Martha Marrapese joined Keller and Heckman in 1992. Ms. Marrapese focuses on emerging technologies in the industrial chemicals, alternative energy, antimicrobial pesticides, and food packaging sectors.
Ms. Marrapese facilitates the registration of new technologies in the global economy with a particular emphasis on biotechnology and nanotechnology applications. Ms. Marrapese has an expertise in the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and its counterparts in Canada, the European Union, and China. She provides legal counsel related to EPA, FDA, and associated regulatory needs for production organisms and additives in emerging alternative energy applications, including yeast, algae and bacteria platforms.
Ms. Marrapese has a LexisNexis® Martindale Hubble® peer review rating CV®, indicating above average legal ability and unquestionable ethics. She is a recipient of the 2009 American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Next Generation Leadership and Service Award. Ms. Marrapese currently serves as a U.S. delegate to the International Standards Organization (ISO) TC-229 Committee on Nanotechnologies and chairs Working Group 1, Nomenclature and Terminology, for the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to TC-229.
Prior to joining Keller and Heckman, Ms. Marrapese was on staff with the EPA's Solid Waste office, served as law clerk for administrative appeals to the Chief Judicial Officer of the EPA, and worked as a legislative aide for environmental matters on Capitol Hill during the Reagan Administration.