260 CALIFORNIA ST., STE 700
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TELEPHONE: (415) 362-1215 / FAX: (415) 362-1494
Legal Services for the Alcoholic Beverage, Hospitality and Cannabis Industries
Barbara Snider
Senior Counsel
bsnider@beveragelaw.com
Tel: 415-362-1215 ext. 118
Fax: 415-362-1494
Barbara has broad experience as a regulatory, business and litigation attorney. She practiced at Cooper, White & Cooper LLP in San Francisco and as in-house Associate General Counsel for what is now known as Frontier Communications, a NYSE communications company, with responsibility for all legal affairs for six Western states. Barbara also successfully argued several California Appellate cases and testified before the California legislature on regulatory issues. Barbara now works with the partners at Hinman & Carmichael in all aspects of beverage law.
Barbara and her husband developed their first vineyard in Knights Valley, Calistoga and later, a high altitude mountain vineyard in the Red Hills Lake County. They produced award-winning wine under their Fortress Vineyards brand which they have now sold. Barbara handled all legal, regulatory, compliance and marketing matters for the vineyards and wine brand. Prior to becoming an attorney, Barbara taught Comparative Governments and International Politics at Golden Gate University in San Francisco.
ADMISSIONS
- 1987: California, and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.
- Pro Hac Vice Admissions: Nevada.
EDUCATION
University of California, Davis: B.A. and M.A. Comparative Governments and International Relations.
University of California, Hastings College of the Law: J.D.
COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL INVOLVMENT
Memberships: The Edward J. McFetridge Inn of Court (San Francisco), Sonoma County Winegrowers , Lake County Winegrowers, Women for WineSense, Conference of California Public Utility Counsel.
Community Involvement: Chairperson, City of Larkspur Design Review Committee; President of St. Patrick’s School Board, President of Homeowners’ Associations.
BLOG POSTS
PUBLICATIONS
Wine Business Monthly
By Barbara Snider
July 2020
Quoted in Forbes (online) article, “The Americans With Disability Act of 1990 Poses Legal Challenge for Winery Websites Today,” May 10, 2019.
FDA Agents Increase Number of Surprise Inspections at Wineries
Wine Business Monthly
By Barbara Snider
December 2017
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We are committed to rational regulation and, even though we occasionally criticize the regulators for overzealous enforcement of vague regulations, we nonetheless well understand that agency discretion is limited by the enabling regulations. Today we are encouraging the TTB to exercise their discretion (via the rule-making process) and authorize wine in a 250 ml can – the most popular size for single serve wine in use in the world today. Not a day goes by that doesn’t surface a success story about marketing wine in a can.