Suzanne M. Schultz advises on international trade and customs law, customs intellectual property enforcement, export controls, economic sanctions, CFIUS, corporate compliance, internal investigations, supply chain, logistics related laws, and third-party risk management.

Previously, Ms. Schultz was an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of Trade, Regulations and Rulings at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, where she focused on customs intellectual property enforcement against counterfeit, pirated, gray market, and DMCA-violative merchandise in both the import and export environments. In that capacity, Ms. Schultz reviewed and adjudicated administrative petitions for relief for customs seized goods violative of intellectual property rights and advised the agency on exclusion order enforcement matters. She also monitored and analyzed legislative and litigation developments in trademark and copyright laws to advise CBP leadership on emerging enforcement priorities as well as developing and delivering IP trade compliance training for over 1,000 CBP personnel across the 328 U.S. ports of entry, over 20 foreign customs agencies, and the World Customs Organization (WCO). Ms. Schultz also published advance customs rulings on customs valuation, tariff classification, and Lever-Rule matters. She also represented CBP in the U.S. Trade Representative’s Special 301 Report and Notorious Markets List process.

Prior to CBP, Ms. Schultz also clerked in the Office of the Chief Counsel for International Commerce and the Office of the Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement and Compliance at the U.S. Department of Commerce where she worked on trade agreements, WTO procedures, privacy regulations, anti-corruption laws, and antidumping and countervailing (AD/CVD) duties litigation. Ms. Schultz also worked as a judicial extern for Justice Sharon Kennedy at the Ohio Supreme Court in Columbus, Ohio, and as an intern at the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva, Switzerland.

Ms. Schultz earned her J.D. from George Mason University, graduating cum laude, where she served as the Senior Research Editor for the George Mason International Law Journal and published a comment on Flags of Convenience. She earned her B.A. in International Studies from Boston College, graduating magna cum laude, during which she studied abroad in London, UK, and in Geneva, Switzerland. She is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia. Ms. Schultz is also proficient in Spanish.