Lance Kotschwar

Lance Kotschwar is a member of the Life Sciences, Energy, Food and International Business Industry Teams in addition to the Government & Public Affairs Practice. Kotschwar's previous experience includes having served as general counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; chief counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture; and in the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. During his time on Capitol Hill he oversaw completion of a number of significant laws, including the 1996 and 2002 Farm Bills, the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 and the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003.