Rakesh Amin is a founding partner at the law firm Amin Talati in Chicago, Illinois. The firm specializes in FDA (Food and Drug Administration), FTC (Federal Trade Commission), Intellectual Property Customs and related health care laws. Mr. Amin is also a registered pharmacist and practicing attorney for close to 20 years in the food and drug and intellectual property (IP) arenas. He primarily counsels food, dietary supplement, drug and cosmetic companies. He also practices heavily in patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. His practice includes ingredient, labeling and advertising reviews to IP searching, procurement, licensing and litigation. He further helps companies draft and negotiate various types of contracts including supplier, distributor, and contract manufacturing and media-related agreements.