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Immediate Office – Food and Drug Division

  • Chief Counsel for FDA, Sean Keveney
    Phone: 202-260-3324
    Email: Sean.Keveney@hhs.gov
    White Oak Building 31, Rm. 4536
    10903 New Hampshire Ave
    Silver Spring, MD 20993
  • Principal Deputy General Counsel, & Chief Counsel for Food, Research, and Drugs, Robert F. Foster
    Phone: 202-260-3324
    Email: Robert.Foster@fda.hhs.gov and
    Robert.Foster@hhs.gov
    White Oak Building 31, Rm. 4536
    10903 New Hampshire Ave
    Silver Spring, MD 20993
  • Principal Deputy Associate General Counsel, Peter Beckerman
    Phone: 301-796-4715
    Email: Peter.Beckerman@fda.hhs.gov
    White Oak Building 31, Rm. 4506
    10903 New Hampshire Ave
    Silver Spring, MD 20993
  • Senior Deputy Associate General Counsel, Amanda Edmonds
    Phone: 301-796-8617
    Email: Amanda.Edmonds@fda.hhs.gov
    White Oak Building 31, Rm. 4508
    10903 New Hampshire Ave
    Silver Spring, MD 20993
  • Supervisory Administrative Officer, Jennifer Zamora
    Phone: 240-447-7947
    Email: Jennifer.Zamora@fda.hhs.gov
    White Oak Building 31, Rm. 4532
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Litigation Branch, Food and Drug Division

  • Deputy Associate General Counsel for Litigation, Wendy Vicente
    Phone: 301-796-8605
    Email: Wendy.Vicente@fda.hhs.gov
    White Oak Building 31, Rm. 4422
    10903 New Hampshire Ave
    Silver Spring, MD 20993
  • Deputy Associate General Counsel for Litigation, Shannon Singleton
    Phone: 301-796-8717
    Email: Shannon.Singleton@fda.hhs.gov
    White Oak Building 31, Rm. 4432
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    Silver Spring, MD 20993

Program Review Branch, Food and Drug Division

  • Deputy Associate General Counsel, Halley Kropa
    Phone: 240-402-2276
    Email: Halley.Kropa@fda.hhs.gov
    White Oak Building 31, Rm. 4416
    10903 New Hampshire Ave
    Silver Spring, MD 20993
  • Deputy Associate General Counsel, Deborah Chasan-Sloan
    Phone: 301-796-8535
    Email: Deborah.Chasan-Sloan@fda.hhs.gov
    10903 New Hampshire Ave
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  • Deputy Associate General Counsel, David Mednick
    Phone: 301-796-8607
    Fax: 301-847-8618
    Email: David.Mednick@fda.hhs.gov
    White Oak Building 31, Rm. 4414
    10903 New Hampshire Ave
    Silver Spring, MD 20993
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