Nakachi Eckhardt and Jacobson, P.C. is a U.S. law firm focused on customs and international trade law, including every major facet of trade law impacting the importation and exportation of goods in the United States. Our offices are located in San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles.
NE&J is known nationally and internationally for specialized work in cross-border trade and customs law. We do all of this from our offices along America’s west coast:
San Francisco, California
50 California Street; Suite 1500; San Francisco, California 94111
Seattle, Washington
450 Alaskan Way S.; Suite 200; Seattle, WA 94104
Los Angeles, California (meetings only)
515 S. Flower Street, 36th Floor; Los Angeles, California, 90071
TOPICS OF GENERAL INTEREST
Civil & Criminal Investigations
Duty and Civil Penalty Defense
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As trade lawyers, we may represent clients in a wide array of matters including:
Tariffs and excise taxes of all kinds (including tariffs under sections 201, 232, 301, IEEPA, safeguards, and Antidumping and Countervailing (ADCVD)).
Litigation in the Court of International Trade (CIT)
Classification rulings and tariff disputes
Customs Valuation strategies and disputes
Country of Origin issues (i.e., substantial transformation analysis)
Admissibility and Exclusion Issues
Rate advances and disputes over customs duties
Civil penalties and liquidated damages proceedings
Customs Audits and QRAs
Seizures and Detentions
Government Investigations and Enforcement Actions
When issues cannot be resolved within administrative proceedings, the law firm is frequently asked to resolve matters via federal litigation. This may include legal proceedings in the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), and various other federal district and state courts.