Peter Quinter, former customs and international trade attorney at GrayRobinson, joined Gunster as the leader of its Customs and International Trade Law Group, Quinter said in a post on his LinkedIn account. Quinter advises on issues involving investigations by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security, the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control and the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. Before entering private practice, Quinter served as counsel at the Southeast Regional Headquarters of the U.S. Customs Service.
Three former attorneys at Phillips Nizer and a former Hong Kong lawmaker created a new firm, Elliott Kwok Levine & Jaroslaw, to work on matters involving business litigation, financial and regulatory investigations and white collar crime, the firm announced. The new boutique New York firm will also cover "international trade and disputes involving companies conducting business in China," the announcement said.
Leslie Bailey, a former senior associate at Arnold & Porter, joined Covington & Burling as an associate in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, according to Bailey's LinkedIn account. Bailey worked at Arnold & Porter starting in June 2018 and served as a judicial law clerk at the Court of International Trade during 2016-2018.
John Beahn, former head of Shearman & Sterling's Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. and foreign direct investment practice, has joined Milbank as a partner, the firm announced in an email. Beahn's work will center on CFIUS matters and FDI proceedings as well as national security issues, including sanctions and arms controls, the firm said.
International trade and customs law firm Neville Peterson has moved its D.C. office location, according to a notice of appearance filed in 21 of the firm's cases. As of May 1, the firm officially moved from 1400 16th St. NW to 1310 L St. NW in Washington, D.C., a lawyer with the firm confirmed.
Elizabeth Boison, previously with DOJ's Bank Integrity Unit and National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, joined Hogan Lovells as a partner in the Global Regulatory and Intellectual Property, Media and Technology practice group, the firm announced. During her time in government, Boison also worked with the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, where she helped craft guidance on the regulatory enforcement of financial crimes, the firm said. At DOJ, Boison focused on sanctions, asset forfeiture, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other fraud-involved proceedings.
Anthony Rapa, a former partner at Kirkland & Ellis, joined Blank Rome as a partner in its National Security practice, the firm announced. Blank Rome said Rapa will work on "sanctions and export control-related matters in cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, government investigations, and regulatory matters." Such issues under Rapa's portfolio include regulations administered under the Export Administration Regulations, the Bureau of Industry and Security and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
Milton Koch, former analyst at the Commerce Department and Wiley, joined Buchanan Ingersoll as a strategic consultant in the International Trade and National Security practice, the firm announced. Koch works in trade remedy investigations "by developing strategies based on in-depth analysis of complex financial data," the firm said. He joins Daniel Pickard, who chairs the practice and left Wiley in February. Pickard said Koch "is a leading expert in regard to the Commerce Department’s ... AD/CVD calculation methodologies."
Trade attorney Ping Gong is leaving The Bristol Group. Gong filed notifications terminating her access to business proprietary information in a slew of cases at the Court of International Trade and Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Gong held an of counsel position at The Bristol Group since 2015.
Bryan Moore, an administrative patent judge at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, was named an administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission, the ITC announced April 18. As an ITC ALJ, effective May 9, Moore will preside over Section 337 investigations involving patent and trademark infringement. Moore has served at the USPTO since 2012 and, before that, worked as an investigative attorney in the ITC's Office of Unfair Import Investigations. Law360 said Moore is about to become the first Black person to hold an ALJ position in the ITC's history.