For more than three decades, food industry clients have turned to George for guidance and counsel.

Michael R. Hambly

Partner, Litigation Group Chair

Mr. Hambly leads the firm’s litigation practice.

Jonathan W. Devries

Senior Principal Scientist

Dr. Jonathan DeVries has advised the food industry in regulatory and litigation matters for over twenty-five years. He was Senior Principal Scientist at General Mills before joining The Food Lawyers®.

L. Scott Donnelly

Food Science Safety

Dr. L. Scott Donnelly, PhD, is among the most skilled food science safety experts in the United States.

Dave Plank

Senior Research Fellow

Dave Plank is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Minnesota.

Janine Weiss

Prop 65 Group Chair

Janine graduated magna cum laude from Miami School of Law where she was Executive Editor of the Business Law Review. She boasts 15+ years of big law firm experience in regulatory law and high-stakes litigation.

Lindley Fraley

Civil Litigation Co-Chair

Lindley graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern California and received her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley. She brings 15 years of big law firm litigation experience to the team.

Yvette Golan

Counsel on Special Matters

Yve is an experienced litigator in class actions and other complex cases who brings the perspective of both sides (plaintiff and defense), the court (as a former federal appellate clerk), and the client (as former general counsel).

Julia Thrower

Regulatory Law Group Chair

Julia leads the firm's law/science litigation focus. An attorney and a PhD in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, she is a former Deputy U.S. Attorney for the U.S. EPA litigating environmental trials.

Kathleen Salmas

Partner, Corporate Group Chair

A former Major in the United States Army, Kathleen served 27 years as Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Assistant Corporate Secretary and the Corporate Secretary of all corporate subsidiaries.