Background
De Prest, Geert was born on May 28, 1954 in Beernem, Belgium.
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Geert De Prest
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Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium (Juris Doctor, 1977). John Hopkins University, School for Advanced International Studies (Master of Arts, 1979). George Washington University (Master of Comparative Law, 1981).
Spoken languages: Dutch and French.
Career
Worked at Stewart and Stewart (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in General Practice before the Civil Courts, Federal Government Departments and Independent Agencies, and Congressional Committees. International Trade and Investment Law. Customs Law. Unfair Competition Law.
International Transactions Law.
Domestic and International Corporate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1982, District of Columbia.
1990, United States. Court of International Trade.
1993, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Author: The General Agreement of Tariff and Trades Uruguay Round: A Negotiating History (1986-1992) General Agreement of Tariff and Trades Articles, Kluwer Law & Taxation Publishers, 1993.
"Exporting to the Countries of the European Communities. Special Issues," in Export Practice: Customs and International Trade Law, Practicing Law Institute, Spring 1994.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Member, International Law Section.
Company-Chair, International Trade Committee). American Bar Association (International Law and Practice Section). The firm was founded in 1958 by Eugene L. Stewart to specialize in the representation of domestic producers, labor unions, trade associations and ad hoc committees of domestic interests in countering unfair import competition by the use of domestic law and international trade agreement remedies against dumping and foreign government subsidization of exports.
The firm continues to have a major role in such proceedings and in representing domestic interests before Congressional Committees in their consideration of Customs and Trade legislation, and before the Executive Branch of the Government in hearings and consultations concerning preparations for trade agreement negotiations and enforcement of United States. rights under General Agreement of Tariff and Trades/World Trade Organization and other trade agreements.
The firm has maintained this specialization while broadening its practice to include representation of client interests in the establishment of multinational trading relationships and the advancement of such client interests before the regulatory bodies of other nations, including the European Community, Canada, Mexico, and Australia. The firm has expanded its representation of clients in international investment and transactions law in Eastern Europe and the independent republics of the Commercial Insurance Services lieutenant has an associate law office in Belgium to support through Belgian counsel admitted to practice in Belgium and before the organs of the European Community representation of client interests within the East.U. The firm"s field of interest in international trade, investment and transactions law now includes most geographical areas.
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Membership
Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Member, International Law Section. Company-Chair, International Trade Committee). American Bar Association (International Law and Practice Section).
