Professional Areas of Expertise
Federal and State Court Litigation, Administrative Law, Corporate Law

• Handle day-to-day legal matters of nationwide commodity boards including reviewing and drafting contracts, promotion and marketing plans, joint venture agreements and employment issues.
• Represent various corporate entities in matters including but not limited to employment matters, drafting operating agreements and amending governing documents and budgets.
• Represent commuter rail operations in matters involving proceedings before the Surface Transportation Board involving both abandonment and adverse abandonment of rail lines, federal preemption issues, and transportation service agreements including the reasonableness of rates as they relate to captive shippers.
• Federal and State Litigation including trademark enforcement, domain name disputes, employment matters, contracts, Freedom of Information Act, constitutional challenges to governmental check off programs and challenges to federal rulemaking by governmental agencies.
• Review and draft documents including employment contracts, confidentiality agreements, promotion agreements

Reported Cases
Avocados Plus Inc. v. Johanns, 421 F. Supp. 2d 45; 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10144, (D.D.C. 2006); Ball v. AMC Entm't, Inc., 246 F. Supp. 2d 17, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2523 (D.D.C., 2003); Charter v. USDA, 412 F.3d 1017; 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 11420, (9th Cir. 2005); Harrison & Bates, Inc. v. Featherstone Assocs. Ltd. Pshp., 253 Va. 364; 484 S.E.2d 883; 1997 Va. LEXIS 52, (1997); Howard v. Surface Transp. Bd., 389 F.3d 259 (1st Cir. 2004); New York City Economic Development Corporation - Adverse Abandonment - New York Cross Harbor Railroad, Inc., in New York, NY, STB Docket No. AB-596, Surface Transportation Board, 2001 STB LEXIS 957, December 14, 2001.

Publications
He is the co-author of Blowing Smoke: "Does Congress Lack the Willpower to Reform Federal Tobacco Policies" (Journal of Medicine and Law, Michigan State University Detroit College of Law) and has written a number of articles for the Agricultural Law Letter.