Harold Jackson, Associate
100 W. Broadway
Suite 660
Long Beach, CA 90802
hj@tradeandcargo.com
Office: (310) 642-9800
Fax: (310) 868-2923
Harold advises clients on a variety of issues related to U.S. Customs and international trade law. His areas of practice focus on both import laws and export controls, representing companies before governmental agencies such as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and Census Bureau, Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC), and more. Harold regularly advises companies on U.S. Customs issues, such as tariff classification, valuation, bonds, country of origin and substantial transformation, Section 232 (Steel/Aluminum) and 301 Duties (China Tariffs) and exclusions, Antidumping & Countervailing Duties, Forced Labor enforcement, and tariff mitigation strategies. In the export arena, Harold advises clients on a variety of export control issues, such as applying for licenses before various agencies, filing voluntary disclosures, drafting export compliance manuals and training, preparing Commodity Jurisdiction requests, determining the classification of goods and technology under the Commerce Control List (CCL) and U.S. Munition’s List, developing technology controls plans for deemed exports, and compliance screening for economic sanctions.
Practice Areas
U.S. export classification and licensing, economic sanctions, Voluntary Disclosures, Tariff classification, Anti-dumping/Countervailing Duties (ADD/CVD), USMCA and Free Trade Agreement (FTA) analysis, Prior Disclosures, and creating compliance programs.
Education
South Texas College of Law, Juris Doctor, May 2020
C. T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, May 2017
Bar and Court Admissions
Texas, Southern District of Texas, Court of International Trade
Professional Memberships
Customs and International Trade Bar Association
State Bar of Texas – International Law Section
Houston Bar Association
Houston Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarder Association
Presentations
- Three-Part Braumiller Law Group Series on Build America, Buy America Laws with Jim Holbien, Webinars, 2023
- Challenges to Prosecution of STC Violations, Department of State’s Security and Strategic Trade Management Academy (SSTMA), Houston TX, May 17, 2023
- ICPA Webinar on Section 301 Duties, Webinar, May 2, 2023
- Export Controls and Sanctions Panel with John Grayston and George Reid, ICPA Annual, Orlando FL, March 15, 2023
- Forced Labour Enforcement and Tracing Origin, ICPA Canada, Toronto CA, July 26, 2022
Publications
- Voluntary Self-Disclosures of Export Violations: Understanding the Consequences, August 4, 2023
- OFAC Enforcement Trends – Lack of Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions, April 5, 2023
- Red Flags for Software and Sanctions – OFAC Enforcement Wells Fargo Case Study, April 5, 2023
- That’s Not ‘Buy America’ Various Origin Requirements in the United States for Importers, February 1, 2023
- Complying with BIS’s Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Rules – Knowledge, Due Diligence, and Technology Thresholds, December 8, 2022
- Primer on Deemed Export Compliance, June 12, 2022
- U.S. Cancels Russia: New Import Bans, Export Controls, and Sanctions on Russia, Belarus, and Areas of Ukraine, CITBA Newsletter, Spring Issue 2022, Vol. 20, Issue 1
- Tracing Country of Origin – CBP Enforcement Trends Involving Verifying Country of Origin of Imports, April 10, 2022
- New Importer, Old Baggage Successor Liability for Antidumping & Countervailing Duties, February 5, 2022
- Customs Law, Section V. 2021 CIT and CAFC Cases, American Bar Association, International Law Section, The Year in Review, 2021