Stephen W. Brophy has practiced in Barnes/Richardson’s Washington, D.C. office for ten years. His practice focuses on all aspects of international trade relief and regulation, including antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty proceedings (CVD), escape clause relief (Section 201), customs, export controls, economic sanctions, international trade agreements and preference programs. Mr. Brophy has also represented clients’ interests in legislative and regulatory initiatives related to international trade regulation.
Mr. Brophy’s practice has focused particularly on representing and advising clients in AD/CVD proceedings, including original investigations, administrative reviews, new shipper reviews, five-year (sunset) reviews, and changed circumstances reviews. Mr. Brophy has represented domestic producers, exporters and importers in AD/CVD proceedings and most recently, represented U.S. agricultural interests in successfully prosecuting antidumping cases against Orange Juice from Brazil and Lemon Juice from Argentina and Mexico. Mr. Brophy’s customs practice includes representing and advising clients on various U.S. Customs and Border Protection matters, including classification, valuation, country-of-origin marking, seizures and penalties and C-TPAT.
Mr. Brophy’s experience includes representing clients in cases and proceedings before the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. International Trade Commission, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, the Bureau of Industry and Security, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as well as the U.S. Court of International Trade and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is a co-author of the seven-volume U.S. Customs and International Trade Guide, published by LexisNexis/Matthew Bender, which is updated semi-annually.
Mr. Brophy is a 1999 graduate of Georgetown University Law School. He is admitted to the Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania bars. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Court of International Trade.
