Former FDA Official Senger Joins Sidley Austin

Sidley Austin announced that Jeffrey M. Senger, former acting chief counsel and deputy chief counsel of the Food and Drug Administration, has joined the firm as a partner in its global food, drug and medical device regulatory practice. He will be based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and will focus on an array of enforcement, compliance and regulatory matters, the firm said in a press release.

Senger also spent 17 years at the Department of Justice and previously served as senior counsel in the Office of the Associate Attorney General, where he assisted in overseeing the work of more than 2,000 lawyers.

“Jeff brings a wealth of insight to Sidley’s FDA practices from his experience at both FDA and the Department of Justice,” said Coleen Klasmeier, global coordinator of the firm’s  food, drug and medical device regulatory practice. “He is one of only a handful of highly seasoned lawyers who understand the increasingly complex interrelationships between those two executive agencies.”

Senger called Sidley “the go-to firm for life science companies dealing with challenging legal and regulatory issues.

Sidley’s food and drug practice represents major pharmaceutical, biological, medical device and food clients all over the world.

Sidley Austin is one of the world’s largest full-service law firms with approximately 1,700 lawyers practicing in 17 U.S. and international cities.