Karin F.R. Moore

Drawing on her years of experience as a former general counsel to leading trade associations, Karin Moore is an industry expert and thought leader in the areas of food and beverage, personal care products, household products and beverage alcohol who can anticipate issues, aid in client innovation and transformation, and mitigate the multitude of risks to those clients. Ms. Moore provides counsel on the regulatory status of ingredients and finished products, and provides strategic advice on compliance with labeling and advertising requirements. She has in-depth expertise on many specific issues and areas relevant to the industries with which she has worked – from state beverage alcohol issues and the attendant federal constitutional questions, to drafting chemical ingredient listing legislation, to building an industry consensus definition of the term “natural”, to advocating before the FDA on trans fats, to authoring a 9th Circuit amicus brief on the First Amendment implications of warning labels on consumer products. She helps clients interpret and comment on the implementation of new requirements, such as those arising from the Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, the Food Safety Modernization Act, Prop 65 and other state ingredient labeling mandates.

Prior to joining Hyman Phelps, Ms. Moore was General Counsel of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (now Consumer Brands Association), and Co-General Counsel of the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America. Before that, she practiced antitrust law at an international law firm where she focused on litigation, civil and criminal investigations, and federal and state class action defense. She previously held a variety of positions with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Competition, including Counsel to the Director and staff attorney.