Overview
Your Partners in Navigating a Regulated World
Regulatory complexity doesn’t have to slow your business down. Turn compliance into a competitive advantage. Our nationally recognized Regulatory Law team equips organizations across industries to stay ahead of change, mitigate risk, and shape outcomes in the fast-moving regulatory landscape.

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Our Approach: Your Partner in Policy and Progress
Our cross-disciplinary team includes former agency lawyers, engineers, scientists, and policy strategists—giving you direct access to legal insight and government engagement under one roof. We help enterprise leaders navigate FDA, environmental, and energy regulatory challenges with clarity, confidence, and strategic foresight. Our approach is designed to deliver measurable progress, transparent communication, and long-term value.
1. Strategic Planning & Road Mapping
Our cross-disciplinary team includes former agency lawyers, engineers, scientists, and policy strategists—giving you direct access to legal insight and government engagement under one roof. We help enterprise leaders navigate FDA, environmental, and energy regulatory challenges with clarity, confidence, and strategic foresight. Our approach is designed to deliver measurable progress, transparent communication, and long-term value.
2. Execution & Implementation
Our team executes the plan, whether that means building compliance programs, managing regulatory submissions, or defending against enforcement actions. You’ll receive regular updates and status reports to maintain visibility.
3. Policy Engagement & Advocacy
Through our collaboration with Michael Best Strategies, we help you engage directly with decision-makers and policymakers, shape emerging regulations, and build coalitions to advance your interests. Strategic communication and stakeholder alignment are central to this phase.
4. Ongoing Monitoring & Continuous Improvement
We provide proactive updates, regulatory horizon scanning, and regular compliance refreshes to keep your organization ahead of change. Post-matter debriefs and long- term compliance planning are built into our process to ensure sustained success.
"Through years of experience, the Michael Best team can bring long-standing relationships and familiarity with various regulators and their agencies."
"Michael Best is a fantastic firm. You get quality legal responses on time."
Focus Areas
Strategic Guidance. Seamless Execution. Measurable Results.
We partner with you to provide clear, actionable strategies that address matters such as multi-jurisdictional compliance, surprise audits, environmental permitting, and product approvals.
Energy Law
Michael Best’s multidisciplinary Energy team helps clients navigate the legal complexities of energy production, distribution, and infrastructure development, including data center developments. With experience in regulatory proceedings, permitting, land use, and transactional support, we guide energy companies through every phase of their operations. Our team includes former government officials and industry insiders who understand the regulatory landscape and deliver practical, forward-looking solutions. Whether you are looking to develop a data center, get your energy project approved at the state or national level, or are seeking local permitting, our Energy team can be your one stop shop.
Environmental & Natural Resources
Our Environmental & Natural Resources team helps you stay compliant while advancing your environmental goals. From compliance counseling and enforcement defense to contaminated site redevelopment and climate-related initiatives, we provide actionable guidance rooted in deep agency experience. Whether you're facing a permitting issue, or litigation.
FDA Regulatory
Our team combines legal insight with scientific and industry expertise to help you bring safe, compliant products to market with confidence. Michael Best’s FDA Regulatory team supports clients across the full product lifecycle—from concept to commercialization. We’ve worked alongside clients launching a food, drug, device, cosmetic, or digital health product, and we can help you navigate FDA USDA, EPA, and CPSC requirements, secure approvals, and respond to regulatory inquiries.
Key Contacts

Leah Hurtgen Ziemba
Partner
Practice Group Chair, Regulatory
Industry Group Co-Chair, Agribusiness, Food & Beverage
lhziemba@michaelbest.com
T 608.283.4420

Jeffrey S. Dunn
Partner
Co-Chair, Public Policy Law & Procurement
jsdunn@michaelbest.com
T 920.682.9991

Sarah C. Helton
Partner
Co-Chair, Public Policy Law & Procurement
Sarah.Helton@michaelbest.com
T 202.747.9575

Jordan J. Hemaidan
Partner
Industry Group Chair, Energy
jjhemaidan@michaelbest.com
T 608.283.4431

Todd E. Palmer
Partner
Sub-Group Leader, Environmental & Natural Resources
tepalmer@michaelbest.com
T 608.283.4432

Tanya M. Salman
Partner
Co-Chair, Public Policy Law & Procurement
tmsalman@michaelbest.com
T 608.283.0122

Scott C. Beightol
Partner
Industry Group Chair, Water
scbeightol@michaelbest.com
T 414.225.4994
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