Kristin McGaver Sikora is an experienced adviser and litigator. While Kristin has a broad range of experience across many industries, her practice primarily focuses on advising and representing manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers of consumer and industrial products in all areas of their business. Kristin is the Vice Chair of the Consumer Products area of focus in Foley’s Manufacturing Sector.

Consumer Product Safety, Compliance, and Regulation

Kristin counsels companies of all sizes and at all stages of the product life cycle. Kristin works with clients to design and implement forward-looking compliance programs to enhance consumer safety, customer loyalty, and goodwill in the marketplace. Kristin’s proactive approach prepares clients to calmly and efficiently manage consumer product safety issues when they occur. Kristin counsels clients on applicable regulations, product testing, certification (including coordinating with third-party testing laboratories), good manufacturing practices, building and maintaining robust product safety and regulatory compliance programs, supply chain protocols, and reporting requirements. Kristin also helps clients to develop compliant marketing plans and labeling strategies, including with respect to advertising claims and materials, labels on products and packaging, instruction manuals, and warnings. Kristin has extensive experience in matters involving the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Health Canada, and state attorneys general offices. In this capacity, Kristin represents companies in negotiating and executing product recalls, remediation planning, responding to consumer protection claims, regulatory investigations, and negotiating civil penalty agreements. Kristin also regularly assesses regulatory compliance for due diligence and deal purposes.

Consumer Product Litigation

Kristin has experience defending companies in a range of complex litigation matters, including litigation that accompanies a product recall like product liability and class action matters. Kristin represents clients in contract disputes, distribution and franchise matters, intellectual property disputes, and antitrust litigation in federal and state court and in arbitration. Kristin also has experience conducting internal investigations and representing clients in connection with government/regulatory investigations and enforcement actions.

Prior to joining Foley, Kristin was a law clerk for the Honorable Harry D. Leinenweber, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.