Maureen Thorson

Maureen represents clients in all areas of customs law and international trade litigation. She is a licensed customs broker and has particular expertise in classification and country of origin analyses, obtaining tariff exclusions and duty reductions, the development of customs compliance programs, compliance with Free Trade Agreement (FTA) rules, obtaining import permits and licenses, and participation in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT). She collaborates regularly with the firm's various regulatory practice groups covering agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that regulate the importation of products within their regulatory jurisdiction. Representative industries to which she has provided advice include consumer electronics, batteries, metals, kitchen & bath products, engines, toys, pet products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, footwear, aerospace, tobacco, automobiles, frozen foods, semiconductors, and lawn and garden products. Maureen also specializes in antidumping and countervailing litigation before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, where she has successfully represented a range of U.S. companies including steel, office products, and tool manufacturers. Learn more at https://www.wiley.law/people-MaureenThorson.

Research Assistant, Harrison Institute for Public Law (2001-2003)

Legal Clerk, U.S. Federal Trade Commission (2002)

Legal Clerk, Electronic Privacy Information Center (2001)