Our Team

Richard presides over GrayRobinson’s regulated products practice and oversees the firm’s legal guidance, compliance, and support services for the alcohol beverage, cannabis, food, and tobacco products industries. GrayRobinson’s Alcohol Industry...

Hannah is a shareholder in GrayRobinson’s Tampa law firm office and a member of the firm’s nationwide alcohol beverage and food law department. Hannah’s practice concentrates on advising companies and entrepreneurs in heavily-regulated industries...

Elizabeth A. DeConti is a member of GrayRobinson’s litigation department, focusing her practice in the firm’s alcohol beverage practice area. Based in the Tampa office, Elizabeth’s experience includes compliance review of the rules and regulations...

Attorney with a proven record of successfully guiding clients in the alcohol beverage space through all phases of development and licensing. Valerie Haber is well-positioned to help businesses that intersect with alcohol, having worked with clients...

Informed and insightful former state agency executive and director of Florida’s alcohol and tobacco regulatory program. Reputable experience managing regulatory policy development and enforcement in multiple industries. Thomas Philpot provides...

Relentless advocate with decades of experience advancing administrative, legislative, and regulatory change. Helping corporations clear a path to growth across Florida. A seasoned veteran of Florida’s dynamic political landscape, lawyer and lobbyist...

Grace H. Yang is a member of GrayRobinson’s Alcohol Beverage Group. Her practice includes compliance analyses for alcohol beverage manufacturers, suppliers and retailers; alcohol, hotel, restaurant, lottery, and occupational licensing work;...

Alexis is a senior associate with GrayRobinson's nationwide alcohol beverage department who practices trade regulation and compliance guidance associated with mergers and acquisitions in the alcohol industry. Alexis’ experience includes work on...

John is an associate in GrayRobinson’s Tampa office and a member of the firm’s nationwide alcohol beverage department. Prior to joining GrayRobinson and while in law school, John served as a Senior Judicial Intern at the U.S. District Court for the...

Lauren is an associate in the Miami office and a member of the firm’s nationwide alcohol beverage department. Prior to becoming an associate, Lauren was a law clerk supporting the nationwide alcohol beverage department where she developed an...

David Bateman, a member of GrayRobinson’s alcohol industry team, has over 40 years of federal alcohol regulatory service, experience and contacts. He joined the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) in 1973 in Milwaukee, WI where he...

Manuel R. Espinoza is an alcohol beverage consultant with GrayRobinson. He was appointed by Secretary Maria Contreras-Sweet on July 15, 2000, as the Interim Director of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and was responsible for...

Providing an invaluable insider’s perspective after more than 33 years working in the agencies that regulate alcohol beverages. Assisting the team of GrayRobinson attorneys representing some of the world’s most well-known alcohol beverage and...

Beth Goldberg is an alcohol beverage consultant and a member of GrayRobinson’s Nationwide Alcohol Industry Team. She brings more than 28 years of experience working in the beverage industry with extensive background in all core functions of alcohol...

John’s foundation of knowledge in alcohol beverage and tobacco regulations; government processes; government decision makers; alcohol beverage dealer training; and liquor and business licensing were developed during his 28-year government career....

Strategic leader in the alcohol beverage regulatory sector, providing skillful analysis of state and federal alcohol beverage policy and rulemaking for clients. Bentley is an alcohol beverage consultant on GrayRobinson’s Nationwide Alcohol Industry...

Robert began his career as a legislative aide to the Florida House of Representatives for a district representing much of Orlando and Orange County. This "inside" experience in the halls of our state Capitol gives him a deep understanding of and a...

Charlie Tull served as the Beer Industry Analyst for the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) until his retirement from the agency in May of 2014. During an illustrious 40-year career with TTB and its successor, the U.S. Bureau of...

Jaymee Bearden is a licensing specialist in the alcohol beverage and food department and is based in the Tallahassee office. Jaymee works closely with federal, state and local regulatory agencies to ensure clients are properly licensed and remain in...

Veronica Britton is a licensing specialist in the alcohol beverage and food law department and is based in the Tampa office. She practices in both the alcohol beverage and tobacco areas of licensing, focusing mainly in Florida licensing of...

Jandianne (Jan) Chamberlin, FRP, CP is a certified paralegal and experienced licensing specialist in the GrayRobinson alcohol beverage and food law department. Her work focuses on assisting hotels, restaurants, retailers, wineries, wholesalers, and...

Alyssa has eight years of experience working with the GrayRobinson alcohol beverage, food law and regulated products teams. She is based in the Firm’s Tallahassee office, where most state licenses are processed for approvals. Alyssa works closely...

Brandon has nine years of experience working with the GrayRobinson alcohol beverage and food law teams. He is based in the Firm’s Tallahassee office, where most state licenses are processed for approvals. Brandon works closely with clients and...

Kelly has 12 years of experience working with the GrayRobinson alcohol beverage and food law teams and is based in the Firm’s Tallahassee office. Kelly works closely with clients and local, state, and federal government agencies to obtain licenses...

Angela Rotella, FRP is a Licensing Specialist/Paralegal in the Alcohol Beverage and Food Law Department and is based in the Tampa office. Angela assists food and beverage producers, manufacturers, importers, processors, distributors and retailers in...

Ashley has eleven years of experience working with the GrayRobinson alcohol beverage and food law team and is based in the Firm’s Tallahassee office. She assists manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers in obtaining initial licenses and...

Vicki M. Thomas is a licensing specialist in the GrayRobinson alcohol beverage and food law department and is based in the Tampa office. Her work focuses on assisting hotels, restaurants, retailers, wineries, and importers of alcohol beverages and...

Heather is a member of GrayRobinson’s alcohol beverage team and is based in the firm’s Tallahassee office. She has been with GrayRobinson for more than 20 years, now using her paralegal degree to help clients navigate the alcohol licensing process...

Alicia Williams is a licensing specialist in the alcohol beverage, food and hospitality departments and is located in the Tampa office. Alicia works closely with clients and applicants, preparing applications and related documents for clients...