Frank Morgan, Esq.
Trade Law Defense, PLLC
218 North Lee Street, 3rd Floor
Alexandria, VA 22314  USA

Tel: 703.493.0188 
Email:  mailto:[email protected]
Education
Juris Doctorate
The Catholic University of America
1998  

Bachelor of Arts
Philosopy
Villanova University
1995

Clerkships
Hon. Judith M. Barzilay
Court of International Trade
1998-2000  

Government Experience
International Trade Comm'n
-Office of General Counsel

Bar Admissions
Court of Appeals for the
     Federal Circuit
Court of International Trade
Vrigina
Washington, D.C.
Mr. Frank Morgan counsels foreign clients in import injury and 337 cases before the U.S. International Trade Commission, as well as in antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings before the U.S. Department of Commerce.  Mr. Morgan follows these cases from the administrative level through appeals at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the World Trade Organization.

Before affiliating with the Antidumping Defense Group, Frank Morgan spent 14 years at White & Case LLP representing companies before the International Trade Commission (ITC).  Prior to his private sector work, Mr. Morgan worked in the ITC General Counsel’s office and was a judicial law clerk for Judge Judith M. Barzilay at the US Court of International Trade, the court that reviews the ITC’s decisions. Mr. Morgan uses the insight gained from working for decision makers when he works with a company to formulate and execute an effective ITC strategy.

Mr. Morgan has defended companies’ interests before the International Trade Commission numerous times.

Recent Representation
  • Obtained negative material retardation finding in Steel Wheels from China (AD/CVD investigation);

  • Obtained negative material injury finding in Coated Free Sheet Paper from China, Indonesia, and Korea (AD/CVD investigation);

  • Obtained negative material injury finding in Bearings from China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and the United Kingdom (AD/CVD sunset review);

  • Obtained favorable settlement in Portable Electronic Communication Devices, Including Mobile Phones and Components Thereof (337 case)

  • Obtained favorable settlement in Electronic Devices, Including Mobile Phones and Tablet Computers, and Components Thereof (337 case)

  • Assisted in successful defense of Chimei Innolux in  Liquid Crystal Display Devices, Including Monitors, Televisions, and Modules, and Components Thereof (337 case)

Lead counsel in WTO action, United States — Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Measures on Certain Coated Paper from Indonesia
Injury Cases

 AD/CVD Import Injury Investigations

  • Certain Glyphosate from China
  • Domestic Dry Containers from China
  • Foundry Coke from China
  • Ironing Tables and Certain Parts Thereof from China
  • Steel Wheels from China
  • Ammonium Nitrate from Ukraine
  • Blast Furnace Coke from China and Japan
  • Canned Pineapple Fruit from Thailand
  • Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, and Venezuela
  • Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Belarus, China, Korea, Latvia, and Moldova
  • Certain Structural Steel Beams from China, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Russia, South Africa, Spain, and Taiwan
  • Coated Free Sheet Paper from China, Indonesia and South Korea
  • Hot-Rolled Steel Products from Argentina, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Romania, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine
  • Large Power Transformers from Korea
  • Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico and Turkey
  • Metal Calendar Slides from Japan
  • Polyethelyene Retail Carrier Bags from Indonesia, Taiwan and Vietnam
  • Uncovered Innersprings from China, South Africa and Vietnam
  • Urea Ammonium Nitrate Solutions from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine
 AD/CVD Import Injury Sunset (Expiry) Reviews

  • Ammonium Nitrate from Russia
  • Certain Bearings from France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
  • Certain Preserved Mushrooms from Chile, China, India, and Indonesia
  • Certain Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe from Argentina, Brazil, Germany, and Italy
  • Helical Spring Lockwashers from China and Taiwan
  • Solid Urea from Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan
  • Oil Country Tubular Goods from Argentina, Italy, Japan, Korea, and Mexico
 Safeguards

  • Brake Drums and Rotors (China Safeguard Investigation)
  • Steel (Global Safeguard Investigation)
Publications

Raising the Bar for NPEs to Establish Domestic Industry, Law 360 (Aug. 8, 2012)

Trade Adjustment Assistance Cases: 2007 Developments, Georgetown Journal of International Law (2008)

Tips for the New Practitioner at the US Court of International Trade, Georgetown University Law Center (Jan. 2007)

Babe the Magnificent Organ Donor? The Perils and Promises Surrounding Xenotransplantation, Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy (1997)

American Decline or Renewal? Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Government Printing Office