Dennis R. Johnson has been Co-Managing Principal since 2007.   He specializes in food safety law and regulation, representing large and small meat and poultry companies and trade associations before the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.  Mr. Johnson is a certified HACCP instructor and is the author of HACCP and U.S. Food Safety Law.  Mr. Johnson has been a frequent speaker on numerous topics, including food safety and regulatory compliance under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act.

Mr. Johnson received his law degree from Columbus School of Law and his Masters of Law degree from the National Law Center, where he was a Food and Drug Law Institute Fellow.

Areas of Practice: 

Food Safety Law

Agriculture Law
 
Bar Admissions: 

District of Columbia
 
Education: 

Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia,
Juris Doctor

George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia,
Master of Laws: Administrative Law Economic Regulation
 
Published Works:
 
"HACCP and Food Safety Law," Food Institute Press, (2d Ed), 2000

The Food Safety and Inspection Service's Lack of Statutory Authority to Suspend Inspection for Failure to Comply with HACCP Regulations, 1 J. Food L. & Pol. 337, 2005