McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Product Liability/ Regulatory, Government & Lobbying Strategies

Partner Alva Mather is head of the Firm’s Alcohol Regulatory & Distribution Group and focuses her practice on alcohol beverage and cannabis regulatory and commercial matters. She represents companies in the alcohol beverage industry, including brewers, distillers, wineries, importers and retailers. Additionally, she works with clients in the growing cannabis space and has in-depth knowledge of the evolving legal and regulatory issues facing this industry.

A nationally recognized lawyer, Alva combines her extensive knowledge of the commercial and legal landscape as well as deep understanding of the beverage industry to help clients mitigate risk, respond to challenges, and capture and pursue new business opportunities. Her work spans a number of traditional areas of legal practice that affect alcohol beverage and cannabis companies, including litigation, governmental investigation, commercial agreements, alcohol beverage compliance, intellectual property, trade and tax.

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Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, member American Bar Association Cannabis and Alcoholic Beverages Subcommittee, chair Drexel University Center for Food and Hospitality Management, advisory board Craft Beverage Lawyers Guild, founding member, treasurer Tria Restaurant Group, board of managers Tapp Technologies, advisory board