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2026-11-12 14:30:00
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2026-11-12 14:30:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm ESTThis hour follows one import entry through each point where an importer’s refund right can be lost. It covers refund ownership, liquidation finality, matching correction tools, protest requirements, and the ACH enrollment needed to collect.
John M. Peterson
Randy Rucker
Christopher J. Duncan
Brandon A. Kennedy 3:40 pm - 4:40 pm ESTThis hour covers getting an importer’s claim into the Court of International Trade on the right jurisdictional basis. It walks through four mistakes that end cases and closes with a 1581(a)-versus-1581(i) decision tree and pre-filing checklist.
John M. PetersonRandy RuckerChristopher J. DuncanBrandon A. KennedyJohn M. Peterson is a partner in the New York office of Neville Peterson LLP and has practiced international trade and customs law since 1977. His work runs from import planning and advice to representing clients before U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other federal trade agencies, and to litigation in United States and foreign courts.
Randy Rucker is a partner in the Chicago office of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, where he advises global and multinational clients on every aspect of U.S. customs law. He regularly represents importers before U.S. Customs and Border Protection, protesting administrative decisions and preparing submissions, ruling requests, and prior disclosures, and he litigates before the Court of International Trade.
Christopher J. Duncan is a tariff and customs attorney in the Los Angeles office of Squire Patton Boggs, representing importers, exporters, manufacturers, warehouses, customs brokers, and freight forwarders before U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security. He routinely files protests, petitions, and offers in compromise seeking administrative relief, works to mitigate IEEPA, Section 301, and steel, aluminum, and copper tariffs, and litigates in the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Brandon A. Kennedy practices in the International Trade & Customs Law and Litigation & Dispute Resolution groups of Grant, Herrmann, Schwartz & Klinger LLP. He previously served as a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch, International Trade Field Office, representing the United States, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, at the U.S. Court of International Trade and on appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
John M. Peterson is a partner in the New York office of Neville Peterson LLP and has practiced international trade and customs law since 1977. His work runs from import planning and advice to representing clients before U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other federal trade agencies, and to litigation in United States and foreign courts.
Randy Rucker is a partner in the Chicago office of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, where he advises global and multinational clients on every aspect of U.S. customs law. He regularly represents importers before U.S. Customs and Border Protection, protesting administrative decisions and preparing submissions, ruling requests, and prior disclosures, and he litigates before the Court of International Trade.
Christopher J. Duncan is a tariff and customs attorney in the Los Angeles office of Squire Patton Boggs, representing importers, exporters, manufacturers, warehouses, customs brokers, and freight forwarders before U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security. He routinely files protests, petitions, and offers in compromise seeking administrative relief, works to mitigate IEEPA, Section 301, and steel, aluminum, and copper tariffs, and litigates in the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Brandon A. Kennedy practices in the International Trade & Customs Law and Litigation & Dispute Resolution groups of Grant, Herrmann, Schwartz & Klinger LLP. He previously served as a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch, International Trade Field Office, representing the United States, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, at the U.S. Court of International Trade and on appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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