A trade remedies powerhouse, Washington DC-based Cassidy Levy Kent (USA) LLP impresses sources with its ‘experience and success in antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings’. Notably, the team possesses a 93% win rate on behalf of domestic producers in cases before the USITC—it also has a strong record of success on behalf of foreign respondents. Alongside its expertise in trade remedies litigation, the group is well versed across an array of trade policy and market access issues. James Cannon specializes in antidumping and countervailing duty cases, market access proceedings and customs law, among other areas; he recently represented Chemtrade Chemicals US in filing antidumping and countervailing duty petitions against unfairly traded imports of sodium nitrite from India and Russia. Other key names include Yohai Baisburd, who represented the US mattress industry in a series of trade remedies cases concerning imports of mattresses; increasingly prominent trade litigator Thomas Beline, who provides ’high-quality and efficient service’; Myles Getlan, who handles antidumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard disputes before all key trade agencies and panels; and counsel Sarah Shulman. Jack Levy recently left the firm.

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  • ‘CLK has lots of experience and success in antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings.’

  • ‘Thomas Beline has a good understanding of our company's business and priorities that helps him to provide high-quality and efficient service.’

  • ‘Robert Cassidy Jr is extremely knowledgeable on trade law and very good at explaining it. He knows the answer to questions without having to look them up. He understands the nuances and the political considerations.’

Key clients

  • GreenFirst Forest Products QC
  • United States Steel Corporation
  • Lemay
  • Chemtrade
  • Solenis
  • Government of Nova Scotia
  • U.S. mattresses industry
  • Occidental Chemical Corporation
  • Regiomontana Perfiles y Tubos
  • Finieco

Work highlights

  • Successfully filed trade remedies petitions concerning mattresses from 13 countries on behalf of the US mattress industry.
  • Represented KIK Consumer Products, Solenis and Occidental Chemical Corporation in successfully arguing to maintain antidumping duties on imports of chlorinated isocyanurates from China and Spain.
  • Secured final antidumping orders, on behalf of US Steel, against imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Mexico, Argentina and Russia, as well as countervailing duty orders against imports of OCTG from Russia and Korea.

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Other key lawyers

James Cannon, Yohai Baisburd, Thomas Beline, Myles Getlan, Sarah Shulman, Mary Jane Alves, Jonathan Zielinski, James Ransdell, Robert Cassidy Jr