Patrick C. Reed is Of Counsel to the Firm in its New York City office and concentrates his practice on U.S. customs, international trade, and import-export laws, including international trade agreements such as the World Trade Organization agreements and the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (formerly the North American Free Trade Agreement). He is admitted to the bars of the State of New York, the U.S. Court of International Trade, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Mr. Reed received a J.D. degree from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar and articles editor of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. He received a Ph.D. degree in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, with concentrations in international law and international economic relations. He also holds a masters degree from The Fletcher School; a B.A. degree with high distinction from Indiana University; and an advanced diploma in French studies from the University of Strasbourg, France.
Mr. Reed is author of a treatise on customs and international trade litigation, The Role of Federal Courts in U.S. Customs and International Trade Law (Oceana Publications 1997) (quoted in United States v. Haggar Apparel Co., 526 U.S. 380, 393 (1999)), as well as a number of articles and other published papers on customs and international trade law.
Mr. Reed is a member and former president of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association (CITBA), a trustee of the Historical Society of the U.S. Court of International Trade, and a member of the American Bar Association (Section of International Law and Section of Administrative and Regulatory Law) and the American Society of International Law. Mr. Reed is an Adjunct Professor at St. John’s University School of Law and Baruch College of the City University of New York.