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Mr. deKieffer practices in the fields of international trade regulations and policy and intellectual property enforcement since 1971. He has represented clients before the U.S. Departments of Commerce, State, Labor and Treasury, the U.S. International Trade Commission, The United States Trade Representative and the U.S. Customs Service (now ICE and CBP) and the U.S. Court of International Trade. Mr. deKieffer has an extensive background in international trade regulation law including Customs regulation, antidumping and countervailing duties, foreign policy trade controls, anti-counterfeiting/anti-diversion and international commercial transactions. From 1968-1971, Mr. deKieffer served on the professional staff of the United States Senate Republican Policy Committee. From 1981-1983 Mr. deKieffer served as General Counsel to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President. In this capacity, he was in charge of representing the United States government in both bilateral and multilateral negotiations. He is a member of the Product Surety Task forces (both Food and Pharmaceuticals) of the FDA and has spoken at numerous conferences on the subject of international supply chain security and product integrity. He is currently President of EDDI, Inc. a Washinton-based company that maintains databases of counterfeiters, diverters and their accomplices. Mr. deKieffer has authored numerous articles on trade and other matters as well as written five books. He speaks frequently and has appeared on both foreign and domestic television. | 