Practice Areas

Our highly specialized and experienced team offers a unique perspective on a broad range of client needs in the Customs Arena. Our knowledge and expertise stemming from years of representing brokers and forwarders offers the ability to comprehensively represent our clients.

We offer representation and services not only on the administrative side, but also with respect to litigation stemming from errors and omissions in the performance of customs related services.  Specifically, we provide full service consultation and representation in the following areas:

• U.S. Customs & Border Protection
• U.S. Food & Drug Administration
• Office of Foreign Assets Control
• Transportation Security Administration
• Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Bureau of Industry and Security
• Directorate of Defense Trade Controls

We offer a broad range of administrative services whether it be in the preparation of binding ruling requests, protests and petitions; prior disclosures or the negotiation and resolution of fines, penalties, liquidated damages, and other enforcement actions taken by Customs.  We also routinely and effectively litigate Customs Broker defense cases stemming from misclassification, anti-dumping or drawback issues.

Securing Rights to IEEPA Tariff Refunds – Spector Rubin is admitted to the Court of International Trade and provides advice to importers on affirmative steps to preserve rights to refunds, including those imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”), as well as seeking administrative relief with the Court of International Trade and related administrative remedies pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act and 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i).