Drew Falkenstein
R. Drew Falkenstein is an associate with Marler Clark.
Drew Falkenstein joined Marler Clark in January, 2004 and has concentrated his practice in representing victims of foodborne illness. He has litigated nationwide against some of the biggest food corporations in the world, including Dole, Kellogg’s, and McDonald’s. He has worked on landmark cases that have helped shape food safety policy, HACCP protocol, and consumer rights, such as the E. coli outbreak in fresh spinach in 2006 and the 2008 Peanut Corporation of America outbreak of Salmonella.
A frequent speaker for the not-for-profit organization Outbreak, Inc, Mr. Falkenstein travels the country to address public and environmental health organizations as well as food safety meetings and annual educational conferences. He speaks on the intersection of law and public health, and addresses companies on how to prevent food borne illness outbreaks.
Mr. Falkenstein is a contributing writer for Food Safety News and blogs on Food Poison Journal. He wrote “An Introduction to Liability, Negligence, and All Things In Between” for the Legal Briefs column in the September, 2005 Journal of Environmental Health, and a follow-up article, “Immunities and Defenses for Allegedly Negligent Inspections,” for the column that appeared in the November, 2005 issue. Mr. Falkenstein and fellow Marler Clark associate Dave Babcock co-authored “Tracing Mad Cow Makes Litigation Unlikely,” an article on litigation resulting from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow) contamination, for the March 2006 edition of the King County Bar Association’s Bar Bulletin.
Mr. Falkenstein received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Washington in 1999, and began his legal education at Seattle University School of Law the same year. Mr. Falkenstein received his Juris Doctor degree in 2002, graduating with honors. He lives in Seattle.