Janine Weiss

Janine graduated Magna cum Laude from Miami School of Law where she was Executive Editor of the Business Law Review. She comes to The Food Lawyers® with more than 15 years of big law firm experience in regulatory and high-stakes litigation. Her principal focus in the firm is the defense of food, beverage and dietary supplement companies in California Prop. 65 actions.

After law school, Janine represented manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and motor vehicles in consumer protection and advertising litigation matters. In those cases, she handled law and motion work, and all phases of discovery; including responding to written discovery, taking depositions, reviewing electronically stored information, and preparing and responding to motions to compel. Janine also handled multiple mediations and successfully settled many high-stakes cases.

Throughout her career, pro bono law has always been a big part of Janine’s practice. She worked closely with the Public Law Center on several cases promoting immigration equality. Her contribution to federal pro bono immigration cases Mondragon-Alday v. Lynch and Hernandez v. Lynch resulted in a published Ninth Circuit opinion granting relief for her clients under the Convention Against Torture. Janine was named a 2016 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year in Immigration in recognition of her work on these cases.