2024 Global AGM - Sponsor
About GDLSK
Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP is one of the US's largest law firms devoted exclusively to international trade and customs matters. The firm represents a wide variety of clients, ranging from privately held companies to Fortune 100 corporations engaged in the manufacture and distribution of textiles, consumer electronics, foodstuffs, computer and telecommunications equipment, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, automotive products, steel, wearing apparel, agricultural products and a host of other consumer and industrial products. Its clients include domestic and foreign manufacturers, importers, exporters, trading companies, customs brokers, trade associations and foreign trade associations.
The firm's lawyers have substantial experience practicing before the government agencies responsible for the administration and enforcement of US international trade and customs laws. Many of its lawyers gained experience with US Customs & Border Protection, the Department of Commerce, the International Trade Commission, the Court of International Trade and the Department of Justice. Several of its attorneys are also licensed customs brokers and are uniquely qualified to understand issues relating to the delivery and clearance of imported/exported merchandise.
Meet Bob
Bob, Partner at GDLSK LLP, MGI Worldwide's Global AGM Sponsor.
Robert B. Silverman is a founding member and heads the Firm’s litigation group. He has been counsel in over 125 decisions issued by the U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and a number of U.S. District Courts. These court actions have involved a wide array of customs issues including tariff classification, customs valuation, country of origin determinations, exclusions based on claims of forced labor, recordkeeping penalty cases, and section 1592 civil penalty cases. In addition to these court decisions, Mr. Silverman has stipulated or negotiated a large number of cases with the U.S. Department of Justice thereby avoiding judicial involvement. Mr. Silverman was lead counsel in the landmark case Trimil SA vs. United States (2017) which overturned Customs’ position on the dutiability of related party royalties.