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Brock R. Landry
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Brock Landry is Chairman of the Firm’s Government Division that includes over 150
lawyers in the legislative, regulatory, government contracts and local government
practice areas. His own practice focuses on “trade association law,” which, for Mr.
Landry, has a far reach. This broad area of law includes internal governance, non-profit
taxation, antitrust, regulatory issues (environmental, health, and safety), international
trade, standards development, litigation, legislative and general corporate matters.
Mr. Landry's clients include: America’s Community Bankers; Composite Panel
Association; Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association; Metal Building Manufacturers
Association; Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association; Managed Funds Association;
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy; American Forest & Paper Association; Bicycle
Products Suppliers Association; American Iron & Steel Institute; Adhesive & Sealants
Council; Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association of North America; United Way of the
National Capitol Area and National Electrical Manufacturers Association; among others.
Mr. Landry has worked with a variety of industry groups in avoiding onerous and
unreasonable regulation. He was instrumental in devising and carrying out a strategy for
the banking industry to alter capital proposals of the Federal Housing Finance Board that
could have crippled the Federal Home Loan Bank system. For over thirty years, he has
represented the wood products, furniture and cabinet industries in the regulation of
formaldehyde emissions from their products in proceedings at OSHA, EPA, CPSC,
HUD, OMB and various state agencies. Most recently, he served as counsel to the
California Wood Industries Coalition in achieving reasonable formaldehyde regulations
from the California Air Resources Board. He has successfully defended a range of
industry associations in product-related conspiracy litigation. In Sizemore v. Georgia-
Pacific, his client won summary judgment in one of the most extensive and favorable
opinions describing the bases of associational liability and appropriate defenses. In the
area of corporate governance, he was retained by the United Way of the National Capitol
Area to assist in the rejuvenation of that charity after much publicized leadership
improprieties.
Mr. Landry brings to his work a full understanding of how industry coalitions and trade
associations work to solve common problems and an approach to disputes which focuses
first and foremost on effective negotiation and favorable resolution. His range of legal
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