Tom Beline is a partner in Cassidy Levy Kent’s Washington DC office. Tom identifies creative ways for clients to benefit from import regulatory compliance and policy, trade remedies, and international trade litigation.
Tom’s representative experience involves appearing as lead counsel for clients in various and wide-ranging industries before the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. International Trade Commission, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of International Trade, and United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) binational panels. Tom regularly advises clients on compliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and navigating the dispute settlement process. Tom regularly provides counsel to companies on complying with, and benefiting from, trade and customs regulation before U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Tom’s work includes prosecuting and defending trade actions in the United States and abroad, and has litigated trade issues in bankruptcy law and reverse Qui Tam actions. In addition to this work, Tom has experience counseling clients in navigating U.S. trade restrictions, including in export controls, antiboycott, economic sanctions, and anticorruption laws.
Tom has been appointed by the chief judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade to serve as a member of the Court’s Rules Advisory Committee. Tom has also appeared as a frequent speaker on international trade topics. Tom is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh.
Government Service
Prior to joining Cassidy Levy Kent, Tom was an attorney with the Office of the Chief Counsel for Enforcement and Compliance (formerly Import Administration) at the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Honors
- Chambers USA, International Trade Law: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy
- The Best Lawyers in America, International Trade and Finance
- Legal500, United States, Dispute Resolution, International Trade, Next Generation Partner
- Expert Guides, Rising Stars
Representative Matters
- Successfully prosecuted original antidumping and countervailing duty investigations and administrative reviews as lead counsel on behalf of domestic industries facing unfair import competition in primary steel products, consumer electronics, solar, and fabricated metals cases.
- Frequently uses anti-circumvention proceedings and the Enforce and Protect Act (“EAPA”) to maintain the integrity of U.S. trade remedy determinations.
- Defends before U.S. courts and international tribunals the United States’ methodological decisions in conducting antidumping proceedings and the chosen price comparison methodology used.
- Represented U.S. domestic producers in the investigations and extension proceedings covering Large Residential Washers and Photovoltaic Cells and Modules pursuant to section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974.
- Represented domestic steel and pipe and tube producers in the investigation concerning China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation pursuant to section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
- Obtained favorable exclusions to trade remedy actions before the U.S. Department of Commerce, including the first ever exclusion from antidumping and countervailing duty measures covering softwood lumber from Canada for products certified to be from a specific region in Canada.
- Advises on trade policy, including advising clients on the impact to their business of bi-national and multi-national trade agreements.
Professional Affiliations
- U.S. Court of International Trade Advisory Committee, Chair
- United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Chapter 10 Binational Panel, Roster Member
- Law360 International Trade Editorial Advisory Board, 2022
- Customs and International Trade Bar Association (CITBA), Member
- Washington International Trade Association (WITA), Member
- Women in International Trade (WIIT), Member
Recent Speaking Engagements
- 2022 WITA Virtual Intensive Trade Seminar, Part 2, “Session 2: USTR Role in Monitoring and Enforcement” (Sept. 30, 2022) (Moderator)
- 2021 WITA Virtual Intensive Trade Seminar, “Session 2: USTR Role in Monitoring and Enforcement” (Sept. 10, 2021) (Moderator)
- Georgetown Law International Trade Update, “A U.S. and EU Perspective on “Particular Market Situations” (Mar. 10, 2021) (Speaker)
- Federal Circuit Bench and Bar Conference, “Trade Remedies” (June 15, 2019) (Speaker)
- Court of International Trade Judicial Conference, “Avoiding the Bread Line: Trade Remedies Fixes Within Shared Resource Constraints” (Dec. 1, 2014) (Moderator)
- Georgetown Law International Trade Update, “Operating at the Intersection of Trade and Customs Law” (Feb. 2016) (Speaker) (Attachment 5)
- Georgetown Law International Trade Update, “Recent and Anticipated Changes in Commerce Methodology” (Mar. 2018) (Speaker)
- Women in International Trade “Alternative Trade Remedies 101” (March 22, 2018) (Speaker)
- CITBA “Young Partners in Trade Brown Bag” (Feb. 14, 2019) (Moderator)
Publications
- “The Role of Defendant-Intervenors Before the U.S. Court of International Trade,” Customs and International Trade Bar Association, Winter Issue 2021, Vol. 19, Issue 4 (https://files.constantcontact.com/135336b6401/ed133a10-1f63-4def-b7c9-575eee408a9a.pdf)
- 2015 in Review: Procedural and Scope Maters Before the U.S. Court of International Trade, 48 Geo. J. Int’l L. 1 (2017)
- Legal Defect Protected by Article 42 of the CISG, 7 Univ. of Pitts. Journal Tech. Law & Pol’y 6 (2007) (http://tlp.law.pitt.edu/ojs/tlp/article/view/34/34)
Education
- J.D., University of Pittsburgh
- B.A., Quinnipiac University (Communications, Spanish)
Bar Memberships
- District of Columbia
- New York
- United States Court of International Trade
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit