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Michelle focuses her practice on assisting clients in a wide range of industries with trade remedy proceedings. Her experience includes representing clients before the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. International Trade Commission, U.S. Court of International Trade, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She also advises on import entry clearance and other customs and importation issues involving food, drug, medical, and tobacco products regulated by the FDA and consumer products regulated by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

On June 10, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a stay keeping both tranches of President Donald Trump’s tariffs implemented under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq.) in effect until final adjudication by the appellate court. The per curiam (

  • On May 28, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) permanently enjoined tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), finding that he exceeded statutory and constitutional authority by imposing broad tariffs on imports from China, Canada, Mexico, and other countries.
  • The CIT held that IEEPA does

On May 29, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (USDC-DC) issued a preliminary injunction ruling staying the imposition of President Donald Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). This preliminary injunction applies to tariffs that would be paid by the two named plaintiffs – Learning Resources, Inc. and

On May 29, 2025, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) stayed the decision of the Court of International Trade (CIT) from the previous day, which had vacated both tranches of President Donald Trump’s tariffs implemented under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq.). President

On February 26, 2025, two U.S. chassis manufacturers representing the domestic industry – petitioners Cheetak Chassis Corporation and Stoughton Trailers, LLC – filed petitions with the Department of Commerce seeking the initiation of dumping and countervailing duty investigations into certain chassis and subassemblies imported from Mexico, Thailand, and Vietnam that are allegedly being or are

In mid-December 2024, the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (ITA) issued a Final Rule amending its trade remedy regulations for the administration of antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) laws. These regulatory amendments are effective on January 15, 2025.

In many instances, the ITA has codified existing procedures and methodologies. The amendments, however

On December 4, 2024, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a forced labor finding concerning aluminum extrusions and profile products produced wholly or in part by Kingtom Aluminio S.R.L. (“Kingtom”), a Chinese-owned aluminum extruder in the Dominican Republic. Effective December 4, CBP will seize any articles that are covered by CBP’s forced labor finding

On November 21, 2024, Vitro Flat Glass, LLC and Vitro Meadville Flat Glass, LLC (“Petitioners”) requested the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on float glass imports from China and Malaysia. The Petitioners argue that the “increasing surge of subsidized and dumped float glass products from China and Malaysia is untenable for the American FGP industry

On February 20, 2024, Hoshine Silicon (Jia Xing) Industry Co., Ltd. (“Jiaxing Hoshine”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hoshine Silicon Industry Co., Ltd., filed a complaint at the United States Court of International Trade (USCIT) challenging the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) June 2021 decision to issue a withhold release order (WRO) against Hoshine

On July 27, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a significant decision in a case involving the alleged evasion of antidumping duties assessed on pencils of Chinese origin by Royal Brush Manufacturing, Inc. (Royal Brush) under the Enforce and Protect Act of 2015 (EAPA). The EAPA is a statutory scheme