments and muster coalitions of related interests in rulemakings; counsel on regulatory compliance, enforcement risk, and corrective action; draft notifications, petitions, and other voluntary or mandatory submissions; file complaints against competitors; and otherwise advance and defend client interests before courts, before federal and state enforcement officials, and in the marketplace. The experience and knowledge our lawyers offer are unique. We render timely, effective, and cost-efficient legal advice and services.Anticipating Legal and Regulatory ChallengesAt OFW Law, we help shape the laws that govern the marketing of FDA-regulated products, including:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Conventional foods</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Medical foods</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Infant formula</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Cosmetics</li></ul>Our professionals were instrumental in the enactment of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA), the FDA Modernization Act (FDAMA), the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act (Bioterrorism Act), the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA), the FDA Amendments Act, and the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act.. We also have been actively involved in rulemakings to establish regulations implementing these statutes. As a result, we are intimately familiar with the explicit requirements of these laws, as well as the policy nuances underlying them.We believe that, when feasible, anticipating and circumnavigating issues before they become real problems (e.g., enforcement action, business disruption, adverse publicity) is the most prudent approach to addressing regulatory challenges. At OFW Law, our professionals encourage and facilitate positive interactions between clients, lawmakers, and regulatory officials on a broad array of compliance matters. We also prepare clients for handling FDA inspections and conduct due diligence reviews relative to the sale of food and cosmetic businesses.Compliance MattersOur professionals counsel clients regarding compliance with a variety of statutory and regulatory requirements, guidance documents, and informal policies, including those governing:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Labeling and advertising claims, including triggered disclaimers<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Nutrient content claims</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Structure/function claims</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Health claims and qualified health claims</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Cosmetics claims</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Miscellaneous descriptive claims (e.g., "organic," "natural," "fresh," "pasteurized")</li></ul></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Labeling representations<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Statements of identity, including names specified by a statute, standard of identity, or established common or usual name</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Net contents declarations</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Nutrition information (i.e., Nutrition Facts), including format, display, and exemptions</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Ingredients listings, including incidental additives</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Major food allergen labeling</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Names and places of business of manufacturers, packers or distributors (a/k/a "signature line")</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Country of origin markings and "Made in USA" representations</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Spices, natural and artificial flavors, colorings, and chemical preservatives</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Percent-juice declarations</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Warning, notice, and safe handling statements</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Irradiation disclosures</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Voluntary nutrition labeling at retail of raw fruit, vegetables, and fish</li></ul></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Product formulation, manufacturing, and packaging<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">GRAS (generally recognized as safe) ingredients, including GRAS self-affirmation</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Color additives and food additives, both direct and indirect</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Cosmetics ingredients</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Fortification policy</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Current good manufacturing practices (CGMPs)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) systems</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Tamper-resistant packaging</li></ul></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Mandatory and voluntary submissions<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Nutrient content claim, health claim, and qualified health claim petitions</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">FDAMA notifications for nutrient content claims and health claims</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"Pasteurized" notifications</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Citizen petitions</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Temporary marketing permit applications</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">New infant formula notifications and infant formula recall notifications</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Establishment registrations and process filings for acidified food and low-acid food in hermetically sealed containers</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">GRAS notifications</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Food additive and color additive petitions</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Food contact substance notifications</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Notices for biotechnology products and bioengineered foods</li></ul></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Bioterrorism Act<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Food facility registration</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Prior notice of food imports</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Recordkeeping and records access</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Administrative detention</li></ul></li></ul>Our counseling addresses strict compliance, but we also advise clients regarding enforcement risk and options for mitigating risk in areas where compliance requirements are unclear. Our primary objective is to help clients accomplish their goals while complying with the law.Enforcement MattersWhile anticipating regulatory challenges will minimize the risk of most potential problems, enforcement matters nevertheless can arise. Our professionals regularly assist clients in undertaking or resolving:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">FDA inspections, including responding to Form FDA 483 inspectional observations</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Recalls and market withdrawals</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Response to warning letters</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Corrective actions</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Import detentions</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Seizures, injunctions, and criminal prosecutions</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Complaints by or about competitors</li></ul>We endeavor to minimize the impact of enforcement activity on client businesses, and to maintain a level playing field among industry competitors.We Are Ready at a Moment's NoticeOur professionals represent clients across the country and throughout the world. We understand what it is like when clients face deadlines or unforeseen difficulties. Consequently, we are positioned and ready to immediately act on behalf of a client -- no matter the distance that separates us -- whether by phone, fax, e-mail, or onsite travel -- when compliance or enforcement issues arise.Focus on Due Diligence SupportOur professionals are an important resource for other law firms, investment bankers, venture capitalists, accountants, and other professionals engaged in matters requiring expertise in laws and regulations governing food and cosmetics. We are frequently retained to assist with due diligence evaluations of FDA-regulated companies and to provide advice on contractual language and representations and warranties.Focus on AssociationsFor many years, we have served as counsel to trade associations, whose members are regulated by FDA and other agencies. We provide a full range of services to our trade association clients and their member companies, including:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Advice to the association's executive committee, board of directors, and staff</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Antitrust monitoring of association meetings</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Assistance in drafting and filing government documents</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Counsel during periods of association transition, changes in leadership, and mergers</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Regulatory advice to association staff on applicable federal and state requirements</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Legal support to the association's government affairs and legislative initiatives</li></ul>PublicationsOFW Law attorneys have authored a number of <a href="https://foodinstitute.com/catalog" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">publications</a> for The Food Institute on compliance and enforcement matters. We also collaborate on seminars addressing regulatory matters.Attorneys/Senior Policy Advisors:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/RichardFrank.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Richard L. Frank</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/MichaelOFlaherty.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Michael J. O'Flaherty</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/ArthurTsien.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Arthur Y. Tsien</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/MarshallMatz.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Marshall L. Matz</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/DavidDurkin.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">David L. Durkin</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/RobertHahn.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Robert A. Hahn</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/MarkItzkoff.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Mark L. Itzkoff</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/AttorneyBios/JolydaSwaim.asp" title=" Jolyda O. Swaim" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Jolyda Swaim</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/JonathanWeinrieb.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Jonathan M. Weinrieb</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/SPA/BarbaraMasters.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Barbara J. Masters</a> (Senior Policy Advisor)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/AttorneyBios/FrederickBranding.asp" title=" Frederick H. Branding" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Frederick H. Branding</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/AttorneyBios/BruceSilverglade.asp" title=" Bruce A. Silverglade" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Bruce Silverglade</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/AttorneyBios/JurStrobos.asp" title=" Jur Strobos" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Jur Strobos</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/AttorneyBios/MasonWeeda.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Mason Weeda</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/AttorneyBios/JanieHipp.asp" title=" Janie Simms Hipp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Janie Simms Hipp</a></li></ul></content></contenthead></div><div></div><div>co fdr</div><div><big style="font-size: 1em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><big class="profiletopname" style="font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: bold;">Richard L. Frank </big></big> Founding Principal
Washington, District of Columbia, 
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody><tr><td valign="top">phone</td><td class="profilecommtext">(202) 789-1212
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</td></tr></tbody></table> Rick is a founding principal of OFW Law.  He has served as the firm's Managing Principal since its inception in 1979. Rick is a well-recognized expert on the labeling, advertising, and inspection and safety of food and drug products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the Federal Trade Commission.  He has testified many times before the U.S. Congress, the FDA, FTC, and the Department of Agriculture on labeling, advertising, and inspection issues.Rick is a former Chairman of the Board of The Food Institute (2003-2005): the 75-year-old leader in providing marketplace and regulatory news to the food industry.  Rick is the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Lawyers Have Heart, a fundraiser for the American Heart Association, and has been named Individual With The Biggest Heart Fundraising Winner for 20 consecutive years by AHA/Lawyers Have Heart.  Rick serves as General Counsel to the Healthcare Distribution Management Association, the National Confectioners Association, the National Frozen Pizza Institute, and The Food Institute.He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and educated at the University of Michigan, obtaining his B.A. in 1972 (summa cum laude) and his J.D. in 1976.  He was a member of the Michigan Law Review and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.  He was admitted to the Michigan Bar in 1976 and the District of Columbia Bar in 1977.  Rick served as Adjunct Law Professor at the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America from 1985 to 1986. He is currently a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the American Bar Association.Areas of Practice:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Food and Drug Law</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Advertising Law</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Agriculture Law</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Beverage Law</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Healthcare Law</li></ul>Bar Admissions:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Michigan, 1976</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">District of Columbia, 1977</li></ul>Education:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">University of Michigan, Bachelor of Arts, 1972
Honors: Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">The University of Michigan Law School, Juris Doctor, 1976
Law Review: University of Michigan Law Review, Member, 1975-1976</li></ul>Classes/Seminars Taught:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Guest lecturer, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, 2005</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Adjunct Law Professor, Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America, 1985 – 1986</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Frequent contributor to John Block Reports-from Washington – Former Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block reports weekly to rural America by radio commentary on (Washington, D.C.) issues of the day impacting farming and the agriculture industry. 

03/27/14 “FDA’s New Nutrition Label – Proposal to Demonize Sugar” <a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/Custom/John-Block-Reports-from-Washington.asp" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">here</a>
01/23/14 “FDA 2014 – Busy Busy Busy” <a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/Custom/John-Block-Reports-from-Washington.asp" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">here</a>
08/01/13 “How Lucky We Are” <a href="http://www.johnblockreports.com/web/reports/show/how-lucky-we-are" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">here</a>
05/30/13 “Bowman v. Monsanto – the Decision” <a href="http://www.johnblockreports.com/web/reports/show/bowman-v.-monsanto-the-decision" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">here</a>
01/24/13 “FDA – Coming to a Farm Near You” <a href="http://www.johnblockreports.com/web/reports/show/fda-coming-to-a-farm-near-you" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">here</a>
10/18/12 “California’s Preposterous Prop 37” <a href="http://www.johnblockreports.com/web/reports/show/californias-preposterous-prop-37" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">here</a>
07/12/12 “A Visit to St. Petersburg – Back in the USSR” <a href="http://www.johnblockreports.com/web/reports/show/a-visit-to-st.-petersburg-back-in-the-ussr" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">here</a>
03/29/12 “Tabloid Journalism – ABC News Slimes Lean Beef” <a href="http://www.johnblockreports.com/web/reports/show/tabloid-journalism-abc-news-slimes-lean-beef" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">here</a>
01/26/12 “The Case for Obama” <a href="http://www.johnblockreports.com/web/reports/show/the-case-for-obama" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">here</a>
11/03/11 “Pain and Productivity” <a href="http://www.johnblockreports.com/web/reports/show/pain-and-productivity" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">here</a>
07/21/11 “Holiday in Europe – Food Safety Gets Personal” <a href="http://www.johnblockreports.com/web/reports/show/holiday-in-europe-food-safety-gets-personal" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">here</a>
03/31/11 “Don’t Cut the FDA Budget” <a href="http://www.johnblockreports.com/web/reports/show/dont-cut-the-fda-budget" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">here</a>
01/13/11 “Food Safety Legislation Enhances Already Safe Food Supply” <a href="http://www.johnblockreports.com/web/reports/show/food-safety-legislation-enhances-already-safe-food-supply" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">here</a>
11/18/10 “Time for Leadership” <a href="http://www.johnblockreports.com/web/reports/show/time-for-leadership" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">here</a></li></ul>Special Agencies:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Food and Drug Administration (FDA)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Federal Trade Commission (FTC)</li></ul>Representative Cases:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">National Grain and Feed Ass'n v. Occupational Safety and Health Admin., 858 F.2d 1019 (C.A.5 1988)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Community Nutrition Institute v. Block, 749 F.2d 50 (C.A.D.C. 1984)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">American Meat Institute v. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 646 F.2d 125 (C.A.4 (Va.) 1981)</li></ul>Publications:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Washington Legal Foundation, Counsel’s Advisory, <a href="http://www.wlf.org/upload/legalstudies/counselsadvisory/10-11-13Frank_CA.pdf" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Updated Medical Privacy Rules Challenged As Unconstitutional </a>(October 11, 2013)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Washington Legal Foundation, Legal Backgrounder, <a href="http://www.wlf.org/upload/legalstudies/legalbackgrounder/07-19-13FrankWeinrieb_LegalBackgrounder.pdf" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Updated Medical Privacy Rules Under Federal HITECH Act Constitutionally Suspect</a> (July 19, 2013)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"Legal Focus: Agribusiness” Lawyer Monthly, November 2012</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"Importing Food Into the U.S.: A Regulatory Guide" The Food Institute Press, 2007</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"The U.S. Food Labeling Guide III," The Food Institute Press, 2006</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"OSHA Inspection Manual," The Food Institute Press, 2005</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"The Mad Cow Disease Primer," The Food Institute Press</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"Food Industry Bioterrorism Act Guide," The Food Institute Press, 2004</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"The U.S. Food Labeling Guide II," The Food Institute Press, 2004</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"Comments Due On Federal Proposal Targeting Malt Beverages," Washington Legal Foundation Legal Backgrounder, Vol. 11, No. 8, May, 2003</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"A Primer on Canadian Rules On Nutrition Labeling, Nutrient Content Claims, and Health Claims," The Food Institute Press, 2003</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"FDA Limits On Print Drug Ads Violate The First Amendment," Washington Legal Foundation Legal Backgrounder, Vol. 17, No. 42, October, 2002</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"Guide to Handling FDA Food Inspections," The Food Institute Press, 2002</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"Guide to Regulation of Food Ingredients and Food Packaging Materials," The Food Institute Press, 2002</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"A Primer On Food Biotechnology," The Food Institute Press, 2001</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"A Primer On Food Irradiation," The Food Institute Press, 2001</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"HACCP & U.S. Food Safety Guide," The Food Institute Press, 2000</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"The U.S. Food Labeling Guide," The Food Institute Press, 1998</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"The FDA Under Siege," New Directions in Health Care and Food and Drug Law, Legal Times, July 17, 1995</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"Final Round of the Fight Over Food Labels," Legal Times of Washington, Volume XV, Number 34, January, 1993</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"Complying With the Nutritional Labeling and Education Act," The Food Institute Press, 1993</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"Regulators Dish It Out on Food Labeling," Legal Times of Washington, Volume XIV, Number 36, January 27, 1992</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"History of Health Claims Regulation," 45 Food Drug Comm. L.J. 655, November, 1990</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"The USDA's Compliance and Enforcement Program," 44 Food Drug Comm. L.J. 205, 1989</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"Food Labeling and Inspection Issues--1981-1983: Living with the Regulators," Food Drug and Cosmetic Law Journal, Volume 38, October, 1983</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"USDA Pre-Market Label Approval Process Criticized," Legal Times of Washington, Volume III, Number 22, November 2, 1981</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"Food Labeling-The Case for National Uniformity," Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law Journal, Commerce Clearing House Publication, Volume 34, Number 10, October, 1979</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"Antitrust Consequences of United States Corporate Payment to Foreign Officials," Vanderbilt Law Review, Volume 30, Number 2, March, 1977</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">"Some Observations on the Disposition of CCW Cases in Detroit," Michigan Law Review, Volume 74, Number 3, January, 1976</li></ul>Honors and Awards:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Chambers & Partners USA, 2008-2014</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">D.C. Super Lawyers, 2007-2013</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Washingtonian Magazine Best Lawyers, 2011-2013</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers, 2011-2013</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/Custom/fi%20MONTHLY%202011%20OFW%20Law%20+%20Rick%20Frank.pdf" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">fi MONTHLY’s Law Awards 2011 Recognizes OFW Law, Founder Richard L. Frank (Finance Monthly, July 2011).</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Big Guns: Washington's Top 800 Lawyers--Food and Drugs (Washingtonian, December 2009)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Washington, D.C.'s Top Lawyers--Food and Drugs (Washingtonian, December 2007)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/Custom/Best%20Lawyers%20RLF.pdf" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">The Best Lawyers in America--Washington, D.C. Area's Best Lawyers, FDA Law</a> The Washington Post Magazine (September 2007)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Washington D.C.'s Super Lawyers 2007 (New York Times Magazine, March 2007)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">The Best Lawyers in America -- Washington, D.C. Area's Best Lawyers, FDA Law The Washington Post Magazine, (October 2006)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Washington, D.C.'s Top Food and Drug Attorneys (<a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/Articles/rf-1.pdf" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Legal Times, September 2005</a>)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Washington, D.C.'s Top Lawyers--Food and Drugs/Nutrition and Health (<a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/Articles/rf-2.pdf" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Washingtonian, December 2004</a>)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Washington, D.C.'s Top Lobbyists (<a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/Articles/rf-3.pdf" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Washingtonian, April 1993</a>)</li></ul>Community Service/Pro Bono Work:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Lawyers Have Heart, a fundraiser for the American Heart Association, Lawyers Have Heart has raised over $8 million, and is nearing its 25th Anniversary in 2015</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Named Individual With The Biggest Heart Fundraising Winner for 20 consecutive years by AHA/Lawyers Have Heart</li></ul></div><div></div><div>bs heartland expert</div><div>
</div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Gary Baise, a principal at OFW Law, specializes in Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) litigation as well as agricultural corporate governance issues. He has defended clients, including farm producers, in several of the leading wetlands enforcement cases under the CWA in federal courts. He has served as lead trial counsel for port authorities, housing and commercial developers, municipalities, farm and construction equipment manufacturers, and chemical industries in defending them in federal and state courts in government enforcement activities and citizen suits. He serves as general counsel for U.S. Grains Council, Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA), National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG), and National Sorghum Producers (NSP). Mr. Baise has over 30 years experience in government and private practice. He has represented agricultural associations, port authorities, housing and commercial developers, municipalities, and pharmaceutical, steel, farm, construction equipment and chemical industries. <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mr. Baise was the first Chief of Staff to the first US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator and subsequently became director of the EPA's Office of Legislation. He served as executive assistant to the Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Acting Deputy Attorney General in the US Department of Justice. <p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">He served as Chairman of the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board and Vice Chairman of the Virginia Water Control Board by appointment of the Governor of Virginia. Mr. Baise served as the only attorney on USDA's Agricultural Air Quality Task Force during terms of his appointment.  Mr. Baise writes a weekly column, <a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/Custom/baiseblog.asp" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Defending Agriculture</a>, for FarmFutures.com.</div><div></div><div><h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.3em 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Legendary whistle-blower girds for another round in marathon legal fight </h2><div class="paragraph" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 1.5; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jeremy P. Jacobs, E&E reporter
Greenwire: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 
       
A veteran U.S. EPA whistle-blower will get his day in a federal appeals court tomorrow.

Hugh Kaufman, who currently works for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, will argue at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that EPA unlawfully retaliated against him for his work in the agency's now-defunct ombudsman office from 1998 to 2000.

Kaufman claims that a series of public hearings he held as the ombudsman's chief investigator of Superfund and other hazardous waste sites "pissed off" EPA's management. Ultimately, he said, the agency abolished the ombudsman's office, transferring those responsibilities to the inspector general's office.

"They moved it to the IG," Kaufman said in an interview. "Then they told me, 'You cannot apply for the IG doing ombudsman work.'"  He added: "They tried to stop me, and they had to find all types of excuses."
 
Kaufman has been a controversial figure at EPA for some 40 years and a legend among federal whistle-blowers. A former Air Force captain, Kaufman has in recent years spoken out about toxic chemicals to which cleanup workers were exposed after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. He made similar remarks about ground zero first responders after the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in Manhattan (<a title="" href="http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1059943738" style="text-decoration: none;">Greenwire</a>, Jan. 6, 2011).

Tomorrow's case, which has been ongoing for a dozen years, focuses on fewer than 10 public hearings that Kaufman oversaw during his time with the ombudsman office. The hearings occurred across the country and typically centered on allegations that EPA wasn't doing enough to clean up toxic waste.

Some allegations are strong. According to court documents filed by the Labor Department, Kaufman at times claimed EPA was in collusion with the party responsible for pollution. At one hearing, he claimed the public was being "used as pawns" by EPA. In another he compared EPA to the Soviet Union.

The hearings led EPA to conclude Kaufman "did not always perform his Ombudsman duties in an objective, impartial, and civil manner." Further, he "demonstrated a blatant lack of objectivity" and was "aimed at inciting public angst, rather than objective fact-finding."

The agency would not comment on the lawsuit, referring press requests to the Labor Department. Labor did not return requests for comment in time for publication.

Arguments tomorrow will focus on whether Kaufman's retaliation claims are moot because he took too long to file them. Initially, the Labor Department found Kaufman's claims to have merit and said EPA retaliated against him for being "too effective" in the ombudsman office.

However, an administrative law judge, on appeal, dismissed Kaufman's claims in 2009, ruling that he took too long to file them under relevant environmental statutes. The judge also held that Kaufman was retaliated against not for whistle-blowing but for criticizing EPA employees.

To which Kaufman replied: "That's what whistle-blowing is!"  Kaufman also claims the judge erred by viewing his retaliation claims collectively, instead of one at a time.

The case also highlights what many lawyers consider insufficient protections for government whistle-blowers. Gary Baise, a lawyer who served as EPA's first chief of staff, said Congress has not done enough to assure whistle-blowers -- and potential whistle-blowers -- will not face retaliation. Kaufman echoed that sentiment, noting that his case has taken 12 years to resolve so far and there is no end in sight.

"This thing may not come to ultimate resolution for another 10 years," he said. "You're talking about over 20 years of litigation to try and resolve a whistle-blower dispute gentlemanly. That means for all intents and purposes, there really are no whistle-blower protections."  Baise said Kaufman's work shouldn't be simply dismissed.

 "There is always a kernel of truth in some of his stuff," Baise said, "but you never know if it's the whole story."

Kaufman said he doesn't want money from the lawsuit. He was in talks to settle the case for a small sum before EPA's lawyers pulled out of the negotiations. He said he likes his current job and has "a great boss now." Asked what he hopes will come of the lawsuit, Kaufman said he hopes for a return of the ombudsman.

 "Ultimately, maybe we can get an ombudsman function back," he said. "That would be nice."
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</div><div>bs</div><div><div id="pageTitle" style="color: rgb(35, 72, 107); font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 15px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Gary Baise</div><contenthead style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><content style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><img align="right" vspace="4" hspace="5" border="0" src="http://wldimages.findlaw.com/images/2548645/1694857_1.jpg" /><big style="font-size: 1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><big class="profiletopname" style="font-size: 1.1em; font-weight: bold;">Gary H.Baise.</big></big>
Principal Attorney
Washington, District of Columbia 
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Gary, a principal at OFW Law who is also co-head of the litigation practice, specializes in Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) litigation as well as agricultural corporate governance issues.  He has defended clients, including farm producers, in several of the leading wetlands enforcement cases under the CWA in federal courts. He has served as lead trial counsel for port authorities, housing and commercial developers, municipalities, farm and construction equipment manufacturers, and chemical industries in defending them in federal and state courts in government enforcement activities and citizen suits. He serves as general counsel for U.S. Grains Council (USGC), Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA), National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG), and National Sorghum Producers (NSP). Gary has over 30 years experience in government and private practice. He has represented agricultural associations, port authorities, housing and commercial developers, municipalities, and pharmaceutical, steel, farm, construction equipment, and chemical industries.Gary was the first Chief of Staff to the first US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator and subsequently became director of the EPA's Office of Legislation. He served as executive assistant to the Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Acting Deputy Attorney General in the US Department of Justice.Gary hails from Indiana and received his Juris Doctorate from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. He served as Chairman of the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board and Vice Chairman of the Virginia Water Control Board by appointment of the Governor of Virginia (2000-2004). Mr. Baise served as the only attorney on USDA's Agricultural Air Quality Task Force during terms of his appointment.  In addition, he writes a weekly column, <a href="http://farmprogress.com/prairie-farmer-blogs-Gary-Baise-23-fcb" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Defending Agriculture</a>, for FarmFutures.com.<dl style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt align="LEFT">Areas of Practice:</dt><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Agriculture Law</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Environmental Law</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Corporate Governance</li></ul></dl><dl style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt align="LEFT">Bar Admission:</dt><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Indiana, 1968</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">District of Columbia, 1974</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">U.S. Supreme Court, 1974</li></ul></dl><dl style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt align="LEFT">Education:</dt><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Juris Doctorate, 1968</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Western Illinois University, Bachelor of Science, 1963</li></ul></dl><dt align="LEFT" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Professional Associations and Memberships:</dt><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Former Member</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">American Bar Association</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Chicago Club</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">District of Columbia Bar Association</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Fairfax County Republican Committee</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Farm Foundation (Trustee and Chairman)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Illinois Agricultural Leadership Foundation</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Metropolitan Club</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Indiana State Bar Association</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. (2003-2004)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Virginia State Water Control Board (Vice-Chairman) (2000-2004)</li></ul><dl style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt align="LEFT">Representative Cases:</dt><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Rose Acre Farms, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Resources, Division of Water Quality, Office of Administrative Hearings Raleigh, NC, Oct. 19, 2011</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Pierson, e al. v. Bible Pork, Inc., Fourth Judicial Circuit Clay County, IL., Feb. 24, 2009 
Sierra Club v. Hennessy, 695 F.2d 643</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Sierra Club v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 541 F.Supp. 1367</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Action for Rational Tansit v. West Side Hghway Project, 536 F.Supp. 1225</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Action for Rational Tansit v. West Side Hghway Project, 517 F.Supp. 1342</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Commonwealth of Kenucky v Alexander & Indiana Port Commission, 655 F.2d 714</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Bersani v. U.S. EPA, 674 F.Supp. 405</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">State of California v. Marsh & Port of Oakland, 687 F.Supp. 495</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">NRDC v. EPA, 824 F.2d 1146</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">U.S. v. Ehyl Corporation & Occidental Chemical Corporation, 761 F.2d 1153</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Moon v. North Idaho Farmers Association, 140 Idaho 536</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">SAFE AIR FOR EVERYONE v. Meyer, 373 F.3d 1035 and 544 U.S. 1018</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">SAFE AIR FOR EVERYONE v. EPA, 2006 WL 3697684 (9th Cir.)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Williams v. Maxwell Farms of Indiana, Inc., Hyde County, North Carolina, 68C01-0912-CT-0041</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Neudecker v. Maxwell Farms of Indiana, Inc., Randolph County, Indiana, 68C01-0912-CT-0540</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Armstrong v. Maxwell Farms of Indiana, Inc., Randolph County, Indiana, 68C01-0912-CT-0539</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Pegg v. Maxwell Farms of Indiana, Inc., Randolph County, Indiana, 68C01-1001-CT-0042A</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Pflasterer v. Maxwell Farms of Indiana, Inc., Randolph County, Indiana, 68C01-1212-CT-001276</li></ul></dl><dl style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt align="LEFT">Publications:</dt><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Global Warming: The Truth is Out There, Environment & Energy Forum, June 2010.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Impacts of National Cotton Council of America vs. EPA AG Professional, March 2009.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">New EPA Mandate! AG Professional, March 2008.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Ag Retailer, Employees Indicted in Federal Spray Drift Case, AG Professional, May 2006.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Environmental Groups Distort Bush Record, Environment & Climate News, October, 2004.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Court Rulings Endanger Farmers' Use of Pesticides, Environment News, August 1, 2004.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">War Waged Over Buffer Zones, AG Professional, April, 2004.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Court Finds Pesticide and Fire Retardant Spraying Are Subject to CWA Permits, AG Professional, September, 2003.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Tree Farmers Fight EPA Power Grab, Ag Retailer, April, 2003.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">U.S. Supreme Court Regulates Plowing, Ag Retailer, March, 2003.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Spray Drift Danger Retailers Beware!, Ag Retailer, February, 2003.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Wetlands Jurisdiction Post-SWANCC Will Impact Landowners, Ag Retailer, December, 2002.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Supreme Court Private Property Rights Case Stirs Controversy, Ag Retailer, November, 2002.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Farming equals polluting, court says, Environment & Climate News, October, 2002.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Farmers Can Defend Themselves Against Environmentalists, Ag Retailer, September, 2002.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Urban Lawns and Camel Noses, Dealer & Applicator, June/July, 2002.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Seize the Opportunity to Fight the Environmental Onslaught, Ag Retailer, March, 2002.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Does America Want to Keep Agriculture?, Progressive Farmer, Mid-March 2001.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Bridge Permit Changes Will Be Minimal, Better Roads, 1999.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Finding Our Roots, Facing Our Future: America in the 21st Century, joint author, published by Madison Books, 1997.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">A Green Conversion, Review of The Making of a Conservation Environmentalist, by</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Gordon Durnil, published by Common Sense in 1995.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">The Politics of Waste, published by University of Houston Institute for Business, Ethics, and Public Issues, in 1990.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">EPA Regulatory Developments: Clean Air Act, Regulation of Toxic Substances, published by Government Institutes, Inc., December 8, 1997.</li></ul></dl><dl style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt align="LEFT">In the News:</dt><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://admin.olssonfrankweeda.lawoffice.com/CM/Custom/NYT%20Blog%20-%20Charlie%20Johnson,%20EPA...Gary%20Baise.pdf" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Cranberry Farmer, EPA Still Nose to Nose in 20-Year-Old Wetlands Fill Case." New York Times. 9 Feb. 2011</a></li></ul></dl><dl><dt align="LEFT" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Presentations:</dt><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/Articles/American%20Clean%20Energy%20%20Security%20Act%20of%202009.ppt" target="blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">American Clean Energy Security Act of 2009</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/Articles/ARA%20Powerpoint%20%2800114192%29.PPT" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Pesticide Application & the CWA: Is a permit needed?</a></li></ul></dl><dl style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt align="LEFT">Defending Agriculture Blog:</dt><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Please <a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/Custom/baiseblog.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">click here</a> to view an archive of posts from Mr. Baises weekly blog.</li></ul></dl></content></contenthead></div><div>=</div><div><div id="pageTitle" style="color: rgb(35, 72, 107); font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 15px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Agriculture</div><contenthead style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><content style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">At OFW Law, we have daily contact with agencies throughout the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Our attorneys and Senior Policy Advisors have worked with officials in, and have themselves served at, the highest levels of the Department. Moreover, they have real world experience raising cattle, hogs, cotton, corn, and even cranberries, as well as exercising direct operational control for food safety in some of the largest USDA-regulated plants in the nation. Our attorneys and Senior Policy Advisors work within not only agriculture law, but also the business of innovative 21stcentury agriculture, including energy development, production, and use. At OFW Law, we counsel clients on compliance with requirements set forth in the laws that USDA administers. When necessary, our attorneys act immediately to bring clients' challenges before regulatory authorities, courts, or Congress to ensure that the business of agriculture continues to move forward.Over the years, our attorneys have assisted clients in interactions with and appearances before:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">The Farm Service Agency (FSA)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">The Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">The Risk Management Agency (RMA) and Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">USDA Rural Development</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">U.S. Forest Service (USFS)</li></ul>In the nearly 30 years since our founding, we have provided regulatory counsel to a multitude of businesses, from small processors to multi-facility multi-national corporations. We understand the costs associated with regulatory actions, such as plant closures, and provide the legal expertise to limit these costs and get plants back up and running as soon as possible.<h4 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.3em; margin: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Addressing the Breadth of Agriculture</h4>OFW Law has an impressive record of success. Our attorneys have:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Helped firms manage recalls of allegedly adulterated or misbranded foods</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Counseled firms on design and implementation of their hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) plans and sanitation standard operating procedures (SSOPs)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Obtained reopening of FSIS-regulated plants after suspension or withdrawal of inspection</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Assisted plants in avoiding plant closures</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Successfully lobbied for major amendments to the Federal Meat Inspection Act</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Successfully assisted SNAP (food stamp) vendors in appeals of disqualification charges and determinations before FNS and the federal courts.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Successfully challenged USDA's procedure for adopting safe handling and labeling regulations for meat and poultry products</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Achieved policy changes to permit importation of innovative products</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Aided in the development of commercially-viable organic agriculture</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Advised several trade associations in negotiations resulting in an overhaul of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Successfully defended against enforcement actions brought under the Packers and Stockyards Act</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Negotiated resolution of trust claims under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Represented research facilities under investigation for matters regulated by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Represented research facilities in investigations and enforcement actions related to the Animal Welfare Act</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Managed bid protests in USDA procurement programs</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Assisted businesses in obtaining USDA rural development financing</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Worked with clients to identify and respond to production and transportation infrastructure needs</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Worked with clients on forestry policy</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Assisted a wide range of farm producer groups win approval from the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) Board of Directors for new crop insurance plans that better address their risk management needs</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Advised crop insurance companies entering the FCIC program on obtaining a Standard Reinsurance Agreement, and aided companies, agents, and producers alike in a wide range of crop insurance-related disputes</li></ul>Many products and activities regulated by USDA, such as imported <a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/PracticeAreas/Food-Dietary-Supplements-Cosmetics.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">food products</a> and <a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/PracticeAreas/Medical-Devices.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">diagnostic test kits containing animal products</a>, are also regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. We have the experience to handle such matters before FDA, as well as USDA.<h4 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.3em; margin: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Focus on Due Diligence Support</h4>Our attorneys are an important resource for other law firms, investment bankers, venture capitalists, accountants, and other professionals engaged in matters requiring expertise in USDA law and regulation. Our attorneys are frequently retained to assist with due diligence evaluations of USDA-regulated companies and to provide advice on contractual language and representations and warranties for transactions involving agricultural firms.<h4 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.3em; margin: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Focus on Associations</h4>For many years, we have served as counsel to trade associations and coalitions whose members are regulated by USDA and other agencies. We provide a full range of services to our trade association clients and their member companies, including:<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Advice to the association's executive committee, board of directors, and staff</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Attendance at, and monitoring of, association meetings</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Assistance in drafting and filing government documents</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Counsel during periods of association transition, changes in leadership, and mergers</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Regulatory advice to association staff on applicable federal and state requirements</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Legal support for the association's government affairs and legislative initiatives</li></ul><h4 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.3em; margin: 0px; font-size: 1em;">Agricultural Attorneys/Senior Policy Advisors:</h4><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/PhilipOlsson.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Philip C. Olsson</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/RichardFrank.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Richard L. Frank</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/DennisJohnson.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Dennis R. Johnson</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/MarshallMatz.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Marshall L. Matz</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/DavidDurkin.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">David L. Durkin</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/BrettSchwemer.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Brett T. Schwemer</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/AttorneyBios/GaryBaise.asp" title=" Gary H. Baise" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Gary H. Baise</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/JolydaSwaim.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Jolyda O. Swaim</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/AttorneyBios/KennethAckerman.asp" title=" Kenneth D. Ackerman" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Kenneth D. Ackerman</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/Bio/RogerSzemraj.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Roger R. Szemraj</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/AttorneyBios/AnsonKeller.asp" title=" Anson M. Keller" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Anson Keller</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/AttorneyBios/StewartFried.asp" title=" Stewart D. Fried" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Stewart D. Fried</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/AttorneyBios/JohnDillard1.asp" title=" John G. Dillard" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">John G. Dillard</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/AttorneyBios/JanieHipp.asp" title=" Janie Simms Hipp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Janie Simms Hipp</a></li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/SPA/JohnBlock.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">John R. Block</a> (Senior Policy Advisor)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/SPA/CharlesStenholm.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Charles W. Stenholm</a> (Senior Policy Advisor)</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;"><a href="http://www.ofwlaw.com/CM/SPA/BarbaraMasters.asp" style="color: rgb(79, 117, 156);">Barbara J. Masters</a> (Senior Policy Advisor)</li></ul></content></contenthead></div><div></div><div><div id="pageTitle" style="color: rgb(35, 72, 107); font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 15px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Environmental Law</div><contenthead style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><content style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">OFW Law’s environmental law practice is one of the most dynamic in the country as it deals with the interplay between modern agriculture and environmental statutes and common law areas such as nuisance and trespass.  Our clients are continually impacted by complex state and federal environmental laws as well as common law actions.  We frequently represent clients in state and federal court litigation, regulatory matters, permit proceedings, and a variety of corporate transactions. 

A Proven Track Record of Success

In particular, we have established a reputation for effective litigation in the defense of our clients’ rights.  Our attorneys have:
<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Defended a mid-western city against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) enforcement activities under the Clean Water Act on the allegations that its sewer system was inadequate.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Defended a large southern city against EPA allegations that the city had failed to comply with a Consent Decree.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Defended one of the largest pork producers in the United States against common law charges of nuisance.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Defended a large number of farmers in the Pacific Northwest who burn the stubble from their fields every year from charges of common law trespass.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Defended a silage company against EPA allegations that its product was an unregistered pesticide.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Litigated for a company against USDA under the Federal Acquisition Regulations in obtaining additional monies after a mistake in bidding was discovered.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Represented the largest egg-producer in the United States in Congressional hearings arising out of apparent FDA findings of Salmonella.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Represented one of the largest egg-producers in the United States against a State environmental agency that wanted to regulate air deposition of ammonia under the Clean Water Act.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Represented poultry, swine, and dairy producers in common law actions for nuisance and trespass under the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Acts.</li></ul>We have also helped our clients with regulatory and transactional matters related to environmental law.  We have:
<ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1.2em 2.75em; line-height: 1.45em;"><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Represented major commodity groups on corporate governance and environmental issues.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Represented animal feed manufacturers and consumer product manufacturers in EPA enforcement matters under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), including pesticide registration requirements and application of the “treated articles” exemption.  </li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Advised pesticide producers and formulators on registration issues, and prepared new pesticide product registrations under FIFRA.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Advised consumer product manufacturers and retailers regarding environmental marketing claims.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">Represented clients before EPA on Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) issues, obtained modified Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) reducing industry recordkeeping requirements.</li><li style="line-height: 1.45em;">“Hands-on” experience in operating waste treatment systems to meet NPDES and municipal pre-treatment programs for various food manufacturing operations.</li></ul>Environment Law Attorneys
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