The International Law Section Gazette | | |
Dear ILS,
Join us THIS WEEK for our next ILS Lunch & Learn. On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, from 12-1:30 pm, you’ll have the opportunity to hear Jackie Villalba interview the one and only Robert “Bob” Becerra. Bob is a Past Chair of the ILS and is the current Chair of the Board Certification in International Law Committee. Bob will speak on his experiences ranging from white-collar criminal defense and grand jury investigations to cargo loss, disputes between exporters and importers, trade-based money laundering, FDA detentions and investigations, and other proceedings related to international trade.
This is a Lunch & Learn you won’t want to miss! SPACE IS LIMITED, please RSVP to Whitney Jobson (wjobson@floridabar.org) and we look forward to seeing you at our sponsor Fiduciary Trust International’s beautiful offices in Coral Gables.
Have a great week!
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March 19 – Lunch & Learn hosted by Fiduciary Trust International (Coral Gables, FL)
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March 26 (Date Change!) – ILS Webinar on Immigration Practice and Policy under the Trump Administration (online)
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April 7 – deadline to submit articles for inclusion in the Spring 2025 Edition of the ILQ
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April 8 – ILS Webinar on Navigating Tariff Challenges: Legal Strategies (online)
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May 8 – ILS Webinar on Navigating Multiparty Arbitration: Strategies for Effective Case Management and Resolution (online)
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May 16 – Board Certification in International Litigation and Arbitration exam
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May 21 – Lunch & Learn hosted by Fiduciary Trust International (Coral Gables, FL)
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June – End of Year Chair's Reception (Boca Raton, FL)
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June 27 – ILS Annual Meeting (Boca Raton, FL)
| | ILS Members Visit the FIU College of Law to Meet with Law Students Interested in International Law! | | ILS Members Visit Ave Maria School of Law to Meet with Law Students Interested in International Law! | | The ILS Celebrates Women's History Month by Honoring the Incredible Women Whose Leadership and Contributions Enrich the ILS. | | The ILS celebrates Women's History Month by honoring the incredible women whose leadership and contributions enrich the ILS. The 2025 theme for Women’s History Month is “Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations.” The band of women on the ILS Executive Council certainly embodies this theme by inspiring and guiding the next wave of lawyers! | | Mark Your Calendars For the Next ILS Lunch & Learn Series Featuring ILS Past Chair Robert "Bob" Becerra on March 19, 2025! | | |
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The ILS’ next Lunch & Learn will be on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, from 12-1:30 pm, featuring former ILS Chair Robert "Bob" Becerra.
Bob concentrates his practice in the areas of civil litigation, white-collar criminal defense, grand jury investigations, cargo loss, disputes between exporters and importers, trade-based money laundering, FDA detentions and investigations, and other proceedings related to international trade. This promises to be a riveting conversation with a seasoned litigator!
Please RSVP to Whitney Jobson (wjobson@floridabar.org) and we look forward to seeing you at our sponsor Fiduciary Trust International’s beautiful offices!
| | Date of ILS Webinar on "Immigration Practice and Policy under the Trump Administration" Changed to March 26, 2025! | | DATE CHANGE! The ILS Webinar is on "Immigration Practice and Policy Under The Trump Administration" featuring expert speakers Elaine Weiss, Larry Rifkin, and Juan Carlos Freire has been moved to March 26! Don't miss this timely discussion on the latest developments in immigration law. Register now and secure your spot by clicking the flyer above or by clicking here! | | |
Register For the ILS Webinar on
Navigating Tariff Challenges: Legal Strategies
By ILS Member Jennifer Diaz on April 8, 2025!
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This CLE course provides attorneys and international trade professionals with a comprehensive overview of the tariffs imposed on goods imported into the U.S. and their significant impact on businesses. The webinar will also cover proactive measures that importers can take to prepare for future tariff increases. Participants will gain in-depth knowledge of various legal strategies to minimize tariff costs, including Temporary Importation under Bond (TIB), Incoterms, duty drawback, tariff engineering, country of origin change, first sale, duty deferral, and free trade agreements. Additionally, the course will highlight illegal tariff minimization strategies to avoid. Attendees will explore practical tools and tactics for mitigating tariff impacts, ensuring compliance, and optimizing their import operations.
To register, click the flyer above or please click here!
| | Register Now for the June 10 Leaders League Alliance Summit on Law & Innovation! | |
ILS Members have access to a limited number of free tickets to this event. Please email ILS Chair, Ana Barton (abarton@reedsmith.com) if interested! These will be alotted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Otherwise, to register, please click the flyer above or please click here!
| | The International Law Quarterly | | The ILQ Publishes its Winter 2025 Issue, Focus on Creative Solutions, Available Now! | | |
The Winter 2025 Issue of the International Law Quarterly - "Focus on Creative Solutions" is now available, featuring the latest submissions by ILS members, including articles focused on artificial intelligence, solutions for wire fraud victims, creative solutions for interesting clients, challenges of space resource activities, and more!
Click on the images above to download or please click here!
For all previous issues of the International Law Quarterly, please follow this link.
| | Call for Member Submissions for the ILS Gazette! | |
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If you are reading the Gazette, chances are that you are a practitioner or a student with an interest in International Law, one of the most wide-ranging, exciting and challenging legal specialties. Everyone in our field knows how crucial it is to stay on top of diverse and evolving national legal regimes, and at the same time, the difficulty of keeping meticulously up-to-date on developments around the world.
The International Law Section (ILS) of The Florida Bar is here to help you, the practitioner, navigate both the everyday and big-picture challenges of our field. Our Section is your forum to share knowledge and best practices, and to meet and mingle with peers in professional collaborations that can only enhance your grasp of the specialty and your standing among clients and peers.
Let ILS membership assist you in developing a thriving international practice through peer network development that includes important shared learnings and reciprocal referrals of clients and casework.
If your practice transcends borders, join us in making this the authoritative, go-to forum for Florida and the gateway to the region for anyone practicing International Law. Our Section is open to lawyers from other states and countries, full-time faculty at U.S. law schools, and full-time U.S. law students, all of whom may participate as associate members. For more information regarding membership with the ILS, click HERE.
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The ILS Thanks its 2025 Sponsors
We look forward to another year of innovative programs where we can advance international law in Florida and further promote our sponsors.If interested in sponsoring the ILS, please contact our Treasurer, Davide Macelloni at dmacelloni@drbdc-law.com or Vice Treasurer, Jeffrey Hagen at jhagen@harpermeyer.com for more details.
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ILS Board Members and Officers
Chair: Ana M. Barton
Chair-Elect: Cristina Vicens Beard
Secretary: Laura Reich
Treasurer: Davide Macelloni
Vice-Treasurer: Jeffrey S. Hagen
Immediate Past Chair: Richard Montes de Oca
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ILS Executive Council
Terms Expiring 2025
Gary Birnberg
Phillip Buhler
Jennifer Diaz
Kristin Drecktrah Paz
Prof. Manuel A. Gomez
Omar K. Ibrahem
Adrian Nunez
Pamella A. Seay
Terms Expiring 2026
Matthew Akiba
Lauren Bengochea
Neha Dagley
Gary E. Davidson
Nouvelle Gonzalo
Susanne Leone
Jennifer Mosquera
Terms Expiring 2027
Priscila Bandeira
Fabio Giallanza
Penelope Perez-Kelly
Frederic Rocafort
To learn more about the ILS Executive Council Members, click here!
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