Suzanne Kane counsels clients on U.S. laws and policies affecting international trade and business, including customs and import control laws. Suzanne’s experience covers a wide range of commercial and enforcement laws, including: duty preference programs, Section 232 and Section 301 tariffs, antidumping and countervailing duty orders, Enforce and Protect Act investigations, intellectual property rights enforcement, country of origin marking, Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, fraud and strategic investigations, civil and criminal penalties and binding rulings.

Prior to joining Akin Gump, Suzanne served for more than six years as senior attorney-advisor at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Suzanne played a key role in the administration of CBP’s enforcement of Inter Partes Review (IPR) at U.S. borders. She drafted and issued agency decisions regarding seizures of merchandise infringing trademarks and copyrights and International Trade Commission patent exclusions orders. She also conducted IPR enforcement training for CBP officers at various U.S. ports of entry.

Suzanne is experienced in CBP’s enforcement of consumer product safety laws. In 2009, the Commissioner of CBP awarded her the Commissioner’s Award for her role in drafting the Importer Self-Assessment Product Safety Pilot Program, a trade partnership program jointly administered by CBP and the Consumer Product Safety Commission.