Chris Pey

Partner | Litigation

chris.pey@pierferd.com
+1.646.233.2533 office
Charlotte | New York | Los Angeles | Palo Alto
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About

Chris Pey is an experienced litigator with over 30 years’ experience. His practice covers a wide variety of commercial litigation and import/export regulatory and litigation work. He practices in California, New York and North Carolina state courts and has briefed cases all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Pey’s litigation experience includes commercial, international trade, First Amendment defamation, copyright, trademark and state court defense litigation.

Throughout his career, he has represented Fortune 100 and mid-market companies in federal court and before many federal regulatory agencies, including CBP, FCC, CPSC, FTC, FDA, APHIS, FWS, ITC, and the Department of Commerce. In addition to practicing at Coudert Brothers and Baker & McKenzie, Mr. Pey has experience working at small boutique law firms and also headed a leading Customs broker’s U.S. trade compliance group. He has twice served as law clerk for the late Judge R. Kenton Musgrave of the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Practices

Litigation and Risk Management
Appellate
Civil Pretrial and Trial Services
Commercial Litigation
Energy, Gas, and Oil Law
Government and Government Affairs
International Disputes

Admissions

California Supreme Court
New York State Court of Appeals
North Carolina
U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd and 9th Circuits
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of International Trade
U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. District Court
- Northern District, CA
- Central District, CA
- Southern District, NY
- Eastern District, NY
- Western District, NC
- Middle District, NC
- Eastern District, NC

Education

Boston University, School of Law, J.D., 1989
Colgate University, B.A., History, 1985

Law Firm Experience

FisherBroyles, LLP
Coudert Brothers, LLP
Baker & McKenzie, LLP

Corporate Experience

Livingston, Intl., Director, U.S. Consulting

Representative Transactions

Amicable and reasonable settlement of cases brought by copyright “trolls”
Representing companies before the US International Trade Commission and Section 232 panels
Successfully representing clients facing government penalty assessments, reducing penalty amounts as much as 95%
Obtaining scope rulings, CBP classification and valuation rulings
Prosecution of trademark action defending against infringing use

Presentations and Teaching Experience

Speaker, American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI) Annual Conference, Drawback Regulation, 2005
Speaker, Michigan Association of CPAs Annual Meeting, Customs Valuation in a Post-BEPS (Base erosion and profit shifting) World, 2017

Supreme Court Briefs

Co-Author – Briefs representing Polaroid and Amoco Oil Co. in challenge to constitutionality of harbor maintenance tax in United States v. U.S. Shoe Corp., 523 U.S. 360 (1998).
Co-Author – amicus brief filed on behalf of New Sports Economy Institute in Christie v. NCAA, 584 U.S. ___ (2018)

Publications

Client Alert: President Biden Directs U.S. Trade Representative To Increase or Add China Section 301 Tariffs in Key Sectors, May 15, 2024