Jane Dempsey is a partner in Cassidy Levy Kent’s Washington DC office. She is a seasoned international trade attorney who represents clients in agency proceedings, investigations, and enforcement matters and related litigation. Drawing on her extensive experience gained in her legal roles at the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice, Ms. Dempsey focuses on trade remedies matters and litigation arising from international trade disputes and other regulatory actions.
Government Service
Ms. Dempsey served nearly a decade as an Attorney Advisor in the U.S. International Trade Commission’s Office of the General Counsel. In that role, she advised the Commission on trade remedies matters and drafted injury opinions in dozens of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations and five-year reviews covering a broad range of industries. She also served as lead counsel for the Commission in litigation before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. Court of International Trade, the World Trade Organization and the North American Free Trade Agreement (the predecessor to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement) binational panel. In addition, Ms. Dempsey completed a detail to Chair Jason E. Kearns, advising on legal issues arising in the Commission’s trade remedies proceedings and related litigation.
Before joining the Commission, Ms. Dempsey served as lead trial counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice for eight years where she worked closely with the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to litigate numerous cases involving antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD), U.S. trade policy and international trade laws before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and U.S. Court of International Trade.
Honors
- Planning Committee member, Court of International Trade 22nd Judicial Conference
- Planning Committee member, Court of International Trade 19th Judicial Conference
Representative Matters
- Represented companies before the relevant agencies in proceedings, investigations, and enforcement actions
- Litigated trade and customs matters before the U.S. Court of International Trade
- Advised clients on a wide array of customs compliance, import, and trade regulatory issues
- Secured favorable tariff classification rulings from Customs and Border Protection for imported products
Professional Affiliations
- Customs and International Trade Bar Association (CITBA), Board of Directors (2020-2022); Vice-Chair of Trade Remedies Committee (2019-2020)
Recent Speaking Engagements
- Georgetown Law 47th International Trade Update, “Today’s ITC: Managing Nascent Industry Evidence, Tariffs, and Confidentiality in Injury Proceedings” (2026) (Moderator)
- Georgetown Law 44th International Trade Update, “The Ethics of Timeliness: What Firms Need to Know About Filing on Time” (2023) (Speaker)
- Court of International Trade 19th Judicial Conference, “Getting Down to the Facts: Developing the Record and Using AFA” (2016) (Moderator)
Education
- J.D., The George Washington University Law School
- B.A., Yale University
Bar Memberships
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of International Trade
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims