Robert D. DeCamp is a member of the New York and Connecticut State Bars, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”), where he has successfully handled numerous cases involving both U.S. Customs and antidumping-related matters.  Prior to his litigation practice before the CIT, Mr. DeCamp graduated with a B.A. from the University of Binghamton, and earned his Juris Doctor from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Mr. DeCamp joined the firm in 2003, and has since then focused his practice in Customs and International Trade Law on behalf of both importer and exporter clients.  Pertinent case matters have included U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) administrative rulings, penalty and seizure actions, trademark and copyright forfeiture proceedings, audit and disclosure, recordkeeping compliance and Trade Adjustment Assistance.  He has also counseled clients on multiple CBP-run programs, including Customs’ Focused Assessment (FA), Importer Self Assessment (ISA) and the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Program.

Mr. DeCamp has extensive experience with Generalized System of Preferences (“GSP”) qualification and North American Free Trade Program (“NAFTA”) verification, and has participated with investigations regarding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”).  In addition, he has been involved in several successful antidumping matters before the U.S. Department of Commerce, including antidumping scope requests and changed circumstance reviews.

In addition to his practice before the CIT, CBP, ICE and the Department of Commerce, Mr. DeCamp has counseled clients on regulations involving additional other federal agencies, including the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”), the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”), the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”), the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (“PTO”), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) and the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (“APHIS”).  He has also counseled clients on matters involving the U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) and the U.S. Department of Defense regarding Acquisition, Technology & Logistics.

Mr. DeCamp has been active in multiple trade-related webinars, and has written articles that have appeared in World Wide Shipping Magazine and the U.S. Customs House Guide, on the subjects of Customs and International Trade Law and European Union expansion, U.S. Court of Appeals classification issues and Sarbanes-Oxley.

Mr. DeCamp is resident in the firm’s New York office.