Marguerite Trossevin

B.A. summa cum laude, J.D. cum laude, Villanova. Professor Trossevin has over 20 years of public and private sector experience in international trade law. She is a founding member of the law firm of Jochum Shore & Trossevin and was formerly Deputy Chief Counsel for Import Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where she served for 15 years. As Deputy Chief Counsel, Professor Trossevin provided legal advice to senior government officials on administration of the U.S. trade remedy laws, and on the corresponding WTO agreements, in the context of administrative proceedings and domestic litigation. She also had primary responsibility for litigation of all WTO disputes challenging the United States’ imposition of antidumping or countervailing duties. In addition, Professor Trossevin was a senior U.S. delegate to the WTO negotiations on Rules, was the U.S. lead negotiator for subsidies, antidumping and countervailing duty measures in the negotiations for the Free Trade Area of the Americas and the Chile FTA, and represented the United States in numerous other multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations. She was the recipient of numerous awards while at Commerce, including Attorney of the Year for 2004. Since leaving the Department, Professor Trossevin has focused her practice on trade policy and litigation. She represents clients in matters before Commerce, the International Trade Commission, U.S. Customs and federal courts, counsels them on issues arising under a variety of WTO agreements and the Doha negotiations, and is an advocate for clients on a variety of trade issues before the U.S. Congress.