Practice Areas
Education
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
- B.S., with honors, Northwestern University
Law Journals
- Editor-in-Chief, Law and Policy in International Business
Bar & Court Admissions
Timothy C. Brightbill
PARTNER202.719.3138
| tbrightbill@wileyrein.comMr. Brightbill represents clients on all aspects of international trade law and policy including import trade remedies (such as antidumping law, countervailing duty law and safeguards investigations), global trade policy and trade negotiations, international arbitration, export controls (compliance and licensing), climate change policy, customs matters and international e-commerce issues. Chambers USA Leading Lawyers for Business (2010) has named Mr. Brightbill one of the nation’s “Up and Coming” practitioners in international trade law, noting that “he stands out as ‘an incredibly impressive ‘nuts and bolts’ lawyer.’”
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Represents numerous U.S. industries in trade litigation and trade policy matters, including steel and steel products, lined paper school supplies, heavy forged hand tools and steel scrap.
- Represents numerous clients before the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), and in more than 20 oral arguments at the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
- Regularly advises and represents clients before Congress and the Executive Branch on potential changes to U.S. trade laws, trade remedies and ongoing trade negotiations, including World Trade Organization (WTO), U.S. Free Trade Agreements and Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs).
- As a member of the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Services and Finance Industries, provides the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the State Department with industry advice on WTO, FTA and BIT negotiations with major U.S. trading partners.
- Edited "Trade Remedies for Global Companies," an American Bar Association book on U.S. and foreign trade remedies, and authored a chapter on antidumping law and countervailing duty law petitions.
- Represented a coalition of domestic producers in the most comprehensive trade safeguards investigation in U.S. history, culminating in a successful remedy proclamation by the President.
- Advised a private equity firm on export control and national security issues involved in a multi-billion dollar acquisition of an international satellite company.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Member, Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Services and Finance Industries (2007-Present).
- Adjunct Professor, International Trade Law and Regulation, Georgetown University Law Center (2002-Present).
- Faculty Member, Georgetown Law Academy of WTO Law and Policy (2006-Present).
- Legislative and Legal Counsel to U.S. Representative John J. LaFalce, Chair of the House Committee on Small Business (1994-1995).
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
- American Bar Association (ABA), Section of International Law.
- ABA Liaison to ITAC 10 (2007-Present).
- Division Chair and Council Member (2005-2007).
- Deputy to Section Chair (2004-2005).
- Chair, International Trade Committee (2002-2004).
HONORS & AWARDS
- Listed by Chambers USA as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Up and Coming" (2010).
- Included in Euromoney Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading International Trade Lawyers (2008, 2010).
- Listed in The International Who's Who of Trade & Customs Lawyers (2010).
PUBLICATIONS
CURRENT | CHOOSE YEAR | VIEW ALL- China's Currency Regime Is Legitimately Challengeable as a Subsidy under ASCM Rules
Timothy C. Brightbill and John R. Magnus
August 16, 2010 | VOX
- Common Country-of-Origin Rules: How Will They Affect Your Imports?
Timothy C. Brightbill and Maureen E. Thorson
August 11, 2010
- New Bill Seeks to Improve Trade Remedy Law Enforcement
Timothy C. Brightbill, Adam H. Gordon and Laura El-Sabaawi
August 5, 2010
- Developments in Steel Scrap in 2009
Alan H. Price and Timothy C. Brightbill
April 30, 2010 | American Scrap Coalition
- The Recovery Act's Buy American Restrictions
Timothy C. Brightbill and Christopher B. Weld
April 2010 | The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Vol 18, No. 4
- U.S. Political Pressure Builds to Address China's Undervalued Currency
Alan H. Price, Timothy C. Brightbill, Daniel B. Pickard and Adam H. Gordon
March 26, 2010
- Will China's More Aggressive Defense of the Undervalued Yuan Be Met with U.S. Action?
Alan H. Price, Timothy C. Brightbill, Daniel B. Pickard and Adam H. Gordon
March 15, 2010
- New Indigenous Innovation Policies Foreclose Foreign Access to Chinese Government Contracts and Threaten China's Accession to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement
Timothy C. Brightbill and Matthew W. Fogarty
February 24, 2010
- U.S. Trade Representative Promotes Expansion of Exports by Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses
Only One Percent of U.S. Small Businesses Currently Export
Timothy C. Brightbill
January 22, 2010
- Competition and Opportunity: USTR Announces Intention to Negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with Asia-Pacific Nations and Seeks Comments from U.S. Industry by January 25, 2010
Timothy C. Brightbill and Nova J. Daly
December 18, 2009
- U.S. Trade Law Investigations: Could Your Supply Chain Be Affected?
Timothy C. Brightbill and Maureen E. Thorson
Winter 2010 | Manufacturing Today
- Court of International Trade Rules against Commerce's Application of Countervailing Duty Law to China
Timothy C. Brightbill and Maureen E. Thorson
September 21, 2009
- Obama Imposes Tire Tariffs Pursuant to Section 421; China Asks for Talks, Launches Trade Investigations
Timothy C. Brightbill and Maureen E. Thorson
September 14, 2009
SPEECHES
CHOOSE YEAR | VIEW ALLNEWS RELEASES
CURRENT | CHOOSE YEAR | VIEW ALLWiley Rein International Trade Practice Ranked among Nation's Best by Chambers USA; Three Partners Named "Leading Lawyers"
June 16, 2010
IN THE NEWS
CURRENT | CHOOSE YEAR | VIEW ALLWiley Rein's Tim Brightbill Calls Measures to Strengthen U.S. Trade Laws "a Good Step"
August 26, 2010 | American Metal Market
The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Interviews Timothy Brightbill on Current International Trade Policy
May 2010 | Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Vol. 18, No. 5
International Trade Partner Comments on Additional Tariffs on Chinese Imports
September 15, 2009 | CongressDaily
