John B. O’Loughlin, Jr., is counsel with the firm’s Litigation Department and is resident in the Washington DC, office. His practice is devoted to product safety and environmental law.
Mr. O’Loughlin advises clients on a wide range of environmental, safety and health (ES&H) regulatory requirements and represents corporations in litigation and in administrative proceedings before regulatory agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). He also counsels clients on how to minimize and allocate ES&H risks in mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions.
Mr. O’Loughlin is admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia. He was educated at Towson University and Richmond University in London. He holds an M.A. from Boston University’s international relations program in Brussels (1985) and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law (1996), where he was a member of the moot court board and served as associate editor of the Maryland Law Review. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mr. O’Loughlin was a national security consultant for the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy.