Government Affairs

Erik Lieberman



Erik Lieberman
Regulatory Counsel
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Erik Lieberman is the regulatory counsel for the Food Marketing Institute and represents the food retailing and wholesaling industries before federal agencies ranging from FDA and USDA to the Department of Labor and Department of Justice.  Lieberman works with federal agencies to ensure that regulations are not unnecessarily burdensome for industry.  He also assists food retailers and wholesalers in complying with federal laws and regulations.  Lieberman organizes the FMI Legal Affairs Committee and annual FMI Legal Conference.  He joined FMI in June 2010.   

Before joining FMI, Lieberman served as the Majority Regulatory Counsel for the House Small Business Committee.  From 2004-2007, he was Director of Government Affairs at the National Grocers Association.  Prior to that, he served as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Bob Graham.  Lieberman has been featured on Fox News and in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek and The Washington Post.  He is a frequent speaker at food industry conferences.  Lieberman is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Florida and received his juris doctor from University of Pennsylvania Law School.  He is a member of the Florida, District of Columbia and U.S. Supreme Court bars.