LieAnn Tru Van-Tull

LieAnn Tru Van-Tull: Attorney with Keller and Heckman LLP

Biography

LieAnn Van-Tull practices food and drug law with an emphasis on food and drug packaging regulation and tobacco and e-vapor regulation. She advises domestic and foreign clients regarding compliance with global food and drug packaging requirements.

LieAnn assists companies in obtaining food contact clearances for their products in the United States (U.S.), Canada, China, South America, as well as the European Union (EU) and its individual Member States. She also provides guidance to clients on ways to establish a suitable regulatory status for products for which explicit premarket approval is not necessary.

In addition, LieAnn advises foreign and domestic clients on tobacco and e-vapor regulation by providing state and federal legislative counsel to tobacco and e-vapor suppliers, retailers, distributors, and manufacturers. She also counsels clients on approaches to establishing clearances for tobacco products marketed in the U.S.

Prior to joining Keller and Heckman, LieAnn served as regulatory counsel for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where she was a member of the lead counsel team on enforcement actions against companies that produce electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). She also developed policies and programs involving matters affecting the regulation of the tobacco industry. Her experience at FDA allows LieAnn to assist Keller and Heckman partners in sorting through the complex and ever-changing e-vapor and tobacco regulations and explain them clearly and effectively to clients.

(Admitted to practice in Maryland only. Practice limited to matters before the FDA and matters ancillary thereto.)

Awards

•President's Volunteer Service Award, Gold Level, 2024
•National Conference of Bar Presidents (NCBP) Diversity Scholar, 2023 - 2024
•National Bar Association (NBA) 40 Under 40 Nation's Best Advocates, 2023

Insights & In the News

Food & Chemicals Unpacked: Blowing Smoke: FDA’s Evolving Regulation of Tobacco and Nicoti...

10.25.2022
Podcast

FDA Denies Authorization to Market JUUL ENDS Products; Company Intends to Seek Stay of th...

06.24.2022
Blog: Continuum of Risk

FDA Authorizes Tobacco-Flavored Logic Technology Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (END...

04.08.2022
Blog: Continuum of Risk

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Best Law Firms Features Keller and Heckman in 2026 Edition

Press Release
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Areas of Practice (7)

  • Food and Drug
  • Food and Drug Packaging
  • Consumer Products and Retail
  • Food & Life Sciences
  • Packaging
  • Tobacco and E-Vapor
  • Trade Associations

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of Maryland Baltimore County, B.S., 2006; University of Maryland, College Park, M.S., 2003
Law School Attended:
George Washington University Law School, LL.M., 2018; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 2014
Year of First Admission:
2014
Admission:
2014, Maryland
Memberships:

Memberships

•Washington Bar Association (WBA), Committee Member, 2018 - 2019 Term; Membership Chair, 2019 - 2020 Term; Secretary, 2021 - 2022 Term; President-Elect, 2022 - 2023 Term; President, 2023 - 2024 Term
•Food & Drug Law Institute (FDLI), 2025 Tobacco and Nicotine Products Committee
•National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)

Reported Cases:
Representative Matters: Provided regulatory guidance regarding food contact legislation across multiple jurisdictions for multinational food packaging companies; Advised clients regarding tobacco and e-vapor regulation as it relates to the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Counseled clients on securing a suitable regulatory status for food contact materials marketed in the U.S. and EU
ISLN:
924166042

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