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Adriana Zimova, JD, MPA, joined Marler Clark as a Litigation Attorney in October 2025.  Adriana earned her JD from Harvard Law School, cum laude, and her MPA in International Development from Harvard Kennedy School.

Following graduation from law school, Adriana joined Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in Washington, DC, where she represented multi-national corporations in litigation and antitrust matters.  She later worked as a racial justice advocate, authoring a report for the Open Society Justice Initiative titled, Strategic Litigation Impacts: Roma School Desegregation, and co-directing a short advocacy video, Teaching Racism.  Adriana grew passionate about the intersection of food and public health during the time focused on her family.  Prior to joining Marler Clark, Adriana consulted on a potential high-impact public health litigation and co-authored a study on policies that regulate non-sugar sweeteners.

While at law school, Adriana served as a research assistant to Martha Minow, a former Dean of Harvard Law School, and was active on the International Law Journal and with the Harvard Human Rights Program.  She was also the recipient of the Dean's Scholar Prize in three subjects.

In 2012, Adriana was named one of Forbes 30 under 30 in Law & Policy.

Adriana was born in rural Slovakia.  She now resides on Bainbridge Island, WA, with her husband and two children.

Multistate Outbreak Of Infant Botulism Linked To Infant Formula

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health officials in several states, including at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), are investigating a multistate outbreak of infant botulism linked to ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula.

Botulism is a rare but serious illness caused

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating a report of hepatitis A virus infection in an employee of Tam O’Shanter Restaurant at 2980 Los Feliz Boulevard in the City of Los Angeles. No additional cases have been identified, and the investigation is ongoing.

Possible Exposures and Vaccine to Reduce Risk

Because the

Vanguard Enterprises, LLC. DBA Bedrock MFG of Boise, Idaho is recalling Monarch Premium Kratom brand Bali Gold, Red Bali, Green Maeng Da, and White Elephant powder because product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and

New Hoque & Sons Inc. of Maspeth, NY, is recalling its packages of “Dry Ghoinnya Fish” because the product was found to be uneviscerated.

The recalled “Dry Ghoinnya Fish” were distributed nationwide in retail stores. The product comes in a 10-12 pound, clear plastic package marked with an expiration date of 5/19/25 stamped on the

Oregon Health Authority has confirmed that an Oregon resident is one of three people who tested positive for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O103 infection after consuming unpasteurized aged cheese produced by Twin Sisters Creamery Farmhouse in Washington state.  

Samples of leftover cheese obtained from the Oregon resident were tested at a laboratory, which