California Customs Attorneys | Customs Lawyers
Nakachi Eckhardt and Jacobson, P.C. is a California-based law firm whose attorneys are decided to excellence in U.S. Customs and International trade law. We maintain a national practice before all Customs Ports of Entry.
U. S. Customs and International Trade Law
Customs and international trade law is a federal practice area relating to U.S. laws applicable to trade in commercial goods entering U.S. commerce. The practice of U.S. Customs law relates directly to compliance activities related to importing.
International trade law is a broad term encompassing an umbrella of all trade laws, such as various U.S. Customs laws, Export laws, and U.S. Trade Remedies laws. This includes labeling requirements, registration and licensing laws, and various other laws imposed by various federal and state agencies - many of which can lead U.S. Customs to institute seizures, investigations, audits, and/or other types of enforcement actions.
Finally, our practice also includes the protection and resolution of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) matters for clients within the context of international trade, including federal copyright and trademark registrations, and seizures & enforcement proceedings brought by U.S. Customs.
Legal Practice Nationwide
While we are based on the west coast of the United States, the scope of our practice is nationwide.
West Coast Offices
We are well-situated in geographic proximity to Ports along the west coast of the United States, with offices in both California and Washington State.
Our physical presence on the West Coast of the United States makes us particularly experienced in Asia-Pacific trade. We maintain ready translation capabilities with all major trading languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and etc.
Northern California
Cities near our offices in Northern California include: Oakland, San Francisco, the Bay Area & Silicon Valley, Mountain View, Redwood City, San Mateo, Redwood City, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Fremont, Milpitas, Santa Cruz, Sacramento, Davis, Vallejo, Vacaville, Martinez, Sonoma, Petaluma, Napa, Santa Rosa.
San Francisco Offices:
Our San Francisco offices at 50 California Street are located in the heart of the financial district of San Francisco, California. Our offices are minutes from the San Francisco Customhouse at 555 Battery Street, as well as the executive offices of the Port of San Francisco on the waterfront. We find that our location offers us an excellent platform to facilitate discussions and filings with local Customs and Port officials.
The San Francisco Customhouse is the service port for the region, as well the home of Customs’ Center for Excellence and Expertise (CEE) for Textiles and Apparel.
The Field Offices of the Port of San Francisco oversee all U.S. Customs ports of entry in Northern California, including those at the Port of Oakland, Port of an Francisco International Airport (SFO), Oakland International Airport (OAK), San Jose International Airport (SJO), and the Port of Reno.
The SF field office additionally provides various types of oversight and management to other northern ports, including those in Portland, Seattle, Blaine, Sumas, and Anchorage.
Southern California
Our offices in Southern California are placed in the middle of Greater Los Angeles, which includes as surrounding cities: Long Beach, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Riverside, San Bernardino, Glendale, Huntington Beach, Santa Clarita, Garden Grove, Oxnard, Fontana, Moreno Valley, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Lancaster, Palmdale, Corona, Pomona, Torrance, Pasadena, Orange, Fullerton, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Costa Mesa, Downey, Inglewood, West Covina, Norwalk, Burbank, Carlsbad, El Monte, Murrieta, Temecula, Compton, Mission Viejo, South Gate, Carson, Santa Monica, Westminster, Whittier, Newport Beach, Hawthorne, Alhambra, Buena Park, Lakewood, Tustin, Lake Forest, Bellflower, Baldwin Park, Chino Hills, Upland, Perris, Lynwood, Redondo Beach, Yorba Linda, Camarillo, Laguna Niguel, San Clemente, Pico Rivera, Montebello, Loma Linda, La Habra, Monterey Park, La Puente, Arcadia, Cypress, Cerritos, Covina, Azusa, and Glendora.
Los Angeles Offices
Our Los Angles offices are located the twin skyscrapers of City National Plaza place us in close working proximity with the Customhouse in the Port of Long Beach, as well as other surrounding ports. Such LA Ports include the massive Port of Long Beach, as well as numerous air and truck facilities, including the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Ontario International Airport (ONT), San Bernadino International Airport (SBD), Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Victorville, Meadows Field, etc.