International Trade, Government Contracts, and Transportation Groups Honored for 2020

Washington – November 30, 2020: Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts, International Trade, and Transportation practices have been selected as Law360 2020 Practice Groups of the Year. The teams received the award for accomplishments in the last year, including work done related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We are thrilled to receive Practice Group of the Year recognition from Law360 for three of our practices,” said Philip T. Inglima, chair of the firm. “In a challenging year, our entire firm stepped up to continue delivering top-notch service to our clients as their businesses changed rapidly, seemingly overnight.”

For more than 40 years, Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Group has set the standard for legal guidance in this highly complex arena. Today, the firm has one of the largest and most reputable government contracts practices in the United States and worldwide. This year is the eleventh consecutive year that Law360 has recognized the group with the Practice Group of the Year designation.

In a complex global environment, Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Group provides practical, sophisticated advice and cross-disciplinary counsel. With experienced lawyers practicing around the globe, the firm is well-positioned to provide dispute resolution and litigation counsel on emerging trade issues worldwide. With this year presenting unique challenges to the trade landscape, Crowell & Moring has been at the forefront of counseling producers, importers, and exporters on the evolving nature of the pandemic.

Crowell & Moring’s Transportation Practice delivers results-driven legal counsel to domestic and international clients from across the transportation industry, including transportation infrastructure and equipment manufacturers, micro-mobility retailers, and providers of aerospace, aviation, automobile, rail, maritime, logistics, and trucking services. This year, work in the transportation industry took on new importance as clients turned to the firm to help pivot their operations in response to the pandemic. Companies revamped their factory lines and raised their hand to help the country through the crisis—becoming government contractors, mask manufacturers, and much more—in a short period of time.

Law360 will publish individual profiles of each practice in the coming weeks. To see the full list of Law360 2020 Practice Groups of the Year, visit here.

   
Print:
Email this postTweet this postLike this postShare this post on LinkedIn
Photo of John Brew John Brew

John Brew is the co-chair of Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Group and a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He has extensive experience in import and export trade regulation, and he regularly advises corporations, trade associations, foreign governments, and non-governmental organizations…

John Brew is the co-chair of Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Group and a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He has extensive experience in import and export trade regulation, and he regularly advises corporations, trade associations, foreign governments, and non-governmental organizations on matters involving customs administration, enforcement, compliance, litigation, legislation and policy.

John represents clients in proceedings at the administrative and judicial levels, as well as before Congress and the international bureaucracies that handle customs and trade matters. He advises clients on all substantive import regulatory issues handled by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, such as classification, valuation, origin, marking, tariff preference programs, other agency regulations, admissibility, import restrictions, quotas, drawback, audits, prior disclosures, penalties, investigations, Importer Self Assessment and Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism programs, importations under bond, the Jones Act, vessel repairs, and foreign trade zone matters.

Read more about John Brew
Show more Show less
Photo of Nicole Simonian Nicole Simonian

Nicole Janigian Simonian is the co-chair of the firm’s International Trade practice and International Employment and Global Mobility Lead, with a focus on the firm’s Asia practice. A partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office, she is also a director of the firm’s…

Nicole Janigian Simonian is the co-chair of the firm’s International Trade practice and International Employment and Global Mobility Lead, with a focus on the firm’s Asia practice. A partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office, she is also a director of the firm’s China office in Shanghai. Nicole’s practice covers a range of international compliance and regulatory issues, including cross border transactions, international trade, global mobility and employment, and global supply chains.

Nicole is a member of the firm’s COVID‐19 Working Group, focusing on advising employers on compliance with U.S. and international initiatives affecting private employers and providing guidance on how to navigate the myriad of regulatory complexities companies are confronted with on a global basis.

Read more about Nicole Simonian
Show more Show less
Photo of Dj Wolff Dj Wolff
Read more about Dj Wolff
Photo of Frances P. Hadfield Frances P. Hadfield

Frances P. Hadfield is a counsel in Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Group in the firm’s New York office. Her practice focuses on forced labor and withhold release orders (WRO), import regulatory compliance, and customs litigation. She regularly advises corporations on matters involving…

Frances P. Hadfield is a counsel in Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Group in the firm’s New York office. Her practice focuses on forced labor and withhold release orders (WRO), import regulatory compliance, and customs litigation. She regularly advises corporations on matters involving customs compliance, audits, customs enforcement, as well as import penalties.

Frances represents clients before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, as well as in proceedings at the administrative level. She advises corporations on both substantive federal and state regulatory issues that involve U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administration, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife in matters pertaining to product admissibility, audits, classification, import restrictions, investigations, marking, licenses, origin, penalties, and tariff preference programs.

Read more about Frances P. Hadfield
Show more Show less
Photo of Jackson Pai Jackson Pai
Read more about Jackson Pai
Related Posts
Withhold Release Order Issued on Shanghai Select Safety Products and Subsidiaries
April 16, 2024
Cassidy, Whitehouse Propose Customs Modernization Act to Enhance CBP Authority, Strengthen Enforcement
December 20, 2023
Detained Shipments Exceeding $1.3 Billion in UFLPA’s First Year
July 7, 2023