Herbert Estreicher, Ph.D. joined Keller and Heckman in 2003. He has a broad practice in international environmental regulatory law.
Dr. Estreicher has an interdisciplinary approach combining law and science. He represents leading manufacturers of chemicals, pesticides, insect repellents, food additives, and consumer products before Federal and State regulatory agencies.
Dr. Estreicher provides advice on product liability risk control and assists clients with crisis management for embattled products, including chlorinated pesticides, wood preservatives, dioxins, and persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemicals. He helps clients secure and maintain chemical approvals and pesticide registrations in Canada and Europe, advises clients on responding to the CEPA challenge program, and provides advice on European chemical directives and initiatives, such as the European Union (EU) Marketing and Use Directive, the EU Biocidal Products Directive, and the EU Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) regulation. Dr. Estreicher also represents clients in the negotiation and development of various international environmental instruments governing persistent organic pollutants (POPs), has been actively involved in the Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy, and has participated in the Canadian Strategic Options Process (SOP). He is actively engaged in the areas of TSCA Reform and the California Green Chemistry Initiative. His extensive background in organic chemistry, risk assessment and bioengineering is valued highly by clients in the chemical, nanotechnology, and biotechnology industries.
Dr. Estreicher has organized conferences on global PBT regulation, the dioxin reassessment, and the regulation of antimicrobial compounds, children's health, endocrine disruption, and high production volume (HPV) chemicals testing programs.
While in law school, he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served on the New York University Law Review. He also served as a law clerk for Judge Daniel M. Friedman on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from 1988-1989. Prior to his legal career, he was a senior research chemist and technical project leader for Shell Chemical Company.
Memberships
Vice Chair, American Bar Association (ABA) Committee on Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know; past chair, ABA Committee on Environmental Law and Public Health
News, Events & Articles
News
Dec 02, 2011, Azim Chowdhury edits FDLI's "Tobacco Regulation and Compliance: An Essential Resource" publication
Oct 18, 2011, Commission Adopts Recommendation on Definition of a Nanomaterial
Oct 05, 2011, Partner Herb Estreicher To Present at the Society of Chemical Hazard Communication (SCHC) Fall Meeting
Jun 07, 2011, Partner Herb Estreicher to Speak on Topics of Emerging Chemical Regulation in North America and Asia-Pacfic Region
May 12, 2011, Partner Herb Estreicher and Scientist Mark Boelens to Present U.S. Commercial Service to the EU REACH Webinar
Apr 20, 2011, Partner Herb Estreicher to Present REACH Around the World Webinar
Apr 12, 2011, Partner Herb Estreicher to Speak on TSCA Reform at REACH USA 2011 Conference
Mar 24, 2011, Partner Herb Estreicher to Speak on REACH Outside Europe
Mar 17, 2011, Herb Estreicher to Present on Korean REACH at ANSI Chemicals Teleconference
Mar 14, 2011, Herb Estreicher to Present on Korean REACH Proposed Legislation at USCIB Meeting
Mar 01, 2011, Partner Herb Estreicher Quoted in Law360 Article on Chemical Regulation
Apr 30, 2010, TSCA Reform Update: Keller and Heckman LLP Hosts Webinar on TSCA REFORM
Mar 26, 2010, Partner Herb Estreicher to Speak on the Issue of REACH Reform at the GlobalChem 2010 Conference
Jul 09, 2008, Are You Ready For REACH?
Events
Jun 28, 2012, Register Today for a Webinar: The Substitution Principle Comes to California -- Learning from the EU Experience - June 28, 2012
Jun 26, 2012, Register Today for a Webinar: Managing the REACH Authorization Process - June 26, 2012
Jan 23, 2012, Register Today: Selected Topics on REACH and the Biocidal Products Directive for U.S. Companies Webinar
Oct 24, 2011, Register Today! - Chemical Control Law Seminar - October 24-26, 2011
May 17, 2011, REACH Authorisation Seminar: Application Process in Practice - Legal and Scientific Challenges
Feb 22, 2011, Register Today: Preparing for the Turkish Regulation on the Inventory and Control of Chemicals Webinar
Mar 29, 2010, 2010 GlobalChem Conference and Expo
Mar 23, 2010, Beyond the Lead Registrant Obligations Webinar: Learn about your individual company obligations under REACH
Nov 13, 2009, SCMChem 2009
Oct 15, 2009, RadTech Europe 2009
Oct 13, 2009, Register Today for The REACH Around the World Webinar
Sep 24, 2009, Register Today for The Candidate List of SVHCs and Beyond Webinar
Jun 25, 2009, RAPRA REACH Europe 2009 Conference
May 29, 2009, REACH Post-Pre-Registration Update for U.S. Companies Webinar
May 26, 2009, The New EU Classification, Labeling and Packaging Regulation Webinar -- What U.S. Companies Need to Know
Apr 16, 2009, California Green Chemistry Webinar
Apr 15, 2009, ISSA 2009 Legislative and Regulatory Forum
Apr 06, 2009, 2009 GlobalChem Conference and Exhibition
Apr 02, 2009, TSCA Reform Legislation: The New Administration and Impacts on Nanotechnology and Small Business
Mar 26, 2009, Keller and Heckman Presents: The New EU Classification, Labeling and Packaging Regulation - The GHS Finally Arrives - Brussels, Belgium
Sep 30, 2008, Advanced REACH Course - Brussels, Belgium
Sep 23, 2008, Advanced Chemical Control Course: Managing a Shifting Regulatory Climate - Washington, D.C.
Sep 23, 2008, U.S. Advanced REACH - Washington, D.C.
Jun 01, 2008, Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. Reach Seminar
May 01, 2008, ORC Worldwide Lawyers Group Presentation on REACH
Apr 01, 2008, Association of Nonwoven Fabric Industry (INDA) REACH Workshop
Apr 01, 2008, SBA Environmental Roundtable
Apr 01, 2008, RAPRA REACH 2008
Oct 23, 2007, A Practical Primer on Pesticides
Sep 25, 2007, CSPA 4th Annual International Affairs Conference
Sep 18, 2007, Advanced Chemical Control Law Seminar: Hot Topics Here and Abroad
Sep 18, 2007, Getting Ready for Pre-registration and Registration under REACH
Mar 07, 2007, GlobalChem 2007
, Register Today: Selected Topics on REACH and the Biocidal Products Directive for U.S. Companies Webinar
Articles
May 15, 2012, Low Risk Biocides Get a New Lease on Life Under the Biocidal Products Regulation
May 15, 2012, New Biocidal Products Regulation Expands the Role of the ECHA Board of Appeals
May 02, 2012, REACH Enforcement Forum Clarifies Late Pre-registration Under REACH
Mar 02, 2012, Client Alert: EPA Identifies 7 Initial Work Plan Chemicals for 2012 Risk Assessment
Jul 25, 2011, Top Science, Trade, and Regulatory Advisors Set the Tone for Securing US Lead in Nanotechnology Regulation and Take Aim at EPA Pesticide Office Proposal
Apr 26, 2011, Report from the Chemical Heritage Society's Public Dialogue on TSCA's Roots
Apr 15, 2011, Safe Chemicals Act of 2011: The Official Start of TSCA Reform Efforts in the New Congress
Mar 23, 2011, Lower Expectations for TSCA Reauthorization in 2011
Mar 22, 2011, REACH Alert: June 1, 2011- the Other Looming REACH Deadline
Mar 11, 2011, The Constantly Pending PMN: Low Volume Exemption Applications Are Living Documents
Feb 28, 2011, Environmental Alert: Korean REACH-Like Proposal Released for Public Comment
Feb 08, 2011, REACH Alert: Tips to Securing European Markets - Avoiding Annex XIV Listing Under REACH
Feb 07, 2011, REACH Alert: How Are Candidate List Substances Prioritized for Authorisation?
Feb 07, 2011, REACH Alert: Europe Gears Up to Attack High Risk Substances
Feb 03, 2011, Pesticides Alert: Reckitt Benckiser Wins Battle With EPA
Jan 31, 2011, Environmental Alert: Korea Proposes "REACH-SMART"
Jan 11, 2011, Jan. 31: Notification Deadline under TSCA Polymer Exemption
Sep 29, 2010, Proposed EU Biocidal Products Regulation
Sep 22, 2010, Time to Prepare for the Turkish Regulation on the Inventory and Control of Chemicals
Sep 20, 2010, Environmental Business Alert: End-of-Year Deadline to Nominate Existing Chemicals for Taiwan Inventory Nears
Aug 11, 2010, EPA Proposing to Amend TSCA Inventory Update Rule
Aug 06, 2010, Nanotechnology Defined
Apr 15, 2010, "TSCA Reform" Legislation Introduced in Senate, Companion "Discussion Draft" Released in House
Mar 30, 2010, Is Your Company Getting Ready for 1st June 2011- the Other Looming REACH Deadline?
Mar 24, 2010, Revision of EU Toy Directive (Directive 2009/48/EC)
Mar 15, 2010, How to Contest an Adverse Decision of the European Chemicals Agency Concerning your Substances in the EU?
Feb 01, 2010, New EU Biocidal Products Regulation including New Requirements for Food Contact Materials and Treated Articles likely to be adopted in 2010
Jan 06, 2010, EPA Issues Eleventh Hour "Action Plans" for Classes of Chemicals
Jul 29, 2009, Clarification of the Deadline for Notifications to the Classification and Labelling Inventory
Jul 20, 2009, Turkey Adopts a "REACH-like" Chemical Legislation
Apr 15, 2009, Nanomaterials and REACH: "No Data, No Market" Rule to Apply to Nanomaterials
Mar 18, 2009, Notification for the Classification and Labeling Inventory - A Major CLP Deadline Looming in the Background
Mar 17, 2009, The Case Before The European Court of Justice on Registration of Monomers in Polymers Under REACH
Mar 17, 2009, REACH ENFORCEMENT OF IMPORTED GOODS
Feb 04, 2009, THE PRE-SIEF PROCESS UNDER REACH
Jan 16, 2009, TSCA Inventory Needs to be Sustained, Not Depleted
Jan 13, 2009, Where Will the Next Candidate SVHCs Come From?
Jan 05, 2009, New EPA Program to Assess Inorganic HPV Chemicals
Jul 21, 2008, The Keller and Heckman LLP List of Ten Little Known Facts About REACH Pre-Registration and Registration That You Should Know
Jun 26, 2008, Keller and Heckman LLP Can Help Exporters Secure their EU Supply Chain under REACH
Apr 09, 2008, Concern Mounts Over REACH or Rules
Feb 13, 2008, Keller and Heckman LLP Offers Trustee Services for Pre-Sief Discussions
Jan 14, 2008, Strategic Organization for REACH Consortia
Jan 10, 2008, U.S. Companies Face Key Supply Questions with the Approach of the EU REACH Chemical Registration Program
Aug 21, 2007, US, Canada, Mexico Join Forces for Chemicals Management
Jul 23, 2007, Using OECD HPV Data to Support REACH Submissions
Jun 06, 2007, REACH Is Here: Are You Ready?
Jan 11, 2007, Europe's New Chemicals Legislation -- "REACH" -- To Take Effect June 1
Dec 28, 2006, Characterizing Chemicals in Commerce: Using HPV Chemical Data
Nov 15, 2006, Environmental Business Alert
Apr 19, 2006, Science Advisory Board Panel Considers EPI Suite Model Applicability and Need for Revisions
Apr 19, 2006, Green Chemistry in California: A Framework for Leadership in Chemicals Policy and Innovation
Aug 10, 2005, Pesticide Alert August 2005
May 25, 2005, Biotechnology/Nanotechnology Alert
Mar 03, 2004, Environmental Alert (March 3, 2004)
Oct 06, 2003, Advanced TSCA Concepts and Training: The Law and the Science; Seminar Manual