Greenberg, Eric F.
- Principal Attorney
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Eric concentrates his practice in food and drug law, packaging law, and commercial litigation. His food and drug work has included regulatory counseling, new product development, negotiation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on numerous levels, handling recalls, and defending enforcement actions.
His packaging work is a pioneering approach to legal representation for members of the packaging industry. He counsels a wide range of consumer product companies, packaging manufacturers, package design firms, and others on regulatory and labeling requirements, and handles related contractual and litigation matters.
He is an experienced trial and litigation practitioner in both federal and state courts.
Eric is a member of the Adjunct Faculty of California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), where he teaches a custom course in Packaging Laws and Regulations.
He serves as legal columnist for Packaging World Magazine, for which he contributes a column called The Legal Side.
As part of his development of packaging law, Eric wrote Guide to Packaging Law, first published in 1996, second edition in 2007. It is the first reference book about law for those in the packaging business.
Eric is a frequent speaker and presenter on topics including developments in Food and Drug Law, FDA regulation of foods and other products, and packaging law developments. For over 25 years, he has been an informative and popular speaker at educational seminars and conferences, including events sponsored by the Food and Drug Law Institute, Institute of Food Technologists, Smithers/Pira, Packaging Machinery Manufacturers’ Institute, Society of Plastics Engineers, American Conference Institute, and many others.
Eric received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in 1980. He earned his law degree from Cornell Law School in 1983.
Areas Of Practice
- Food and Drug Law
- Packaging Law
- Commercial Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1983
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1983
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Illinois
Education
- Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York
- J.D. - 1983
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
- 1980
- Major: Anthropology
Published Works
- Guide to Packaging Law, 1996
- Guide to Packaging Law, 2nd Edition, 2007
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Packaging World Magazine, Legal Editor/Columnist
- Adjunct Faculty, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
- Member, Illinois Food Safety Advisory Committee
- Member, Food Safety Alliance for Packaging, Institute of Packaging Professionals
