Jon Yormick is a trusted international business and trade attorney and counsellor, with more than 30 years of practice experience, often focusing on sensitive investigations, voluntary and directed self-disclosures, penalties and enforcement, compliance, and litigation related to antiboycott regulations, customs, export controls, economic sanctions, FCPA/antibribery, and government procurement matters.

 

Jon regularly represents clients in sensitive investigations, detentions, seizures, enforcement, licensing, and ruling proceedings before the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), the U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), and Mexico’s Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT) on import and export laws and regulations, including the Export Control Reform Enforcement Act (ECRA), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).  He also advises clients on issues involving international trade and federal government contracts such as the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)/Defense Federal Acquistion Regulations (DFARS), the Berry Amendment, the Buy American Act, the Trade Agreements Act, as well as Made in USA claims administered and enforced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).