Beau leads Husch Blackwell’s Section 337 practice, and assists clients with a variety of other international business issues.
His practice focuses on trade and intellectual property disputes, with years of first-chair experience litigating Section 337 cases before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Beau has an extensive, proven record of success in some of the most high-profile ITC cases. He also works on antidumping and countervailing duty matters before the ITC and U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), as well as litigation and appeals before the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Beau also guides clients through trade-related regulatory challenges, including tariff classification, valuation, country-of-origin marking and other compliance and litigation matters before U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DOC, the CIT and Federal Circuit, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).
Beau’s broad counsel in international matters further includes advising clients on foreign investment issues, particularly the intellectual property aspects of such transactions, and on developments at the World Trade Organization. He also works with clients to capitalize on special trade programs and with advocacy efforts before Congress and federal agencies on an assortment of trade and intellectual property issues.
Prior to entering private practice, Beau served as a congressional law clerk for the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade and as a legal intern at USTR.