Contributing Authors

Contributing Authors

John B. Brew

John B. Brew is apartner in Crowell & Moring’s Washington, DC office.

He is Vice Chair of the International Trade Group and focuses his practice

in the area of customs. He regularly advises corporations on matters involv-

ing customs administration, enforcement, compliance, litigation, legislation

and policy. Mr. Brew represents clients in proceedings at the administrative

and judicial levels, as well as before Congress and the international bureau-

cracies that handle customs and trade matters. He advises clients on all

substantive import regulatory issues handled by U.S. Customs and Border

Protection, and Homeland Security Investigations. Mr. Brew has assisted

clients in a broad array of industries providing creative solutions that enable

clients to obtain duty savings and mitigate customs penalties. Mr. Brew is

a graduate of Bucknell University, where he received degrees in English and

Mathematics, and The Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State Uni-

versity, where he was a staff editor of the “Dickinson Law Review.” Mr.

Brew was a co-editor and author for the first edition of The ABA’s Interna-

tional Practitioner’s Deskbook, “U.S. Customs: A Practitioner’s Guide to

Principles, Processes and Procedures.” He is an editor of the “Kluwer Law

International Global Trade and Customs Journal,” and was a member of

the “International Trade Law360” Editorial Advisory Board. Mr. Brew has

been recognized by Chambers USA in the area of International Trade: Cus-

toms, Best Lawyers in America in the area of International Trade and

Finance Law, Who’s Who Legal in the area of Trade and Customs, and

Super Lawyers in the area of International. Mr. Brew is a member of the

bars of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.

He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of International Trade and

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Cyndee Todgham Cherniak

Cyndee Todgham Cherniak is the founding lawyer of LexSage, a boutique

international trade law and sales tax firm in Toronto, Ontario. She has prac-

ticed for almost 20 years at Canada’s top Bay Street law firms. Her practice

includes international law, including World Trade Organization (WTO) and

Regional Trade Agreements (RTA) analysis, interpretations, and opinions,

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