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Practice: Alcohol Law
Hannah Becker is a nationally recognized attorney for alcohol beverage regulatory and transactional matters. She guides clients through all legal and commercial aspects of the food and beverage industry, combining creative and strategic instincts with an energetic, detail-oriented approach to licensure and permitting, labeling, advertising, trade practices, product classification, importation and distribution agreements, Tied-House and cross-tier issues, and alcohol franchise laws. She is also recognized for her strong grasp of how emerging technologies and new regulated product categories impact alcohol sales and related compliance matters.
Richard Blau represents supplier, wholesaler, and retailer licensees across the U.S. in heavily regulated industries, including alcohol beverages, food, and cannabis. His experience encompasses federal and state trade law compliance; responsible vendor and employee training; trade regulation; administrative proceedings; and litigation and dispute resolution. An industry trailblazer who works with all three tiers of the alcohol beverage industry, he effectively helps clients untangle the complex web of federal, state, and local rules and regulations that govern the production, importation, marketing, sale, and consumption of beer, wine, distilled spirits, and other licensed beverages, including the recent product phenomenon of hemp beverages.
Valerie Haber guides businesses operating within or adjacent to the alcohol beverage industry through development, licensing, and promotional activities, as well as alcohol delivery, storage, fulfillment, and related services.
Alexis is a transactional and regulatory attorney who advises industry members across the alcohol beverage, cannabis, and food industries.
Mike, former chair of the firm’s Business Transactions practice group, concentrates his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate, securities and nonprofits. Mike has handled hundreds of acquisitions, dispositions and mergers ranging in size from a few million dollars to over a billion dollars. His experience includes representing purchasers and sellers in many industries, including technology and software, craft beer and alcohol, broadcast and cable television, consumer products, professional services, manufacturing, insurance, food processing, construction and mining.
Lauren Voke advises individual and corporate clients on compliance, licensing, and large-scale transactions in highly regulated markets with a focus on the alcohol beverage system, where she brings a foundational understanding of all three tiers, tied-house issues, trade practice compliance, and alcohol licensing. Her tailored strategies have yielded a track record of optimal, effective solutions for a wide range of clients, from small startups to global organizations. She regularly aids corporations with national recognition, strengthening their brands through compliant marketing and expansion, but also enjoys the production, labeling, and marketing of new and innovative alcohol beverage products for new organizations.