Al provides advice to a variety of life sciences and health care clients on legislative, regulatory and corporate matters. The focus of Al’s practice is FDA regulation of pharmaceuticals, biologicals and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, with special emphasis on issues related to advertising and promotion. He also counsels his life sciences clients on compliance with health care fraud and abuse laws and health information privacy laws. Al provides legal and strategic advice on competitive issues related to product life cycle management. In recent years, Al has taken a lead role in numerous internal and government compliance investigations.

From 1987 to 1991, Al was Counsel to the Subcommittee on Labor of the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Prior to that, he was in private practice focusing on tort liability and administrative law, including extensive work with the special settlement master in the Agent Orange class action litigation.

For nearly 10 years, Al was an adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School, where he taught a course on legislative interpretation.