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S.K. ROSS & ASSOC, P.C. is a
law firm whose members and staff have extensive expertise in the
import/export business. Our personnel have been thoroughly
trained in the technical issues of the industry as the result of
having been employed by importers, exporters, customs brokers,
freight forwarders and steamship carriers before joining our
firm. As a result of this practical experience, our staff is
intimately familiar with the movement of cargo and people,
internationally and domestically. Our collective experience
includes knowledge of banking, trucking, warehousing,
consolidation, rail moves, air/ocean/surface transport as well as
import/export procedures. As a law firm, we have a unique
perspective on the operational and administrative difficulties
which may arise, whether our client is the shipper, the consignee
or in the related service industries. We regularly appear before
the U.S. Customs Service, Federal Maritime Commission, Food &
Drug Administration, State Department and the Bureau of Export
Administration (Department of Commerce), as well as many other
federal and state courts and agencies with jurisdiction over
trade and related issues. We also offer our clients management
and legislative consulting services.We are affiliated with law
firms throughout the world so as to be able to assist clients
regardless of their geographic location or where the problem
arises.
Fee quotations are available upon request.
SUSAN KOHN ROSS:
Principal - Ms. Ross, who founded S.K. ROSS & ASSOC, P.C. in 1983, is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles and Southwestern University School of Law. She has practiced continually since 1978 in the areas of Customs, international trade and transportation law. In addition, Ms. Ross assists clients through the management and legislative consulting services the firm provides. In 1971 Ms. Ross was granted her individual Customs Broker's license.
Ms. Ross is a member of the NAFTA Advisory Committee on Private Commercial Disputes - one of eight U.S. private sector representatives. She was formerly a member of the U.S. Customs NAFTA Advisory Committee, a private sector group which advised U.S. Customs regarding NAFTA implementation. She is also a frequent speaker and author on trade issues including her service as a member of the Editorial Board of the North American Trade Guide and a contributing columnist to the Daily Journal, a general circulation legal newspaper. Ms. Ross is involved in a host of bar and trade association activities including the American Association of Exporters & Importers, Women in International Trade of Los Angeles, the Border Trade Alliance, plus the National, Los Angeles, Northern California and San Diego broker/forwarder associations.
Ms. Ross is also involved with the American Bar Association through the Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Transportation Subcommittee, as well as the Committee on Corporate Counsel of the Litigation Section. She also co-chairs the Rules of Origin Subcommittee for the Special Committee on Trade of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association.
Ms. Ross is also involved in a number of other bar and trade
association activities pursued through various international,
national, state and local associations including her service as a
member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County Bar
Association's Dispute Resolution Services Inc., the largest
non-profit provider of alternative dispute resolution services in
California.
JAMES W. ROSS:
Controller/Claims Manager - Mr. Ross worked in the steamship industry from 1970 to 1987. Thereafter, for a short period of time, Mr. Ross was the Operations Manager for a fine crystal importer. Since March 1988 Mr. Ross has been Controller and Claims Manager for the firm. He assists clients in the evaluation and processing of cargo claims and related admiralty matters.