Principals

Betsy E. Lehrfeld, a principal in the firm, focuses on insurance investment and regulatory issues, health care, health-specialty certification, and commercial, contract, corporate and tax matters for businesses and nonprofit organizations. She has appeared before the Food and Drug Administration and has served as general counsel to Consumers United Insurance Company, the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and the Consumer Health Foundation (formerly Group Health Association, Inc.). A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), she currently serves as Executive Director of the National Institute for Science, Law, and Public Policy (NISLAPP).
James S. Turner, a principal in the firm, represents businesses as well as individuals and consumer groups in a wide variety of regulatory matters concerning food, drug, health, environmental and product-safety matters. He has appeared before every major consumer regulatory agency, including the Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Consumer Product Safety Commission and Federal Trade Commission, as well as the Department of Agriculture and the National Institutes of Health.
David A. Swankin , a principal in the firm, is President and CEO of the Citizen Advocacy Center (CAC), a training, research and support network for public members of health care regulatory and governing boards. CAC was created to equip public members to lead their boards toward serving public policy goals more effectively and efficiently. In addition to overall administration, Mr. Swankin is responsible for CAC's training component.
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