Wiley Rein LLP


Timothy C. Brightbill
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
  • District of Columbia Bar
  • Maryland Bar
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of International Trade

Timothy C. Brightbill

PARTNER

202.719.3138  |  tbrightbill@wileyrein.com


Mr. 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. He is rated among the nation’s leading lawyers for business by Chambers USA (2010-2012), which notes that “he stands out as ‘an incredibly impressive ‘nuts and bolts’ lawyer’” (2010) and “is making a name in the trade remedies field” (2011).


REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Lead counsel to SolarWorld Industries America Inc. and the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing, which in November 2012 won the largest U.S. trade remedy cases ever filed against China and the first cases involving renewable energy products.
  • Represents numerous U.S. industries in trade litigation and trade policy matters, including steel and steel products, solar cells and modules, lined paper school supplies, heavy forged hand tools and steel scrap.
  • Represents numerous clients before the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), and in more than 30 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 (FTA) and Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT).
  • As a member of the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Services and Finance Industries, advises service industries and provides the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the U.S. government with industry advice on WTO, FTA and BIT negotiations with major U.S. trading partners.
  • Represented U.S. industry coalition supporting the USTR in its successful WTO challenge of China's raw material export restrictions.
  • 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.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Vice-Chair (2013) and Member (2007-Present), Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Services and Finance Industries.
  • 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, U.S. Representative John J. LaFalce, Chair of the House Committee on Small Business (1994-1995).

AFFILIATIONS

  • American Bar Association (ABA), Section of International Law.
    • Senior Advisor, International Trade Committee (2011-Present).
    • 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).
  • Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA).
    • Vice-Chair, International Trade Committee.
  • Executive Leadership Committee, Lawyers Have Heart (2010-Present).
  • Site Coordinator and Volunteer, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless (1996-Present).
  • Georgetown Journal of International Law, Alumni Advisory Board.

HONORS & AWARDS

  • Listed by Chambers Global as one of the "Leaders in Their Field" for his work in Trade Remedies & Trade Policy (2012-2013).
  • Listed by Chambers USA as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" (2012) and "America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Up and Coming" (2010-2011).
  • Included in Legal Media Group's Expert Guides: Guide to the World's Leading International Trade and Shipping Lawyers (2008-Present).
  • Included in the International Who's Who of Trade & Customs Lawyers (2010-2012).
  • Named one of DC's "Super Lawyers" for International by Super Lawyers magazine (2013).

PUBLICATIONS

CURRENT | CHOOSE YEAR | VIEW ALL

SPEECHES

CHOOSE YEAR | VIEW ALL

NEWS RELEASES

CURRENT | CHOOSE YEAR | VIEW ALL

IN THE NEWS

CURRENT | CHOOSE YEAR | VIEW ALL
Top of the Page

TOOLS


ADVANCED SITE SEARCH



FILTER BY: