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Welcome to the Alcoholic Beverages Law Blog!

The Stoel Rives Alcohol Beverage Blog provides wineries, breweries, distilleries, cideries, distributors and importers with articles and information across a broad spectrum of state and federal alcohol beverage law. The authors work on alcohol beverage related projects from our bases in California, Oregon and Washington, throughout the Western United States and beyond. Our blog lets us share with you our passion for and experience with key legal, business and regulatory issues. Our blog will not only share the latest developments in these areas, but help you apply them to manage your business successfully.

We look forward to sparking a lively discussion about the industry nationally and internationally and its ever growing array of intriguing products.

Thank you for your interest. We hope you enjoy Alcohol Beverage Law!

Parissa FlorezAssociate858.794.4106EmailParissa Florez focuses her practice in environmental and energy law, emphasizing land use, environmental due diligence, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) permit approval process, municipal law, and land use and environmental litigation. More	Nicole HancockPartner208.387.4231EmailNicole Hancock is a trial attorney who handles complex business litigation matters in federal and state court. She works with processing, manufacturing, and other agriculture companies as well as entities in the beer and wine manufacturing and distribution industry. More
Chris HermannPartner503.294.9236EmailChris Hermann is the founding chair of Stoel Rives' Brewery, Winery, and Distillery group and is a former co-chair of the firm's Beverage and Hospitality group. Chris has worked with Northwest breweries, wineries, vineyards, and distilleries for many years. More	Susan JohnsonPartner206.386.7684EmailSusan Johnson focuses her practice on issues facing the food, beverage and hospitality industries, providing counsel on liquor licensing, sales, distribution, advertising, administrative violation defense and regulatory matters related to changes in corporate ownership and governance. More
Claire MitchellAssociate206.386.7698EmailClaire Mitchell is a  business transactional and regulatory compliance attorney for the food, beverage, and hospitality industries and provides counsel on a variety of regulatory compliance, risk management, and licensing issues. More	Alyssa PetroffAssociate503.294.9450EmailAlyssa Petroff is a corporate attorney who focuses her practice on business and legal matters, including mergers and acquisitions, entity formation, corporate governance and securities law compliance. More
Michelle RuddPartner503.294.9390EmailMichelle Rudd focuses on property development resulting in place making and increasing urban resiliency. Her work includes property acquisition through and in lieu of eminent domain, due diligence prior to purchase and property development through land use permitting. More	Jeremy SacksPartner503.294.9649EmailJeremy Sacks is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group, chair of the firm's Energy Litigation Initiative, and chair of the Portland office Trial group. His practice focuses on complex litigation in a variety of businesses, including the energy and health care industries. More
Allison SmithPartner916.319.4759EmailAllison Smith focuses her practice in environmental and energy law. Her experience includes CEQA and land use litigation, conducting environmental due diligence, and permitting solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and gas-fired energy facilities.More	Dustin SwansonAssociate503.294.9262EmailDustin Swanson advises on federal, state, and local tax issues that affect businesses and individuals. He regularly works with clients to identify and maximize federal, state, and local tax incentives.More
Jenny Baer TuohyAssociate503.294.9275EmailJenny Baer Tuohy represents companies and investors in corporate transactions and also provides general legal advice. She represents clients in a wide variety of industries including tech, food and beverage, healthcare, and manufacturing.More