Senior Associate, Washington, D.C.

Chris Forgues provides business-oriented legal and scientific solutions to food and agriculture companies and trade associations.
She advises clients on state and federal regulatory issues that arise throughout the entire food supply chain and production line, ranging from USDA and FDA enforcement actions and federal investigations to regulatory compliance, import and export issues, litigation support, comment preparation, advertising disputes, and labeling issues.

Chris's background in life science (chemistry and pharmacology) assists her in her science-based food law practice. Chris's unique educational background and regulatory scientist experience provides valuable context to complex scientific issues as they relate to the governing regulatory requirements.

When she joined Hogan Lovells, Chris brought with her more than nine years of regulatory consulting experience. A part-time student by night and a regulatory scientist by day, Chris worked throughout law school at a firm in Washington, D.C., focusing on product review, development, and post-marketing in the life sciences sphere, with experience handling matters under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the National Advertising Division (NAD), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), as well as state regulatory bodies.