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Craft Beverage Lawyers Guild

The Craft Beverage Lawyers Guild (CBLG) is a non-profit trade group consisting of both in-house counsel for craft beverage makers and outside counsel who dedicate a substantial portion of their practice to the craft beverage industries.  The Craft Beverage Lawyers Guild seeks to serve as a resource to the craft beverage industry and to improve the legal representation offered to craft beverage makers and others in the industry through education of both its members and craft beverage makers regarding legal issues faced by the industry.   Our members include craft beer attorneys, distilled spirits attorneys, and other alcohol beverage attorneys and professionals.   See Members.

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Mission

Our mission and goals include:

1)     Increase the level of knowledge and professionalism of our members;
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2)     Provide a resource to craft beverage makers and attorneys regarding the laws regulating craft beverage makers from state to state, given the vast differences in laws; and

3)     Establish a cooperative relationship among our members to provide a resource for one another to maintain the high level of legal representation craft beverage makers deserve. 

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Governing Committee

Shauna Barnes 
Richard M. Blau
Joseph Davis 
Paul L. Havel 
Joseph M. Infante (Past President)
​Eric Lent
Ryan Malkin (Secretary)
Alva C. Mather (Treasurer)
Eugene M. Pak (President)
Marcus Reed
Marc E. Sorini

Dogfish Head Companies (Milton, Delaware)
Gray|Robinson, P.A. (Tampa, Florida)
New Belgium Brewing Company (Fort Collins, Colorado)
Miller Nash Graham & Dunn (Portland, Oregon)
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (Woodinville, Washington)
Malkin Law, P.A. (Miami Beach, Florida)
Pepper Hamilton LLP (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Wendel Rosen Black & Dean LLP (Oakland, California)
Craft Brew Alliance (Portland, Oregon)
McDermott Will & Emery (Washington, D.C.)