Spiritus Law understands the industry’s business and compliance responsibilities and concerns, coupled with the need for pragmatic advice involving regulated industries with social and political sensitivities. Our qualified team has extensive experience in the legal and regulatory framework related to the tobacco industry, including tobacco permitting for manufacturers, imports, wholesalers, and retailers.
We provide guidance to clients at every level of the tobacco industry, including the manufacturing, importation, wholesale distribution, and the retail sale of processed and finished tobacco products, cigars, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and vaping products, including additives, product labeling, processed and finished products, consumables and hardware, and their distribution and delivery to consumers.
Spiritus Law’s comprehensive and extensive experience with regulated products, such as food production, alcoholic beverages, and tobacco products enables us to guide tobacco companies through the myriad of new regulatory requirements of the Federal Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and the tobacco licensing regulations of the Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (“TTB”). We provide legal and regulatory support to members of the tobacco industry with respect to the federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements imposed on the industry including:
Halsey W. Beshears Governmental Relations & Lobbying Team Leader, Non-Attorney 305.224.1003
Thomas Busey Regulatory Consultant Teammate, Non-Attorney 305.224.1003
Marilyn Coizeau Senior Paralegal & Team Coordinator 305.615.1519
Loy A. "Tony" Haynes Regulatory Consultant Teammate, Non-Attorney 305.224.1003
Andres Jimenez Licensing Team Paralegal 561.708.1671
Anqueisha Jones Senior Licensing Team Paralegal 305.809.8124
Robert F. Lewis Founding Attorney & Team Manager - Alcohol Industry Group 305.615.1044
Marbet Lewis Founding Attorney & Team Manager - Alcohol Industry Group 305.417.6559
Evadne Maxwell Senior Licensing Team Paralegal 305.501.2075
Yasmin Tabatabayi Senior Paralegal Team Administrator 305.396.8872
Zamani Thomas Of-Counsel Teammate 305.224.1003
Spiritus Law has created pricing and budgeting guidelines designed to provide transparency in our fee structures and efficient cost accounting and planning.
We understand the importance of cost management, and we continually identify alternative billing structures that can accommodate both large projects involving various service and permitting needs and as well as small focused projects.
Our vast knowledge in the industry has always allowed us to create a competitive rate structure and alternative fee arrangements. This allows us and our clients to examine and consider the most effective billing method for their project. Our fee arrangements may include any of the following:
Interactive and collaborative client communication is a primary focus of our project management and enables us to promptly identify issues that may increase projected budgets or require the need of additional legal services. We routinely produce work plans so our clients can see what we will be doing in addition to what we are doing.
While each matter and each client’s goals are unique, we strive to identify and streamline standard processes and document requests to ease the burden various regulatory filing processes can impose on your in-house team and reduce the risk of unexpected legal fees.