Sandra Bell

Since moving to the private practice of law, Ms. Bell has provided key customs law advice to a variety of clients, including major manufacturers and distributors of imported and exported finished goods and raw materials such as lumber, chemicals, textile and apparel/accessories; automotive vehicles and parts; food products and ingredients; software, industrial coating systems, medical supplies, energy products, luxury consumer goods and professional use products. She also assesses corporate customs compliance independently or as part of the firm's due diligence reviews for mergers and acquisitions transactions. Specific customs areas in which Ms. Bell has provided advice have included: country of origin (determination and labeling); tariff classification; customs valuation; NAFTA, Korean FTA, and other US duty preference programs; customs drawback; bonds and bonded warehouses, customs enforcement and mitigation; import bans such as the US Forced Labor law; intellectual property rights import restrictions, restrictions by other US government agencies. Also, utilizing her border security experience, Ms. Bell advises clients on CBP's cargo security requirements (e.g., Importer Security Filing (ISF), the Container Security Initiative CSI), APIS, and trusted trader programs (Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism - C-TPAT and Importer Self-Assessment - ISA) and trusted traveler programs (e.g., Global Entry).