Peter W. Klestadt
Senior Partner
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- Tel: (212) 557-4000
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- Fax: (212) 557-4415
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Peter W. Klestadt has more than 30 years of experience concentrating in the areas of Customs and related import and export laws. He regularly appears before the federal agencies responsible for enforcing these laws, including Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS, NOAA) and others.
Mr. Klestadt counsels clients on how to maximize opportunities in areas such as valuation, tariff classification, marking and country of origin as well as in the areas of regulatory compliance and audits. He has developed extensive experience defending complex criminal and civil investigations involving customs fraud, food labeling and endangered species Lacey Act violations, as well as False Claims Act cases involving evasion of customs and antidumping duties.
Mr. Klestadt is also a licensed Customs Broker and worked in the customs brokerage and freight forwarding industry prior to beginning his legal career. He continues to render advice in this area. Mr. Klestadt is a contributing author of Import Handbook (1997).
Brooklyn Law School J.D. (1983)
New York University B.A. (1980)
U.S. Court of International Trade (1988)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1989)
U.S. Supreme Court (2012)
Consulegis Global Network
Customs and International Trade Bar Association
Fashion Service Network
New York State Bar Membership
Transportation Lawyers Association
Instructor:
New York University: Customhouse Brokerage for License Applicants (1985)
Customs Law Survey (1986)
Minimizing Customs Duties (1987)
Customs Law Survey: Making the Law Work for You (1988)
Food and Drug Law Institute: Advanced Food Law Workshop, Imports of Foods (1992)
Pace University, World Trade Institute: Harmonized Tariff System Workshop (1996-2000)
Compliance Assessments and Customs Audits
Country of Origin and Marking
Cultural Property Laws
Customs Rulings
Drawback
Due Diligence and Acquisitions
Export Controls and Sanction Programs
Fish and Wildlife
Foreign Trade Zones and Bonded Warehouses
Intellectual Property
Legislation and Trade Policy Decisions
Litigation
Penalties, Seizures and Investigations
Product Admissibility
Product Safety
Quotas and Import Restrictions
Special Duty Programs
Supply Chain Security
Tariff Classification
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
Valuation
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