Lindsey Zahn P.C.
Founded in 2021
Specifically tailored to meet the legal needs of growing alcohol beverage and food business.
Lindsey Zahn P.C.
Vision
The firm understands how difficult it can be to operate in the food and alcohol space. Every company — from the start-up just entering the market to the multinational looking to stay current with new rules and regulations — will struggle to do business in these controlled environments.
At Lindsey Zahn P.C., our goals are your goals. Let us put years of experience in the alcohol and food industry to work for you. As your partner, the firm will leverage its familiarity with agencies like the TTB and FDA and advocate on your behalf. The firm will work with you to navigate the multi-jurisdictional rules and regulations as you grow your business.
Managing Partner
Lindsey A. Zahn, Esq.
Founder & Managing Partner
Lindsey A. Zahn is the Founder and Managing Partner of Lindsey Zahn P.C.
Prior to forming Lindsey Zahn P.C., Lindsey practiced at a boutique food and beverage law firm, where she was Head of the firm’s State & FDA Compliance Practice Groups. Representing hundreds of clients from small start-ups to publicly traded multinationals, Lindsey has counseled domestic and international wine, beer, cider, mead, spirits, and food suppliers and producers, importers, bottlers, copackers, custom crush facilities, wholesalers, and interested third parties. She has advised on federal and state regulatory compliance issues (TTB, FDA, etc.), mergers and acquisitions, trademark, permitting and licensing, social media advertising, tied house and franchise law, and general contract matters, among many other subjects.
Lindsey is also the author of On Reserve, a leading industry blog twice named one of the top 100 legal blogs by the American Bar Association Journal. She has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, cited by law review articles, and featured on major industry websites, including Wine Business and Wine Industry Insight. Her writing has appeared in The Cornell International Law Journal Online and Journal of Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems. She authored a chapter in a recent Thomson Reuters Westlaw publication titled Wine and Beer Law, in addition to a chapter in Wine Law and Policy: From National Terroirs to a Global Market and a chapter in Vitivinicoles et Appellations d’Origine: Conflicts, Mimétismes et Nouveaux Paradigmes.
She has also served as an adjunct instructor for the Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne School of Law’s Wine & Law Program, a summer intensive for industry professionals, a featured presenter for various Continuing Legal Education classes on wine and alcohol law, and is a Scientific Board Member of Jus Vini, The Journal of Wine & Spirits Law.
In her spare time, Lindsey enjoys visiting craft producers and the great wine regions of the world, including Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont, Chianti, Champagne, Provence, Tuscany, the Douro Valley, Napa, Sonoma, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and the Finger Lakes, among countless others. She lives in Westchester County with her husband and enjoys pilates, yoga, gardening, golf, horseback riding, wine tasting, cooking, and traveling.
Education
B.S., Cornell University
J.D., Brooklyn Law School
University Diploma, Université de Reims, Diploma in Transnational Wine Trade Law
Bar Admission
New York
Publications
L. Zahn, Modernizing Alcohol Taxes in the United States: Disclosing Changes, Pitfalls, and Benefits, Jus Vini, The Journal of Wine & Spirits Law (Revue de droit du vin et des spiritueux), June 2018.
Lindsey A. Zahn, Esq., Starting a New Winery? Top Ten Questions You Should Ask, The Grapevine Magazine, July 2016–Aug. 2016, at 4.
Lindsey A. Zahn, Esq., Home is Where the Beer & Wine Are, Hudson Valley Wine Magazine, Spring 2016.
Lindsey A. Zahn, Esq., The Truth Behind American Viticultural Areas, The Grapevine Magazine, May 2016–June. 2016, at 4.
Lindsey A. Zahn, Esq., The Guidance You Can’t Skip: Shelf Plans, Shelf Schematics and Tied House Laws, The Grapevine Magazine, March 2016–April. 2016, at 4.
Lindsey A. Zahn, Esq., What’s In a Name? The Importance of Grape Varieties in American Wines, The Grapevine Magazine, Jan. 2016–Feb. 2016, at 4.
Lindsey A. Zahn, Esq., Owning a Wine Brand: Alternatives to Investing in a Traditional Winery Model and Their Legal Implications, The Grapevine Magazine, Nov. 2015–Dec. 2015.
Lindsey A. Zahn, Esq., Label Lawsuit Lessons, Vineyard & Winery Management (October 2015).
Lindsey A. Zahn, Esq., Legal Tastings: From Farm to Glass: The Cultivation of New York Wines, Beers, and Spirits, Hudson Valley Wine Magazine, Fall 2015.
Lindsey A. Zahn, Tweets, Hashtags, Likes—And Booze, Beverage Master, Aug. 2015–Sept. 2015,, at 4.
Lindsey A. Zahn, Esq., Legal Tastings: The Ingredients in New York’s Craft Beverage Law, Hudson Valley Wine Magazine, Summer 2015.
Lindsey A. Zahn, When FDA Takes Control: What Alcohol Beverage Companies Need to Know About the FDA, Beverage Master, Dec. 2014–Jan. 2015, at 5.
Lindsey Zahn, No Wine-ing: The Story of Wine Companies and Trademark in China, 1 Cornell Int’l L. J. Online 58 (2013), available at http://cornellilj.org/no-wine-ing-trademark-in-china/.
Lindsey A. Zahn, Note, Australia Corked Its Champagne and So Should We: Enforcing Stricter Protections for Semi-Generic Wines in the United States, 21 Transnat’l L. & Contemp. Probs. 477 (2012), available at SSRN.
Zahn, L. & Sturman, M. C. “Forty Hours Doesn’t Work for Everyone: Examining Employee Preferences for Work Hours.” Center for Hospitality Research Report, November 2008.
Books
Lindsey A. Zahn, Esq., Australia Corked Its Champagne and So Should We: Enforcing Stricter Protections for Semi-Generic Wines in the United States, reprinted in International Wine Law (November 2020).
Lindsey A. Zahn, Esq., Geographical Indications and Trademarks for Wines and Spirits in the United States, Vitivinicoles et Appellations d’Origine: Conflicts, Mimétismes et Nouveaux Paradigmes (July 2019).
Lindsey A. Zahn, Esq., Navigating the Challenges of a Regulated Industry, Wine and Beer Law, Thomson Reuters Westlaw (February 2016).
Speaking Engagements
Formula Wines: Enology & Regulatory Issues, Winery Expo, March 2019 in Syracuse, New York.
Federal Compliance Update for Wineries, Eastern Winery Expo, March 2018, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
ABA Women Rainmakers, Building Your Practice Through Blogging and Podcasting, June 2017.
Cider Week: So You Want to Start Your Own Cidery: Part 1, Hosted by Wassail, October 2016 (New York, New York).
Beer, Wine & Distilled Spirits Law: Federal Regulation 101 [2016 Edition], myLawCLE, September 2016 (Dallas, Texas).
Introduction to Wine Law, Lawline, May 2016.
Legal Marketing Launch (Podcast) Episode 132: Lessons from Marketing a Wine and Beverage Law Practice, July 2016 (filmed in February 2016).
Winery, Brewery, and Distillery Law, myLawCLE, July 2015 (Miami).
International Comparative Law: The Business of Wine (Guest Speaker), Charlotte School of Law, June 2015.
Winery and Vineyard Law, National Business Institute, October 2014.
Intro to Wine Law, Rosenfarb LLC, September 2014 (New York).
International Comparative Law: The Business of Wine (Guest Speaker), Charlotte School of Law, June 2014.
The Society of Wine & Jurisprudence, Cornell Law School, April 2014.
Faculty Membership
Wine & Law Program, Summer 2017, University of Reims.
Wine & Law Program, Summer 2015, University of Reims.