Sonnenberg & Anderson

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M. JASON CUNNINGHAM

Born: Aurora, Illinois, 1970.

Admitted to:

•Bar of the State of Illinois, 1999

•U.S. Court of International Trade

•U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

•U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

•U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Education:

•St. Ignatius College Prep., Chicago, IL (Honors Degree 1988)

•University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (BA 1992)

•Northwestern University School of Law  (JD 1999)

Languages:

•Spanish

Organizations/ Activities:

•Chicago Brokers and Foreign Freight Forwarders Association of Chicago:  Legislative Committee Chairperson 2004 - present. 

•CBFFFAC - Director

•American Association of Exporters and Importers.(AAEI) 2000 - present

•Section 201, antidumping, and countervailing duty presentations.

•National Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Assoc. - Washington DC legislative agenda (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)

Service:

•United States Peace Corps - El Salvador 1994 - 1996

Practice Summary:

Mr. Cunningham is an attorney with Sonnenberg & Anderson.  His practice concentrates on the representation of importers facing numerous issues of compliance with U.S. Customs and other import/export related laws.  These issues include the classification and valuation of merchandise, country of origin marking, “Made in USA” claims, antidumping and countervailing duty investigations, exporting products from the United States, intellectual property enforcement at the border, Customs audits, investigations, and penalty proceedings. 

Mr. Cunningham litigates cases  before the Court of International Trade as well as before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.