Our Team

Richard Frank

Founding Principal

• (202) 518-6363
• rfrank@ofwlaw.com

Marshall Matz

Chairman

• (202) 789-1212
• mmatz@ofwlaw.com

Brett Schwemer

Managing Principal/USDA Practice Head

• (202) 518-6359
• bschwemer@ofwlaw.com

Arthur Tsien

Principal

• (202) 518-6318
• atsien@ofwlaw.com

Stephen D. Terman

Principal/Medical Device Practice Head

• (202) 518-6369
• sterman@ofwlaw.com

Michael O’Flaherty

Principal

• (202) 518-6320
• moflaherty@ofwlaw.com

David L. Durkin

Principal

• (202) 518-6313
• ddurkin@ofwlaw.com

Tish Eggleston Pahl

Principal

• (202) 518-6317
• tpahl@ofwlaw.com

Gary Baise

Principal

• (202) 518-6345
• gbaise@ofwlaw.com

Frederick Branding

Principal

• (847) 687-8415
• fbranding@ofwlaw.com

Bruce Silverglade

Principal

• (202) 518-6316
• bsilverglade@ofwlaw.com

Jolyda (Jody) Otylie Swaim

Principal

• (202) 518-6577
• jswaim@ofwlaw.com

Stewart Fried

Principal

• (202) 518-6326
• sfried@ofwlaw.com

Roger R. Szemraj

Principal

• (202) 789-1212
• rszemraj@ofwlaw.com

Edward J. Farrell

Principal

• (202) 518-6346
• efarrell@ofwlaw.com

John G. Dillard

Principal

• (202) 518-6349
• jdillard@ofwlaw.com

J. Mason Weeda

Principal

• (202) 518-6362
• mweeda@ofwlaw.com

Kenneth Ackerman

Of Counsel

• (202) 518-6358
• kackerman@ofwlaw.com

Edward R. Teitel MD, JD, MBA.

Of Counsel

• (832) 276-8925
• eteitel@ofwlaw.com

Parker Douglas

Of Counsel

• (202) 789-1212
• pdouglas@ofwlaw.com

John R. Block

Senior Policy Advisor

• (571) 241-8211
• jblock@ofwlaw.com

Philip Karsting

Senior Policy Advisor

• (202) 789-1212
• pkarsting@ofwlaw.com

Nina Fedoroff

Senior Science Advisor

• (202) 549-8396
• nfedoroff@ofwlaw.com

Jay Vroom

Senior Policy Advisor

• (202) 427-7932
• jvroom@ofwlaw.com

JJ Capone, Ph.D

Senior Technical Advisor

• jcapone@ofwlaw.com

Reed Diskey

Legislative and Regulatory Assistant

• (202) 518-6345
• rdiskey@ofwlaw.com

Julia Johnson

Legislative Assistant

• (202) 518-6316
• jjohnson@ofwlaw.com

Kristin McGinty

Government Relations Project Coordinator

• (202) 518-6352
• kmcginty@ofwlaw.com

Richard Frank

Founding Principal

• (202) 518-6363
• rfrank@ofwlaw.com

Marshall Matz

Chairman

• (202) 789-1212
• mmatz@ofwlaw.com

Brett Schwemer

Managing Principal/USDA Practice Head

• (202) 518-6359
• bschwemer@ofwlaw.com

Arthur Tsien

Principal

• (202) 518-6318
• atsien@ofwlaw.com

Stephen D. Terman

Principal/Medical Device Practice Head

• (202) 518-6369
• sterman@ofwlaw.com

Michael O’Flaherty

Principal

• (202) 518-6320
• moflaherty@ofwlaw.com

David L. Durkin

Principal

• (202) 518-6313
• ddurkin@ofwlaw.com

Tish Eggleston Pahl

Principal

• (202) 518-6317
• tpahl@ofwlaw.com

Gary Baise

Principal

• (202) 518-6345
• gbaise@ofwlaw.com

Frederick Branding

Principal

• (847) 687-8415
• fbranding@ofwlaw.com

Bruce Silverglade

Principal

• (202) 518-6316
• bsilverglade@ofwlaw.com

Jolyda (Jody) Otylie Swaim

Principal

• (202) 518-6577
• jswaim@ofwlaw.com

Stewart Fried

Principal

• (202) 518-6326
• sfried@ofwlaw.com

Roger R. Szemraj

Principal

• (202) 789-1212
• rszemraj@ofwlaw.com

Edward J. Farrell

Principal

• (202) 518-6346
• efarrell@ofwlaw.com

John G. Dillard

Principal

• (202) 518-6349
• jdillard@ofwlaw.com

J. Mason Weeda

Principal

• (202) 518-6362
• mweeda@ofwlaw.com

Kenneth Ackerman

Of Counsel

• (202) 518-6358
• kackerman@ofwlaw.com

Edward R. Teitel MD, JD, MBA.

Of Counsel

• (832) 276-8925
• eteitel@ofwlaw.com

Parker Douglas

Of Counsel

• (202) 789-1212
• pdouglas@ofwlaw.com

John R. Block

Senior Policy Advisor

• (571) 241-8211
• jblock@ofwlaw.com

Philip Karsting

Senior Policy Advisor

• (202) 789-1212
• pkarsting@ofwlaw.com

Nina Fedoroff

Senior Science Advisor

• (202) 549-8396
• nfedoroff@ofwlaw.com

Jay Vroom

Senior Policy Advisor

• (202) 427-7932
• jvroom@ofwlaw.com

JJ Capone, Ph.D

Senior Technical Advisor

• jcapone@ofwlaw.com

Reed Diskey

Legislative and Regulatory Assistant

• (202) 518-6345
• rdiskey@ofwlaw.com

Julia Johnson

Legislative Assistant

• (202) 518-6316
• jjohnson@ofwlaw.com

Kristin McGinty

Government Relations Project Coordinator

• (202) 518-6352
• kmcginty@ofwlaw.com