Background
Burr, Mara M. was born on September 21, 1968 in Paynesville, Minnesota, United States.
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Mara M. Burr
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University of Saint Thomas (Bachelor of Arts, 1991). University of Notre Dame, London England. Hamline University (Juris Doctor, 1995).
Georgetown University Law Center (Master of Laws, 1996).
Spoken languages: German.
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, 1995, Minnesota.
1996, United States. Court of International Trade and United States.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Not admitted District of Columbia). Company-Author: T.P. Stewart, "The World Trade Organization"s First Two Years of Dispute Resolution," 28 GULC Law & Policy in International Business, Summer 1997.
Author: "Will the General Agreement on Trade in Services Result in International Standards for Lawyers and Access to the World Market?" 20 Hamline Law Review, Issue 3, International Law Symposium, Fall 1997. Member, Advisory Board, American Council for Trade in Services Acts, 1996.
Intern, Office of the United States.
Trade Representative, Monitoring and Enforcement, Executive Office of the President, 1996. Staff Assistant, International Trade Administration, United States. Department of Commerce, 1995-1996.
Trade Intern, Minnesota Trade Office, Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development, 1994.
Research Clerk, United States. Attorney" General’ s Office, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1991.
Staff Assistant, United States. Senator Rudy Boschwitz, United States.
Senate, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1989.
Member: Minnesota State and American (Member, Sections on: International Practice, Subcommittee on International Trade Law and Multinational Corporations. Business Law; Communications Law) Bar Associations. American Society of International Law.
International Trade Consortium Humphrey Institute.
British American Business 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.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Advisory Board, American Council for Trade in Services Acts, 1996. Intern, Office of the United States. Trade Representative, Monitoring and Enforcement, Executive Office of the President, 1996.
Staff Assistant, International Trade Administration, United States.
Department of Commerce, 1995-1996. Trade Intern, Minnesota Trade Office, Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development, 1994.
Research Clerk, United States. Attorney" General’ s Office, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1991.
Staff Assistant, United States.
Senator Rudy Boschwitz, United States. Senate, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1989. Member: Minnesota State and American (Member, Sections on: International Practice, Subcommittee on International Trade Law and Multinational Corporations.
Business Law.
Communications Law) Bar Associations. American Society of International Law. International Trade Consortium Humphrey Institute.
British American Business Association.
Customs and International Trade Bar Association.
