Michael T. Roberts, Of Counsel

Michael T. Roberts is an outside consultant to the firm. He is the founding Executive Director of the Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, and also the co-deputy director of ECUST FDA Center. He is well versed in a broad range of legal and policy issues from farm to fork in local, national, and global food supply systems. He is a prolific author, having contributed to books and having written several articles on food regulation, trade, and policy issues. He has guest lectured on food-law subjects at various law schools in the U.S., Europe, and Asia and speaks frequently at national and international conferences. He is the former first chair of the Lex Mundi (world’s largest association of private law firms) international Agribusiness practice group. Mr. Roberts also was of counsel in Washington D.C. with Venable LLP, as a member of the firm’s food and agricultural law practice group, and special counsel to the Roll Global farming and food companies headquartered in Los Angeles, where he was responsible for global food regulation, trade, and public policy.