Sarah E. Shulman

Counsel / Washington

Sarah Shulman is Counsel in Cassidy Levy Kent’s Washington DC office. She specializes in U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law, advising both domestic and international clients on litigation risk and strategy. Ms. Shulman represents clients before the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. International Trade Commission, U.S. Court of International Trade, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Ms. Shulman is particularly efficient in representing U.S. industry interests in remedying unfair trade practices at the agency level through investigations, administrative reviews, five-year reviews, and circumvention inquires of antidumping and countervailing duty orders. Her practice includes appearing in Court on appeals, advocating for her clients’ interests. Her expertise extends to Section 201, or Safeguard, litigation before the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Trade Policy Staff Committee.

Ms. Shulman helps client navigate the U.S. trade law landscape to explore options such as:  advocating for the creation of statistical breakouts to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States before the 484(f) Committee to increase the accuracy of import statistics; evaluating trade flow patterns for enforcement opportunities of existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders and new case assessment; advising as to the tariff liability implications of multinational production operations; and engaging on proposed regulatory or legislative changes.

Prior to joining Cassidy Levy Kent, Ms. Shulman was an attorney-fellow in the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) where her focus was on World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement and resolving issues arising under Free Trade Agreements. She graduated from the American University Washington College of Law, where she was a Dean’s Fellow and served on the International Law Review. Ms. Shulman received a B.A. in political science from the George Washington University.

Honors

  • Legal500, United States, Dispute Resolution, International Trade, Rising Star
  • The Best Lawyers in America, International Trade and Finance
  • Expert Guides, Rising Star 
  • International Finance Law Review, Rising Star

Representative Matters

  • Successfully petitioning for safeguard relief, conferred via Presidential Proclamation
  • Obtaining statistical breakouts to reflect advancement within the steel industry, enhancing the accuracy of public market intel
  • Securing high antidumping margins on behalf of the U.S. industry in an ongoing investigation before the U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Developing and briefing novel legal arguments concerning the use of obscure regulatory provisions to correct for unfair trade competition
  • Successfully alleging evasion of an antidumping duty order through transshipment into the customs territory of the United States pursuant to the Enforce and Protect Act
  • Advising on the development of a melt and pour component to the U.S. Steel Import Monitor

Education

  • J.D., American University Washington College of Law
  • B.A., Political Science, George Washington University

Bar Memberships

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • United States Court of International Trade
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit