Customs &
International Trade
The Customs and Import Trade Practice at the Dilendorf Law Firm advises clients on import-related requirements, as enforced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other worldwide customs administrations. Our experienced Customs law team assists businesses in navigating the complex rules that govern the import of goods into the United States and all along the international supply chain.
The Customs and Import Trade Practice at the Dilendorf Law Firm advises clients on import-related requirements, as enforced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other worldwide customs administrations. Our experienced Customs law team assists businesses in navigating the complex rules that govern the import of goods into the United States and all along the international supply chain.
Our clients span a broad range of industries who, with our guidance, are able to reduce their risk of audits and investigations while minimizing their duty, excise, and value-added tax liability. With such a diverse client base, boilerplate representation is insufficient. The attorneys at the Dilendorf Law Firm utilize a vast array of legal and policy skills to a provide a customized solution for each client, ensuring secure transactions and compliance with customs and import controls laws.
Beyond the anticipated classification, marking and valuation issues, importers must be compliant with every government agency enforcing customs and import controls. In addition to CBP, these include the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), Homeland Security, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Department of Transportation (DOT), among others.
The Customs and Import Trade attorneys in our practice routinely advise on U.S. Customs law as it pertains to international trade, as well as FDA Law, Homeland Security, import regulations and export compliance. Our practice routinely advises on tariff classification, customs valuation, country of origin and marking requirements, CPTAT and supply chain security, admissibility requirements, customs audits, currency seizures and many other aspects of international trade.
The increasingly complex marketplace of the 21st century requires companies that engage in the exchange of goods and services across international borders to exercise vigilance and attention to detail. A continuously evolving regulatory arena requires ongoing advice from an experienced legal team.
Our team works tirelessly to ensure clients’ success in situations ranging from the minimization of customs duties and fees to the bolstering of supply chain and border security to continued compliance with government customs laws.
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Our Founding Partner
Max Dilendorf, Esq.
Max Dilendorf’s practice is focused on digital assets, cryptocurrency, and asset tokenization. Max is an early adopter who joined the industry in 2016. His cryptocurrency legal philosophy relies on federal and state compliance for counseling clients on meeting their regulatory obligations. Clients rely ...
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Adam Pollock
Adam is one of the nation’s leading young whistleblower lawyers. He brings with him a special ability not just to litigate, but to investigate – and understand – complex organizations and transactions. His extensive familiarity with tech issues is built on a computer science degree and work as a ...
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Bari Zahn, Esq.
Bari Zahn has nearly 20 years of experience practicing at global law firms in New York. Bari has represented a broad array of multinational clients on U.S. and cross-border transactions. She has supervised legal teams worldwide and has extensive management experience as the Founder, former CEO and General ...
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Steve Cohen
Steve contributes extensive business and problem-solving experience to challenges that may require litigation – or may help avoid it. Indeed, his perspective on litigation is influenced by his experience as a three-time internet start-up CEO.
Steve served on Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign ...
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Pamela A. Fuller, Esq.
Pamela A. Fuller is a corporate and international tax attorney, with over two decades of experience. She advises a wide range of clients–including private and public companies, joint ventures, private equity and hedge funds, C-Suite executives, private U.S and foreign individual clients, and government ...
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Ivanna Korniiuk
Ivanna has 7 years of law practice in Europe, namely in the field of corporate law, M&A transactions, banking and finance. As a senior associate, she advised local, EU, US and multinational clients with respect to their business activities in Ukraine.
Particularly, Ivanna, together with junior associates ...
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Robin Gerofsky Kaptzan, Esq.
A New York licensed attorney with three decades of legal and business experience in the U.S. and Asia, Robin recently joined the law firm as a partner and leads the Asia-Pacific practice. While acting as an international business lawyer and global corporate general counsel, Robin is sought out by clients to ...
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Julia Porynets
Julia joined Dilendorf Law Firm in 2021. She handles all aspects of firm administration while providing paralegal support and litigation management. Julia also has a broad base of knowledge in human resources and communications.
Prior to joining Dilendorf team, Julia worked as an administrative assistant ...
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Laina Dowd
Laina Dowd is currently a third-year law student at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts, where she serves as Symposium Editor for the Journal of Health and Biomedical Law. In addition to her editorial board role, she is also an active member of the Middle Eastern and South Asian Law Student ...
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