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 Kathryn E. Balmford Washington, District of Columbia
Ms. Balmford is an associate at Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz P.C. Ms. Balmford's practice focuses on counseling clients on dietary supplement, food, medical device, over-the-counter drug, and cosmetic issues. She has assisted clients with the preparation and filing of health claim petitions and new dietary ingredient notifications with FDA, including several successful qualified health claim petitions. She has particular expertise in the areas of compliance with the Bioterrorism Act and the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, resolution of import/export issues, and OTC drug and cosmetic formulation and labeling questions. Ms. Balmford's representation of dietary supplement companies has included work on two separate federal court cases involving First Amendment commercial speech. Both cases challenged FDA's prohibition of constitutionally protected speech in the labeling of dietary supplement products. Specifically, the first case dealt with FDA's refusal to allow truthful and nonmisleading speech in the form of health claims to appear on the labels of dietary supplements, and the second case dealt with FDA's policy of prohibiting dietary supplement companies from distributing independent scientific literature to consumers under DSHEA's third-party literature exemption. Ms. Balmford also advises clients on federal advertising regulations. Ms. Balmford reviews advertising to ensure compliance with both FDA and FTC regulations. She assists clients in responding to inquiries of deceptive advertising from the FTC and the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus. She also advises clients on compliance with the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule. Ms. Balmford was born in Youngstown, Ohio and graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Politics-Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh in 1999. Ms. Balmford received her J.D. in 2002 from The George Washington University Law School. She is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar. Areas of Practice: Food and Drug Law Medical Device Law Advertising Law Constitutional and Administrative Litigation Bar Admissions: Virginia, 2002 District of Columbia, 2003 Education: The George Washington University Law School, Washington, District of Columbia, 2002 University of Pittsburgh, 1999 Court Admissions: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2005 United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 2004 United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2002 United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 2005 Professional Associations and Memberships: District of Columbia Bar Association Virginia Bar Association American Bar Association |
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