Jack litigates and practices regulatory environmental law with a focus on groundwater issues and the agriculture, food, and chemical manufacturing industries.
His representative experience includes work on products liability and environmental tort litigation, as well as regulatory counsel for products regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). He is also familiar with fishery management issues, particularly pertaining to the conservation of endangered species, and the evolving U.S. regulations of industrial hemp and cannabis.
During law school, Jack served for two years on the Board of Student Advisers and as a co-director of the Food Law Society, and he was an Article Editor for the Environmental Law Review. For Harvard’s Food Law & Policy Clinic, he conducted research on food waste reduction programs and national date labeling and Farm Bill policies.
Jack also worked as a Cavers Legal Intern at the Conservation Law Foundation, where he drafted legal briefs on issues including coastal property rights, state electric vehicle appropriations, and grid modernization, and conducted research on agriculture and solar siting policy.
Before law school, Jack worked as a political campaign media consultant in Washington, DC, as a farmer in Connecticut, and as a high school history and English teacher in Massachusetts.
Jack is admitted only in Massachusetts. Practicing pursuant to D.C. App. Rule 49(c)(8) under the direct supervision of Principals of the Firm.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Jack B. Zietman
- EPA, USDA, and FDA to Clarify Overlapping Biotechnology Regulatory Frameworks - (Posted On Monday, May 13, 2024)
- Major Questions Doctrine Reaches the Clean Water Act - (Posted On Saturday, August 12, 2023)
- Fishers' Livelihood Concerns Could Bring SCOTUS Sea Change for Environmental Law - (Posted On Thursday, May 04, 2023)
- Congress Passes and Funds Support for Nature-Based Greenhouse Gas Reductions - (Posted On Friday, January 13, 2023)
- FTC Proposes New Efficiency and Repair Instruction Requirements - (Posted On Wednesday, October 26, 2022)
- EPA Authorizes Anti-Monkeypox Claims for Pre-Designated Disinfectant Products - (Posted On Thursday, May 26, 2022)
- U.S. Department of Energy Finalizes Rules to Impose Stringent Efficiency Standard on Most Lamps - (Posted On Monday, May 02, 2022)
- U.S. Department of Energy Proposes to Impose “Backstop” Efficiency Standard on Most Lamps - (Posted On Thursday, December 16, 2021)
- EPA Indefinitely Extends COVID-19 Emerging Viral Pathogen Guidance - (Posted On Tuesday, November 23, 2021)
- With 12 Months’ Notice, EPA Bringing Temporary Disinfectant Supply Chain Flexibilities to a Close - (Posted On Monday, September 20, 2021)