Lisa Ross’ practice focuses on international trade, including counseling clients with regard to compliance with U.S. customs laws and antidumping proceedings before the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. International Trade Commission.
Ms. Ross represents clients whose imports are regulated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), as well as other federal agencies. Her experience covers a range of commercial and enforcement laws and policies that CBP administers, including those related to customs brokerage, classification under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, valuation of imported merchandise, duty preference programs, country of origin marking, issuance of binding rulings, importer voluntary disclosures, audits and penalty proceedings.
Ms. Ross has appeared before the U.S. Court of International Trade in various trade remedies cases, including representation of the largest Korean steel producers in appeals of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s application of antidumping duties to U.S. imports.
Ms. Ross received her B.A. magna cum laude with a double major in international relations and German from Tulane University in 1999. Prior to attending law school, she worked with the policy staff on the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. She earned her J.D. summa cum laude in 2003 from American University in Washington, D.C., where she was an executive editor of the American University Law Review.
Ms. Ross co-authored an article published in the Georgetown Journal of International Law concerning the judicial review of U.S. International Trade Commission antidumping proceedings.
Ms. Ross is a member of the District of Columbia and Georgia bars and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.