Overview
(December 21, 2023, Washington, DC) – Steptoe partner, and co-chair of the Chemical, Environmental, and Life Sciences practice group, Joan Baughan has been named Health and Safety Lawyer of the Year in Lawyer Monthly’s 2023 Women in Law Award Winners Edition. The awards celebrate the outstanding achievements and dedication of female legal professionals who are shaping the future of law and blazing trails for future generations.
The honorees, encapsulate the innovation, leadership, and excellence that the Women in Law Awards seek to acknowledge. They have significantly influenced not just their practice areas but also the wider community, inspiring the next generation of women to chase their legal ambitions with fervor and determination.
Joan is co-chair of Steptoe’s Chemical, Environmental, and Life Sciences practice group, and heads up Steptoe’s global food and drug law practice. With a focus on US Food and Drug Administration and comparable international regulation of food, food contact materials, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices, Joan helps clients establish regulatory compliance for their products globally, performs compliance audits and training seminars, and represents companies and trade associations before US agencies and their international counterparts. Joan’s distinctive legal and scientific background enhance the breadth of her capabilities.
Read Joan’s complete profile at Lawyer Monthly.
About Steptoe
In more than 110 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and other professional staff across offices in Beijing, Brussels, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. For more information, visit www.steptoe.com.
The diversity of the firm is a critical factor in its success. The firm’s Chair is a woman; the majority of the firm’s elected executive committee is female; the majority of Steptoe's nine offices are managed by women; and the majority of Steptoe’s practice groups have women as leaders. The firm's six-person professional business services leadership is equally diverse, with two women of color, and other leaders who openly identify as LGBTQ+.
