Keller and Heckman LLP has continued to uphold its prominent position as a Band 1 firm in the 2025 Chambers USA Guide for Food and Beverages: Regulatory & Litigation – Nationwide, with several partners securing individual rankings in the same category: Devon Hill, Evangelia (Eve) Pelonis, Richard (Rick) Mann, Mitzi Clark, Frederick (Rick) Stearns, and J. Kathleen (Katie) Bond. Notably, Katie also maintained her individual ranking within Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory – Nationwide, further establishing Keller and Heckman as a leading law firm across an array of practice areas.

This is the 16th year that the firm’s Food and Drug practice has been ranked and the 11th year that it has obtained the highest distinction, Band 1, for providing clients with comprehensive legal and regulatory advice for a broad range of food and drug products, including foods, alternative proteins, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, veterinary products, dietary supplements, cosmetics, and cannabis products, as well as the packaging for these products. The practice has more than sixty years of experience representing companies and trade associations before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and other government agencies, and in successfully handling challenges to marketed products. 

Client feedback included in the Guide emphasized the Food and Drug practice’s commitment to delivering exceptional legal services: “When you involve this Keller and Heckman department, you can be 100% confident in success.” The practice is comprised of attorneys working on both food ingredients and packaging regulatory matters, including Devon Hill, who was promoted to Band 2, and Eve Pelonis, a Band 3 ranked attorney. Rick Mann and Mitzi Clark upheld Band 4 rankings, while fellow partners Rick Stearns and Katie Bond joined them on the ranking table at Band 4.

Along with its inclusion in the Chambers USA Guide, Keller and Heckman’s Food and Drug practice garners rankings in the Chambers Europe Guide and Chambers Greater China Guide, demonstrating the firm’s global standing as a leader in the food, drug, and packaging law industries.

Katie Bond also upheld her Band 4 ranking for advertising law, extending additional recognition to the firm’s Advertising and Promotion practice. Attorneys in this practice assist clients in developing and implementing compliant advertising and marketing campaigns, defending them against challenges, and advising on applicable labeling, safety, and other regulatory requirements.

For over three decades, Chambers and Partners has highlighted the uppermost tiers of legal performance, establishing those selected for inclusion in its Band categories as leaders in their respective fields. Chambers relies on extensive client feedback in addition to robust independent research to determine its rankings. Both practices and independent attorneys are ranked based on effectiveness and achievements, experience, and value delivered to clients.

About Keller and Heckman

Keller and Heckman LLP represents a wide spectrum of companies and trade associations servicing a range of industries, including advertising and labeling, food and food additives, plastics, pesticides, industrial and specialty chemicals, consumer products, drugs and medical devices, transportation, and telecommunications. The firm's practice covers the diverse regulatory areas that affect these industries, as well as public policy and litigation matters. Our attorneys and scientists emphasize creative service to clients involved in the development of new products, services, and markets. Our attorneys and staff serve clients from offices in Washington, DC, Brussels, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Boulder.