Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner of Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), has earned an international reputation for her deep and expansive understanding of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the European Union Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation, the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), and especially how these regulatory programs pertain to nanotechnology, industrial biotechnology, synthetic biology, and other emerging transformative technologies. Ms. Bergesons peerless mastery of the complex interplay between chemical innovation, regulatory oversight, policy making, and product commercialization, and her decades of experience as an entrepreneur and business owner, allow her to develop client-focused and business-sensitive strategies whether advocating before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. state regulatory agencies, or other governance and standard-setting bodies. Ms. Bergeson employs a highly sophisticated, nuanced approach to problem solving as she assists corporations, trade associations, and business consortia to commercialize new technologies, access new markets, extend the commercial life of an efficacious chemical product, obtain a derogation of a chemical use, or secure a competitive advantage in a new market or territory. Ms. Bergeson is a tireless and dynamic advocate for clients commercializing new chemicals with environmental, financial, and performance benefits for both industry and populations. She counsels clients on a wide range of issues pertaining to product stewardship, chemical hazard, exposure, and risk assessment, risk communication, minimizing legal liability, and product lifecycle strategy.
Work Phone:
202.557.3801
Email:
lbergeson@lawbc.com
Website:
www.lawbc.com
EPA Region:
DC
Degrees:
BA, Michigan State University, 1975, magna cum laude
JD, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America, 1979, Law Review
Admissions:
District of Columbia, 1980
Court Admissions:
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2020
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1982
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1983
Professional Societies and Organizations:
Regent, ACOEL, 2022 -, Executive Committee, 2022 -, Chair, Roundtable Task Force, 2023 -
Member, IBA Agriculture and Food Section Advisory Board, 2025-, Chair, IBA, Agriculture and Food Section, 2022 - 2024, Senior Vice Chair, IBA, Agriculture and Food Section, 2018 - 2021
Appointed by Maryland Governor Martin OMalley to serve on the Washington College Board of Visitors and Governors, 2013 - 2016, and by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, 2016 - 2022
Chair, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, 2005 - 2006
Past Chair, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Special Committee on TSCA Reform, 2009
Vice Chair, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, Pesticides and Chemicals Committee, 2008 -
Editor, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Pesticides and Chemicals Newsletter
Member, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Governance Committee, 2013 - 2014
Member, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Nanotechnology Standards Panel (NSP) Steering Committee, 2004 - 2005
Chair of the Environment, Health, and Safety Committee of the NanoBusiness Commercialization Association
Member, Steering Committee of EPAs Pollution Prevention through Nanotechnology Conference
Member, ISO Technical Committee 229 on Nanotechnologies Steering Committee, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developments (OECD) Conference on Potential Environmental Benefits of Nanotechnology Fostering Safe Innovation-Led Growth, Paris, France, 2009
Representative Publications:
Lynn L. Bergeson, Lisa R. Burchi, Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., Kelly N. Garson, Carla N. Hutton, and Todd J. Stedeford, Ph.D., DABT, ERT, ATS, co-authors, Chemical Product Law and Supply Chain Stewardship A Guide to New TSCA, ABA Book Publishing (2025).
Lynn L. Bergeson, Kelly N. Garson, and Lara A. Hall, Testing, Testing, Environmental Forum, March April 2025.
Lynn L. Bergeson, Heather J. Blankinship, Lisa R. Burchi, Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., Kelly N. Garson, Lara A. Hall, Carla N. Hutton, and , co-authors, Guide to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), LexisNexis (2025).
Illustrative Projects:
Among the first U.S. law firms to assist several manufacturers of nanoscale chemical products obtain approval for their innovations under TSCA, and have devised and maintained product stewardship programs in multiple global jurisdictions to manage these nanoscale products effectively.
Among the first law firms judicially to challenge a Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) issued under TSCA Section 5 to eliminate or lessen commercial restrictions placed on the manufacture, processing, and distribution of a new chemical substance.
Assists several biobased chemical manufacturers address difficult TSCA nomenclature and chemical identity issues and devise and implement product stewardship protocols to manage these products with downstream stakeholders.
Assists clients prepare and obtain approvals for chemicals produced by intergeneric microorganisms.