Stefanie Fogel, co-chair of DLA Piper’s Food and Beverage sector, was named “Leader of the Year” by Women in Agribusiness. Fogel was honored at the Fifth Annual Women in Agribusiness Summit, September 27-29 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

Fogel was recognized for her efforts to help expand and diversify the offerings of women’s initiatives within DLA Piper. She is co-founder of  the firm’s Leadership Alliance for Women Program, an initiative launched to help retain and develop women lawyers in the firm’s global environment.

In her practice, Fogel focuses on multi-national food and consumer product regulation and compliance, food and consumer product recall response, corporate compliance, and commercial, class action and multi-plaintiff litigation. She represents national and international manufacturers of foods and dietary supplements, retail clothing, manufacturing equipment, chemical products, bio-technology detection devices and a variety of consumer products.