ArentFox Schiff

International Trade and Investment

Partner

Dave leads the International Trade & Investment Practice and chairs the firm’s Electric Mobility Group. He represents US and foreign companies, including manufacturers, importers, exporters, distributors, and trade associations on trade matters before the US Department of Treasury, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Alcohol and Tobacco Tariff and Trade Bureau (TTB). Before joining ArentFox Schiff, Dave served from 1991-2000 as senior counsel and attorney-advisor at the US Department of the Treasury. During his tenure at the Treasury Department, he served as the chief legal advisor to the US chair of the NAFTA Rules of Origin Working Group, where he represented the United States at the trilateral NAFTA Working Group meetings convened to monitor the implementation and administration of the NAFTA concerning rules of origin, country of origin marking, and customs administration. In addition, he served as a legal advisor to Treasury’s Commercial Operations Advisory Committee of the Customs Service (COAC), where he worked to resolve various issues between the private sector representatives and the government. Dave also represented the Treasury Department at the Negotiating Group on Market Access meetings convened under the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).

Co-chair, Customs Committee, American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI), 2013-present

Georgetown University Law Center, JD, 1988 Bucknell University, BA, cum laude, political science, 1981

Among his outside interests, Dave is a proficient SCUBA diver.