James William (“Will”) Woodlee is a partner who joined the firm in 2010. His practice focuses primarily on counseling and advocating on behalf of food, dietary supplement, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, medical device, tobacco, cannabis/hemp, and consumer product companies on regulatory and advertising law matters.
Will also currently serves as general counsel to the National Association of Tobacco Outlets, the national trade association of the tobacco industry.
Will has previously served on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Food and Drug Law Journal, the Food and Drug Law Institute’s (FDLI’s) Food, Dietary Supplements, and Cosmetics Committee, and the Editorial Advisory Board of FDLI’s Update magazine. He frequently writes and speaks about the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, and he served as editor for FDLI’s The Food Safety Modernization Act: A Comprehensive, Practical Guide to the Landmark Legislation.
Will was included in the 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 editions of Best Lawyers in America under the “FDA Law” category and, in 2025, under the “Administrative / Regulatory Law” category. For 2015-2021, Super Lawyers named Will a “Rising Star” of the Washington, DC, metro area’s “Food & Drugs” bar.