Legally Chocolate ─ A Confection of Coca in the Courts

This book is intended for anyone that has a passion for chocolate and an interest in law, a passion for law and an interest in chocolate, or a passion and interest for both. Although some commentaries and quotes in this book are written “tongue in cheek,” the case citations and references are authentic, interesting, and in some way related to chocolate. Each chapter focuses on interesting legal cases or regulations, and the chapters are enhanced with historic, scientific, and very interesting “Chocolate Pearls” along the way.

John J. Okray is the Managing Director of Operations at Cornell University, Endowment Arm. He is the Chair of the Health Law Section of the Federal Bar Association, and was previously the Chair of the Corporate and Association Counsel Division. Mr. Okray holds the Certified Regulatory and Compliance Professional and the Governance Risk Compliance Professional designations. He also has a J.D. and M.B.A. from Suffolk University, an LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University School of Law, and a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts Boston.


Dr. Raymund King is the principal and founder of the Law Offices of Raymund C. King, MD, JD, PLLC, in Plano, TX. He has been featured in Forbes magazine “Texas Legal Profiles,” and one of Fortune magazine's “America's Premier Lawyers” as well as a Texas Super Lawyer “Rising Star” in Healthcare Law, Dr. King represents a broad spectrum of clients in the corporate and health care arena. His law firm represents physicians, medical and dental groups, as well as ambulatory surgical center operators, developers, and other corporate clients in health care law, corporate transactional law, asset sales and purchases, mergers and acquisitions, healthcare regulatory compliance, commercial and health care real estate development , ambulatory surgical center development, corporate maintenance, and healthcare litigation support.