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Jeremy W. Dutra
Of Counsel
Jeremy Dutra is a member of the International Trade Practice Group. His practice focuses on all aspects of international trade proceedings, including antidumping and countervailing duty investigations before US Department of Commerce and the US International Trade Commission, evasion investigations before US Customs & Border Protection and other import-related proceedings.
Jeremy represents clients before federal district courts throughout the country, the US Court of International Trade and the International Trade Commission, as well as courts of appeals and numerous state courts. He has litigated cases involving a diverse array of technologies, including automation, stainless steel processing, software, automotive products and consumer electronics. He has also litigated cases involving trade secret misappropriation, false advertising and unfair competition. Jeremy has been involved in multiple trials, hearings and oral arguments in his 15 years of practicing law.
In addition to his litigation experience, involving international trade and customs matters, intellectual property, antitrust and complex commercial business disputes, Jeremy counsels clients concerning trademark, trade dress and license agreements.
Jeremy also has substantial experience guiding clients concerning government contracts, teaming agreements and subcontracts, bid protests before the Court of Federal Claims, and internal audits and investigations.
- Successfully defended US importer against allegations by a competitor of evasion of the antidumping duty order on carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from China, which involved proceedings before US Customs & Border Protection (CBP’s), US Department of Commerce in a covered merchandise inquiry and proceedings before the US Court of International Trade, which affirmed CBP’s complete reversal of its initial evasion determination on remand.
- Successfully defended US importer of door threshold assemblies against allegations by a competitor of evasion of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China in which the US Court of International Trade reversed US Customs & Border Protection’s evasion determination as unlawful and unsupported by evidence, and, further held that CBP had no basis to institute the evasion investigation.
- Successfully challenged before the US Court of International Trade a US Department of Commerce scope ruling under the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China.
- Successfully challenged before the US Court of International Trade a US Department of Commerce’s application of adverse facts available against Chinese producer during an annual review of the countervailing duty order on forged steel fittings from China, which resulted in a substantially reduced subsidy rate.
- Successfully represented Turkish producer before the US International Trade Commission during the antidumping and countervailing duty investigation of dried tart cherries from Turkey, which resulted in a negative injury and negative threat of injury determination.
- Successfully represented US importer before the US International Trade Commission during the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of urea ammonium nitrate solutions from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago, which resulted in a negative injury and negative threat of injury determination.
- Successfully challenged, before the US Court of Federal Claims and US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, a competition conducted by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development for failure to comply with the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act.
- Successfully defended a network services company against a protest filed at the US Court of Federal Claims (Case No. 15-1541) and appealed to US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Appeal No. 2012-1655) against an information technology services contract.
- Successfully defended major US metals distributor in a trade secrets-based Section 337 unfair imports dispute before the US International Trade Commission involving stainless steel, resulting in termination of distributor from the investigation and no remedy issued against it.
- Successfully defended power management company in patent infringement suit involving electronic power distribution units.
- Successfully defended a network services company against multiple protests filed at the US Court of Federal Claims (Case Nos. 11-400C & 11-416C) and appealed to US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Appeal No. 2012-5039) against a US$500 million information technology services contract. In securing complete victory for our client, we made new law clarifying the requirements for timely filing protests challenging the terms of a solicitation.
- Successfully defended a GAO protest of an award to a client by the US Agency for International Development.
- Successfully defended a manufacturer of truck transmissions accused of patent infringement; securing a summary judgment of non-infringement from the district court, which the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed.
- Securing dismissal of a client from a patent infringement lawsuit filed in the US Court of Federal Claims.
- Representing a multifamily real estate investment firm before the Virginia Supreme Court, securing reversal of a lower court decision, which resulted in a vacatur of a multimillion-dollar arbitration award. In securing complete victory for our client, we made new law in Virginia clarifying that the court, not an arbitrator, has jurisdiction in the first instance to determine whether an arbitration agreement exists between the parties.
- Representing Japan- and US-based freight forwarders in connection with a US Department of Justice (DOJ) criminal price-fixing investigation and related civil class actions.
- Defending a compressor manufacturer regarding a DOJ criminal price-fixing investigation and related civil class actions.
- Representing a major sports franchise and an affiliated ticketing company in private litigation alleging antitrust violations against a competing ticketing company.
- Defending an insurance broker in a class action alleging violations of federal and state antitrust laws.
- Defending a leading producer of flat glass in an antitrust action alleging price fixing in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
Education
- Georgetown University, J.D., cum laude, member, The Tax Lawyer, 2003
- The George Washington University, B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2000
Admissions
- Virginia, 2018
- District of Columbia, 2004
- Maryland, 2004
Courts
- U.S. Ct. of App., District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Ct. of App., Federal Circuit
- U.S. Ct. of App., Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Ct. of App., Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Ct. of Federal Claims
- U.S. Dist. Ct., Dist. of Columbia
- U.S. Dist. Ct., Dist. of Maryland
- U.S. Dist. Ct., Dist. of Michigan
- U.S. Court of International Trade
- U.S. Supreme Court