J Michael Taylor

Michael Taylor leads the Customs practice for the firm's International Trade Team. He specializes in complex customs matters, international shipping matters, and trade remedy (anti-dumping and countervailing duty) litigation. Michael represents U.S. companies and manufacturers in a range of trade-related regulatory, customs, and Homeland Security matters.

With respect to customs compliance and Homeland Security matters, Michael advises clients in a number of sectors, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemicals, textiles, agriculture, aerospace, energy, and consumer products. Michael assists clients with government investigations, customs audits, internal compliance investigations, prior disclosures, and penalty mitigation concerning import discrepancies; obtaining customs rulings; developing logistics and trade compliance programs; and assessing the trade-related aspects of international mergers and acquisitions. He also advises clients on trading implications of government procurement provisions like the Buy American Act.

On the trade remedy front, Mr. Taylor represents U.S. manufacturers in administrative and appellate litigation to obtain relief from unfairly traded imports in anti-dumping and countervailing duty proceedings.