Practice Focus

Lawrence Schneider is a senior partner at Arnold & Porter LLP, in Washington, DC, and head of the firm's international trade practice. His thirty-six years of experience has included representation of clients in a full range of litigation, international trade, customs, legislative, and policy issues, including disputes under various import laws. He also advises government and private entities on issues related to the World Trade Organization and various free trade agreements.

Mr. Schneider has twenty-eight years of experience representing companies, trade associations, and governments in antidumping, countervailing duty, and other international trade proceedings before administrative agencies, courts, and international dispute settlement panels. He has been involved not only in the legal proceedings but also in the political, legislative, and public relations aspects of international trade controversies.

Mr. Schneider also advises clients on trade policy developments and trade legislation, as well as on compliance with the Foreign Agents Registration Act and related laws.

Mr. Schneider is recognized as a leading lawyer in his field by publications such as Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2010 for International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy; Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2010 for International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy; The Legal 500 US 2009 for Litigation: International Trade; The International Who's Who of Trade and Customs Lawyers 2009; and The Best Lawyers in America 2010 for International Trade and Finance Law.

Mr. Schneider also developed and leads Arnold & Porter’s extensive, award-winning pro bono immigration practice, for which he received the District of Columbia Bar’s International Law Section’s 2003 Community Service Award for Outstanding International Law-Oriented Community Service and Public Outreach Work. Mr. Schneider led the Arnold & Porter team of more than fifty lawyers and legal assistants that conducted a year-long study on the US immigration removal adjudication system and in February 2010 issued an Executive Summary and full report totaling 350 printed pages for the American Bar Association's Commission on Immigration on "Reforming the Immigration System: Proposals to Promote Independence, Fairness, Efficiency, and Professionalism in the Adjudication of Removal Cases." On February 2, 2010, the ABA held a press briefing on the release of the report. Mr. Schneider was recognized for his commitment to pro bono immigration work by The National Law Journal, which named him to its 2010 list of "Champions & Visionaries."

Representative Matters

Mr. Schneider has extensive experience in investigations and administrative reviews before the US Department of Commerce and the US International Trade Commission and in judicial and binational panel review of decisions by those agencies, including antidumping cases on Live Cattle from Canada, Fresh Atlantic Salmon from Chile, Wooden Bedroom Furniture from China, Fresh Cut Flowers from Colombia, Roses from Colombia, Lined Paper Products from Indonesia, Internal Combustion Forklift Trucks from Japan, and Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Turkey, and countervailing duty cases on Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from China, Citric Acid from China, Tow-Behind Lawn Groomer Products from China, Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Pork from Canada, and Softwood Lumber from Canada.

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