Stanley H. Abramson

Expert Bio

Stan Abramson is a counsel in the Arent Fox law firm in Washington, DC.  His practice is focused on biotechnology and other emerging technologies, chemical regulation, food safety, and environmental law, with emphasis on product regulation and dispute resolution.

Stan has extensive experience in risk-based programs and environmental law in the public and private sectors, including over five years as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Associate General Counsel for Pesticides and Toxic Substances, where he was the EPA’s principal legal advisor on the regulation of industrial, agricultural and consumer chemicals and a principal drafter of the federal government’s Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology.

Stan served as a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants, is an editor of the Environmental Law Institute’s Law of Environmental Protection, co-authored the Biosafety Regulation Sourcebook and Model Biosafety Act, and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Environmental Policy at American University’s School of Public Affairs. 

Stan earned his Juris Doctor from Rutgers University, his Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California, and his Bachelor of Science  from Drexel University.