Background
Cannon, Junior, James R. was born on October 8, 1957 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
Cannon, Junior, James R. was born on October 8, 1957 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
University of Virginia (Bachelor of Arts, 1979). American University (Juris Doctor, 1982).
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.
1983, United States. Court of International Trade.
1985, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Echols Scholar. Author: "Binational Panel Dispute Settlement Under Article 1904 of the United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement: A Procedural Comparison with the United States Court of International Trade," 22 Law & Political"y International"l Business.
689, 1991. "Material Injury and the Business Cycle in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Cases," 14 British Columbia International"l & Company
L. Review 53, 1991; "Should the Federal Circuit Take a Hard Look at International Trade Cases in the 1990"s?" 40 American U.L. Review 1093, 1991.
Simplification of Antidumping Actions: Efficiency at What Price?" Volume 25, Law & Political"y International"l Business., 1993. "Resolving Disputes Under North American Free Trade Agreement Chapter 19," Shepard"s/McGraw-Hill, Incorporated., 1994.
"North American Free Trade Agreement Dispute Resolution Provisions Applicable to Environmental Disputes in Agricultural Trade," presented at the 16th Annual Educational Conference, American
Ag. Law Association (November 3-4, 1995). "Dispute Settlement in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Cases," The World Trade Organizations Multilateral Framework for the 21st Century and United States.
Implementing Legislation, American Bar Association, 1996.
Company-Author: "General Agreement of Tariff and Trades Panels Need Restraining Principles," 26 Law & Political"y Intrnational Business., 1993; "Forum: Binational Dispute Resolution Procedures Under the Canada-United States Free Trade AgreementExperiences to Date and Portents for the Future," Washington, District of Columbia, April 23, 1991, 24 New York University J. Intrnational L. & Policy 341, 1991. Member: The District of Columbia Bar.
American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: International and Administrative Law.
Committee on International Trade Regulation). Federal Circuit Bar Association.
Customs and International Trade Bar Association. 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.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar. American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: International and Administrative Law. Committee on International Trade Regulation).
Federal Circuit Bar Association.
Customs and International Trade Bar Association.