Terry Polino is a partner in the firm's Transportation and International Commerce group. Her practice focuses on import compliance, the various import preference programs, valuation issues, country of origin marking and labeling issues, and supply chain security requirements. She works with clients ranging from small producers to large multinationals regarding the import requirements of both the United States and other countries.
Terry represents U.S. and foreign manufacturers, importers, and exporters before various regulatory agencies and committees, including Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Federal Trade Commission, Fish and Wildlife, and the Committee for the Implementation of the Textile Agreements, on both administrative and enforcement matters; before the International Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce in unfair trade actions, such as countervailing and antidumping duty cases; and before the Court of International Trade and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Earlier in her career, Terry served as senior attorney in the General Counsel's Office at the U.S. Department of the Treasury where she concentrated on customs and international trade matters. She began her career in the Office of Regulations and Rulings of the U.S. Customs Service (CBP's predecessor agency) and also served as an attorney-advisor in the Office of the Chief Counsel, U.S. Customs Service. Terry received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A. in Economics (magna cum laude) from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.