Customs and International Trade Law
|
Customs and International Trade Law |
|
|
|
Home Firm Overview Attorneys Newsletter |
DONALD W. LEWIS, Esq., former Director, Entry Procedures and Penalties Division and Director, Office of Regulations and Rulings at United States Customs Service Headquarters (now Customs and Border Protection), is Of Counsel to the Firm. At Customs Service Headquarters, Mr. Lewis was responsible for the legal and factual analysis, research, review and issuance of Customs Service Headquarters ruling letters, decisions and internal advice requests concerning commercial and penalty issues. Mr. Lewis, after retirement from government service, was the resident partner in the Washington, DC office of a firm concentrating its practice in customs, export and international trade law and, since 1994, maintained a solo practice in Washington, DC. He will continue to practice and consult in customs, export and international trade law with particular emphasis in the areas of enforcement (fines, penalties, forfeitures, liquidated damages and country of origin marking requirements) and on all penalty matters arising under the customs and related laws and regulations of the United States. Mr. Lewis received his Bachelor of Legal Letters degree from Brooklyn Law School and a Bachelors of Arts degree from Queens College of the City University of New York. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and the State of New York and before the U.S. Court of International Trade and The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr Lewis is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association. Philip Yale Simons is a founding partner of the Firm. Born in Everett, MA, he received his J.D. from Seton Hall Law School in 1977. In 1962, he received his A.B. and, in 1963, received an A.M. in Geology from Boston University. In 1967, he earned a Ph.D. degree in Mineralogy/Geochemistry from Pennsylvania State University. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Simons was a research scientist at a major United States chemical company for over ten years. In 1977, Mr. Simons was admitted to the Bar of the State of New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. In 1978, Mr. Simons was admitted the Bar of the State of New York, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District Court and the U.S. Court of International Trade. In 1982, Mr. Simons was admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Prior to forming Simons & Wiskin, Mr. Simons was a partner in two law firm with principal offices in New York specializing in customs and international trade law and representing individual and corporate clients, including multinational corporations, in these areas of the law. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the Customs and International Trade Bar Association. BERNARD J. BABB was born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1953, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. John's University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. After serving in the U.S. Army for two years, Mr. Babb studied at the University's School of Law and received a Juris Doctor degree in 1958. During the following year, he was admitted to practice before the courts of the State of New York. Mr. Babb joined the staff of the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, United States Department of Justice in 1962, as a trial attorney, and later, served as an Assistant Chief of the Civil Division's Customs Section. That office was responsible for representing the United States as a party litigant throughout the country in civil suits involving issues under the U.S. customs, tariff, and international trade laws. In 1977, Mr. Babb became a partner in a law firm with principal offices in New York specializing in customs and international trade law and representing individual and corporate clients, including multinational corporations, in these areas of the law. Currently, he is Of Counsel to the Firm. In addition to admission to the highest court of the State of New York, Mr. Babb is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and the Federal Circuits, the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He was appointed by the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade to its Advisory Committee on the Rules of that Court. He was also appointed by the President of the American Bar Association to the ABA's Standing Committee on Customs Law. He is a member of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association and served on its Board of Directors, chairing a number of the Association's committees. Mr. Babb was a consultant to the International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, in connection with the negotiation of the Valuation Code in the Tokyo Round, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and enacted into U.S. law in the Trade Agreements Act of 1979. He also served for a number of years as an adjunct professor of law at the St. John's University School of Law. Mr. Babb is the recipient of St. John's University Piétas Medal, one of the highest honors conferred by the University. Patrick C. Reed is Of Counsel to the Firm and his practice concentrates on U.S. customs, international trade, and import-export laws, including international trade agreements such as the World Trade Organization agreements and the North American Free Trade Agreement, as well as commercial litigation arising from international business transactions. He is admitted to the bars of the State of New York, the District of Columbia, the United States Court of International Trade, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Reed received a J.D. degree from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar and articles editor of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. He received a Ph.D. in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, with concentrations in international law and international economic relations. He also holds an M.A.L.D. degree from The Fletcher School; an B.A. with high distinction from Indiana University; and an advanced diploma in French studies (D.S.E.F. (3e Degré)) from the University of Strasbourg, France. Mr. Reed is author of a treatise on customs and international trade litigation, The Role of Federal Courts in U.S. Customs and International Trade Law (Oceana Publications 1997) (quoted in United States v. Haggar Apparel Co., 526 U.S. 380, 393 (1999)), as well as a number of articles and other papers on customs and international trade law. Mr. Reed currently serves as President of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association (CITBA), the nationwide bar association representing the interests and concerns of lawyers practicing customs and international trade law. He also serves on the United States Court of International Trade’s working group on legislation to expand the Court’s jurisdiction. He is a member of the American Bar Association (Section of International Law and Section of Administrative and Regulatory Law) and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (former chair, Committee on International Trade) and is an adjunct professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs. |
| Copyright © 2010 Simons & Wiskin |