Neville Peterson LLP is a "full service" law firm in the trade regulation field. Its major practice areas include the following:

International Trade Regulation: The firm represents clients in all types of administrative and judicial proceedings involving international trade laws. These include antidumping and countervailing duty investigations conducted under Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended; "escape clause" proceedings under Section 201 of the Trade Act; "market disruption" proceedings under Section 406 of the Trade Act; "unfair trade practices" litigation under Section 337 of the Tariff Act; and "market access" and "retaliation" proceedings under Section 301 of the Trade Act. The firm also represents companies in administrative and judicial proceedings involving the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI), the United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Agreement (FTAA), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and other trade and tariff regimes.

Customs Law: The firm furnishes counseling and representation concerning Customs matters at ports throughout the United States, including, but not limited to the areas of tariff classification and appraisement of imported merchandise; duty drawback; establishment and operation of bonded warehouses and Foreign Trade Zones; inspection and control of imported goods; and Customs enforcement matters, including civil and criminal Customs penalties, regulatory audits, merchandise seizures, license revocation proceedings, and liquidated damages claims. The firm represents clients in Customs matters before the United States Court of International Trade and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Foreign Customs Matters: Neville Peterson LLP counsels its clients concerning foreign Customs laws, including the Customs laws of virtually all World Trade Organization (WTO) members. The firm's library includes the tariffs of more than 130 nations, as well as foreign Customs regulations, rulings and court decisions. The firm assists clients in dealing with government agencies in several foreign countries, including Canada, Mexico, the European Union, Brazil and India.

Export Controls: Counseling and representation are provided with respect to the licensing of goods for export by the U.S. Departments of Commerce, State and Defense. The firm also provides clients with assistance in dealing with trade embargoes enforced by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, and in Antiboycott compliance and penalty matters.

Antitrust: The firm counsels clients with respect to all Federal and State antitrust and trade regulation laws, including, but not limited to, the Sherman Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Robinson-Patman Act, the Lanham Act, and the Export Trading Company Act. In addition, the firm represents companies and trade associations in proceedings before Federal and State agencies and Courts regarding all aspects of antitrust and domestic trade regulation law. The firm prepares antitrust compliance programs and performs antitrust "audits" as requested.

Intellectual Property Rights: Neville Peterson LLP represents clients with respect to intellectual property rights issues arising under various international trade laws. These include protection of trademarks and copyrights in international trade, Section 337 unfair trade practice proceedings before the United States International Trade Commission (ITC), and the regulation of counterfeit and "gray market" imports.

Trade Regulation: The firm counsels and represents clients in matters involving regulatory requirements governing the manufacture, packaging and distribution of domestic and imported products under laws and regulations administered by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administration, Federal Communications Commission, and other Federal and State regulatory agencies. The firm also assists clients in agency transactions, regulatory matters, in rulemaking proceedings, and in litigating regulatory issues, as appropriate.

Business Planning: The firm assists clients in planning international business transactions and relationships, including sales, purchase, agency and distribution agreements, establishment of domestic and foreign subsidiaries and creation of Foreign Sales Corporations, and related business planning devices.

NAFTA and Trade Preference Programs: Neville Peterson LLP represents clients in matters arising under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and other trade preference programs. These include qualifying goods for NAFTA tariff preferences, ensuring compliance with the NAFTA Marking Rules, administration of the "NAFTA Drawback Program", and dispute resolution procedures under NAFTA. The firm also assists clients in preparing for and defending NAFTA compliance audits conducted by the governments of the United States, Canada and Mexico. In addition, the firm assists clients with respect to other trade preference programs, including but not limited to, the GSP, the Caribbean Basin Initiative, and the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Act.

Foreign Trade Zones: The firm regularly assists clients in the establishment and operation of general purpose Foreign Trade Zones, manufacturing and distribution "subzones," Customs bonded warehouses and similar "tariff advantaged" facilities.

Customs Audits: The firm also provides counseling and management concerning all types of Customs audits, including Compliance Assessment Team (CAT) audits, regulatory audits, drawback audits, NAFTA audits, enforcement audits, Foreign Trade Zone audits, Harbor Maintenance Tax audits, and other specialized audits. The firm also designs and conducts Customs compliance programs, and assists in the development of corporate Customs manuals for importer clients.

Legislation: The firm assists clients in preparing and introducing Federal and State Legislation covering a broad range of trade regulation matters. In recent years, the firm has been active in the creation of Federal legislation to suspend or modify Customs duties on imported merchandise, as well as Federal and State Legislation concerning various industry labeling and related issues. Members of the firm work closely with association and corporate clients, legislators' staffs and Congressional committees on legislative initiatives, and to oppose legislation where appropriate.

Admiralty And Shipping: The firm provides counseling and representation in admiralty and shipping matters. Members of the firm have extensive experience with maritime laws and regulations, government regulation of vessels (e.g., Jones Act requirements) in domestic and international trades, and actions at admiralty. In addition, the firm assists shippers, carriers and freight forwarders in proceedings arising under the Shipping Act of 1984, and related matters under the jurisdiction of the Federal Maritime Commission.

Training and Education: The firm designs and conducts training courses and in-house seminars for companies and trade associations in all areas of Customs and trade law.