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Professional Memberships: DC Bar Association; American Bar Association

Career: Mr. Porter is a partner in the International Trade group. He focuses his practice on international trade law. He counsels clients on the myriad of U.S. laws that affect the cross-border shipment of goods, including trade remedy provisions (e.g. antidumping and subsidy), export controls, and Customs regulations. Mr. Porter has assisted and defended numerous clients with exporting operations in China, Canada, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Indonesia and Vietnam. Mr. Porter has also been active in several WTO disputes across a range of issues. He also advises companies making submissions to CFIUS, and confronting international trade regulatory issues in their cross border M&A transactions. Mr. Porter has particular expertise in assisting companies that need to import products from China. Working with Curtis’ mandarin-speaking attorneys and local Chinese counsel, Mr. Porter helps client maintain uninterrupted access to the U.S. and other markets. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Publications: A Business Guide to US Trade Remedy Laws (2d 2006)

Personal: Cornell Law School (JD 1985), editor of the Cornell International Law Journal; Columbia University (BA 1982).