Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. Names Two New Directors

Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. is very pleased to announce that Larry K. Houck and Riëtte van Laack, PhD have been named Directors of the firm.  Mr. Houck’s practice area encompasses controlled substances and regulated chemicals as well as state licensing and registration compliance issues.  Mr. Houck worked in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Office of Diversion Control for 15 years as both a Diversion Investigator and as a Coordinator in the Office of Diversion Control’s Liaison and Policy Section prior to joining the firm in 2001. 

Dr. van Laack focuses her practice primarily in the area of food regulation and OTC products.  She also has extensive field experience in the food science and technology industry, working as a researcher abroad and in the United States.  Prior to joining the firm, Dr.. van Laack worked, among other things, as a researcher with the Agricultural Research Service of the USDA and as a professor at the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of Tennessee.