Resume

International Trade Experience     
Private Practice                                               7/2009 – present

• Founded private antidumping and countervailing duty law practice and built international legal network 
• Coordinate teams (lawyers, economists, accountants, analysts) to defend foreign producers and exporters in U.S. antidumping, countervailing duty, and Injury proceedings
• Submit briefs and present oral arguments before U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)
• Submit briefs and present arguments in hearings before the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Commerce

 
Office of Chief Counsel for Import Administration, Washington, D.C. 12/2005 – 7/2009

• Drafted briefs & motions in 14 CIT cases, 2 CAFC cases, and 5 WTO cases
• Counseled agency in 4 investigations and dozens of reviews
• Co-organized & presented in IMF forum about U.S. antidumping and countervialing duty law for Latin American government officials and private attorneys
• Advised agency in relation to Byrd Amendment, Japan-US Regulatory Commission, OTEXA US-Chile and US-Peru trade provisions
• 2007 Attorney of the Year

 
Law Clerk, U.S. Court of International Trade, New York, NY                                10/2003-9/2005

• Researched law and prepared legal memoranda

Academics
J.D., cum laude, J. Reuben Clark Law School                                                                                             2000

• Vis and Jessup international moot court teams
• 1L Summer with Lima, Peru law firm, La Hoz, De La Flor, García Montúfar

 
B.A., Economics, Brigham Young University                                                                                           1996

• Semester abroad, Jerusalem, Israel
• BYU Lacrosse

  
Teaching, Presentations & Publications

• Adjunct Professor of Law, International Trade Law (focusing exclusively on WTO law), Concord Law School, Kaplan University 2013-present
• ​Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Customs & International Trade Bar Association, 2016-present
• Presenter, "China - U.S. WTO Disputes,"  Beijing Attorneys' Association, Beijing, China, August 2016
• Guest Lecturer, U.S. AD/CVD  Law & Procedure, Beijing Foreign Studies University Law School, June 2016
• Presenter, "China - US Disputes at the WTO"  Beijing Bar Association, August 2016
• Guest Lecturer, U.S. AD/CVD  Law, Shanghai Jiaotong University Law School, March 2013
• Coauthor, “U.S. Court of International Trade Overview:  Non-Market Economy Cases in 2011,” 44 Georgetown J. of Int’l L 15 (2013)
• Guest Lecturer, U.S. Contract Law, Turkey (Nov.-Dec. 2012)
• Adjunct Professor, International Business Transactions, University of Missouri at Kansas City, School of Law, Kansas City, Missouri, Fall 2010
• Guest Lecturer, “Current Issues in U.S. Antidumping Duty Law,” Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, September, 2009
• Author, “Is It Over? What Termination of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Invetigations of Standard Steel Fasteners from China and Taiwan Means for Your Business,” Fastener Technology International Magazine, December, 2009
• Author, “How the Antidumping & Countervailing Duty Investigations into Standard Steel Fasteners from China and Taiwan Will Affect You,” North Coast Fastener Association, Cleveland, Ohio, October, 2009
• Presenter, “Litigation Issues in U.S. Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Law,” Dominican Republic – United States Technical Exchange, Washington, D.C., August 2008
• Presenter, “Procedural Aspects of U.S. Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Law,” Inter-American Development Bank and U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Conference on AD/CVD/Safeguard Investigation Processes In the US: A Strategic Approach, Washington, D.C., May 2008
• Instructor, International Public & Commercial Arbitration, University of Wyoming, College of Law, Laramie, Wyoming, Aug. 2003 – Feb. 2004
• Instructor, International Public & Commercial Arbitration, Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Provo, Utah, May 2000 – April 2002

Awards & Special Training

• 2007 Attorney of the Year, Office of Chief Counsel for Import Administration (n.k.a. Office of Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement & Compliance), U.S. Department of Commerce
• U.S. Department of Commerce Interagency Trade Officer Training, U.S. Department of Commerce, 2008

Education
Juris Doctorate, cum laude
J. Reuben Clark Law School
Brigham Young University
2000
 
Bachelor of Arts
Economics
Brigham Young University
1996
 
Clerkships
Hon. Delissa A. Ridgway
Court of International Trade 2003-2005
 
Hon. Norman H. Jackson, Utah Court of Appeals, 2000-2002
 
Government Experience
Department of Commerce
- Office of Chief Counsel
   for Import Administration
 
Bar Admissionsǂ
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Court of International Trade
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Missouri
ǂ Practice in Washington, D.C., is limited to matters and proceedings before U.S. federal courts and agencies.
 
Languages 
English, Spanish