If you're an importer of record who paid IEEPA tariffs, the U.S. government likely owes you a refund, plus accrued interest. Let our team review your refund exposure now.
If you have not filed at the CIT and your entries are finally liquidated, the government's appeal of the CIT's refund order — now pending at the Federal Circuit — could leave your refund waiting indefinitely, or excluded from CAPE Phase 3 altogether. Since every entry runs on its own clock, your deadlines for administrative relief may be sooner than you think. A protective filing preserves your refund rights. We explain your options in plain language — no obligation to proceed. Everything you share is kept confidential.
Large firms can offer trade litigation. Few can offer a lead team that is also a licensed U.S. Customs Broker — someone who has structured and advised on the underlying trade transactions, not only argued about them after the fact.
As a licensed Customs Broker, our team has filed and managed the entries large firms only litigate about. We read a CBP ruling the way a broker does — not only the way a litigator does.
IEEPA tariff exposure is a narrow, fast-moving, procedurally technical area. We track CBP's CAPE process and CIT litigation daily — this is not a side practice for us.
Your matter is not one file among thousands. You get direct access to the team that understands your supply chain — not a rotating bench of associates.
If a matter requires court action beyond the administrative process — a protective filing, CIT litigation, or appellate proceedings — you're backed by established litigation resources, without losing the specialist who has managed your matter from day one.
Your matter is led by trade and customs counsel — with established Tampa trial firms on call if litigation is required.
Ann leads the trade and customs work on every tariff-refund claim. With more than 15 years in imports, exports, customs, and trade compliance — and the rare combination of a law license and a U.S. Customs Broker license — she brings the technical command of CBP procedure, entry data, and CIT litigation that this specific area demands. She has counseled importers, exporters, manufacturers, freight forwarders, and multinational corporations through the full range of customs and trade matters.
Tampa trial firm led by James Guarnieri, recipient of the Victor O. Wehle Trial Advocacy Award and past president of the Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association.
One of Tampa's oldest and most respected plaintiff trial firms (est. 1967), with members of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Tell us a bit about your business and our team will follow up to discuss your specific entries.