Joel Hoffman is a member of Sutherland’s Litigation Practice Group. He founded and was the lead partner in the firm’s FDA practice for 15 years prior to his retirement from full-time representation of clients. In his current role as of counsel to the firm, he remains available to consult with and advise the firm’s clients on FDA-related matters.

Joel has represented both large and small manufacturers and their trade associations in all the industries regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as well as national organizations in the medical and pharmacy professions, on both FDA and related antitrust matters. He was lead counsel in many landmark cases in both trial and appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and participated in shaping several important pieces of federal legislation enforced by the FDA.

Joel began his career in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, handling both antitrust appeals and administrative law cases defending a variety of major federal regulatory agencies. Since then he has practiced primarily FDA regulatory law. Upon his retirement from full-time practice, he was awarded the Distinguished Service and Leadership Award of the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI).