John Gilbert Email & Phone Number

Mr. Gilbert is a Director with the law firm of Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. The firm advises and represents a broad range of clients on legal issues concerning food, drug, medical devices, biologicals, pharmacy and cosmetic law and regulation. Mr. Gilbert has advised clients extensively on federal and state legal and regulatory issues concerning controlled substances, prescription drugs and precursor chemicals. He has represented clients before the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and handled numerous litigation matters involving civil and administrative actions related to alleged violations of the federal Controlled Substances Act. He has also advised clients on compliance with state and federal requirements on licensing, pedigree and sampling requirements. Mr. Gilbert recently authored a chapter on controlled substance regulation for the Food and Drug Law Institute’s updated Food and Drug Law and Regulation.Prior to joining the firm in 1995, Mr. Gilbert was an attorney in the Drug Enforcement Administration's Office of Chief Counsel, Diversion/Regulatory Section. Mr. Gilbert also served as a law clerk in the DEA Office of Administrative Law Judges as part of the Department of Justice Honor's Program. Mr. Gilbert received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Westfield State College in 1979 and received his law degree from the Catholic University of America in 1992, where he was an associate editor of the Catholic University Law Review. He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and Virginia, and is a member of the American Bar Association and of the Administrative Law and Health Law sections of the Virginia State Bar.

Listed skills include Administrative Law and Civil Litigation.

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  Director

  Hyman, Phelps & Mcnamara, P.C.

  1995 - Present