Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC
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| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
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| No. of offices | 1 |
| No. of attorneys | Over 30 |
| Major practice areas | Government law related to food, drug, medical device, and agriculture industries |
| Key people |
Philip C. Olsson (Co-founder and Senior Principal) Richard L. Frank (Co-founder and Senior Principal) |
| Date founded | 1979 |
| Company type | Professional corporation |
| Website | |
| ofwlaw.com | |
Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC (OFW Law) is an American law firm and lobbying firm based in Washington, D.C., that specializes in representing business interests in the food, drug, medical device, and agriculture industries in their dealings with the Food and Drug Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture. The firm was founded in 1979 as Olsson and Frank PC, but has long been best known as Olsson Frank Weeda or, more recently, OFW Law. As of 2012, the firm employs more than 30 lawyers and Senior Policy Advisers.
Co-founder Philip Olsson was deputy assistant secretary at USDA for marketing and consumer services from 1971 to 1973.[1] Co-founder Richard L. Frank was a Washington lawyer. The third long-time principal, David F. Weeda, died in 2001.
The addition of three named partners in 2007,[2] one of whom left the firm in 2011, included Marshall Matz, who joined the firm in the early 1990s after having served as General Counsel for the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs,[3] whose chair was Senator George McGovern. The late Senator McGovern was himself a Senior Policy Advisor with the firm, specializing in issues of food, nutrition, and agriculture, until his passing in October 2012.[4] Other former political figures serving as senior policy advisors and lobbyists with the firm include former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block and former U.S. House of Representatives member from Texas, Charles W. Stenholm.[1][5]
As lobbyists, the firm has worked for a variety of corporations in its areas of expertise as well as for a few non-profit and human rights organizations.[6] By 2009 it was earning $2.4 million from its lobbying activities.[6] The former legal affairs director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest consumer advocacy group joined the firm in 2010.[7]
References
- 1 2 "Olsson, Frank & Weeda". Food & Drink Weekly. January 17, 2005.
- ↑ "Leading Washington Food, Drug, Device and Agriculture Law and Lobbying Firm Changes Name to Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Bode Matz PC" (Press release). PR Newswire. July 9, 2007.
- ↑ "Marshall Matz to Receive 2009 Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award for Child Nutrition" (Press release). Global Child Nutrition Foundation. January 6, 2009.
- ↑ "A Farewell to George McGovern". AGRA. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ↑ "Professional Directory". Olsson Frank Weeda. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- 1 2 "Lobbying Spending Database—Olsson, Frank & Weeda, 2009". OpenSecrets.org. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ↑ "Silverglade to leave CSPI for Olsson Frank Weeda". Food Chemical News. October 14, 2010.