Mr. Robert C. Cassidy Jr.

Robert C. CassidyPartnertel: +1 202 663 6740fax: +1 202 663 6363robert.cassidy@wilmerhale.com

· Mr ROBERT C. CASSIDY, Jr: Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, attorneys-at-law, Washington, DC; former General Counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Robert C. Cassidy, JrGovernment Affairs Officer, Officers ;Officers, Council And Counsellors ;Chair, Government Affairs Coordinating Committee ;Chair, Resolutions Committee ;Chair, Committee On ResolutionsWilmer, Cutler et al2445 M St. NW

In 1966, Bob Cassidy and Tom Small became partners of this firm.
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Cassidy later resigned and entered practice in the State of Washington.

Robert Cassidy, general counsel -- again, the United States trade representative, which is here in Washington.
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Robert C Cassidy Jr - Wilmer Cutler & Pickering2445 M Street NW , Washington , District of Colombia , 20037-1420 USATel : +1 202 663 6000 ; Fax : +1 202 663 6363 ; e-mail : rcassidy@wilmer.com

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Robert C. Cassidy, Jr., former General Counsel of the USTR and International Trade Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance;

Robert C. Cassidy, Jr. Partner tel: +1 (202) 663-6740 fax: +1 (202) 663-6363
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Bob Cassidy joined the firm in 1983 and has been leader of the International Practice Group and the Trade Group.He served as General Counsel of the Office of the US Trade Representative from 1979-1981 and International Trade Counsel to the US Senate Committee on Finance from 1975-1979.As General Counsel of USTR, Mr. Cassidy was the senior legal officer of the US government responsible for issues arising under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.He oversaw US implementation of the agreements reached in the Tokyo Round of Multinational Trade Negotiations and was the lead US negotiator with Japan on market access issues, including procurement by Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation.As International Trade Counsel to the Finance Committee, Mr. Cassidy was a creator of the procedures for consideration of legislation implementing trade agreementsâ€"procedures known today as the “fast track†or “trade promotion authority†procedures.He was also a primary architect of the modern antidumping and countervailing duty statutes enacted in the Trade Agreements Act of 1979.

Practice

Mr. Cassidy focuses on legal issues raised by cross-border business transactions, including antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings, economic sanctions, export controls and customs issues.He is experienced in devising strategies for using trade law procedures, such as the antidumping laws, to achieve business objectives and in resolving disputes between companies and the US government arising from sanctions, export controls and customs laws.

Professional Activities

Mr. Cassidy has been Counselor and Government Affairs Officer of the Section of International Law and Practice of the American Bar Association and Co-Chair of the Committee on International Trade Law of the Section.He was a member of the first panel to decide an appeal of a Department of Commerce antidumping determination under Chapter 19 the US-Canada Free Trade Agreement.