Donald E. deKieffer
ddekieffer@dhlaw.com
Complete bibliography of Mr. deKieffer's publications

Donald E. deKieffer has practiced in the fields of international trade regulation and policy and intellectual property enforcement since 1971.  He has represented clients before the U.S. Departments of Commerce, State, Labor, and Treasury, the U.S. International Trade Commission, the United States Trade Representative, the U.S. Customs Service (now ICE and CBP) and the U.S. Court of International Trade. 

Mr. deKieffer has an extensive background in international trade regulation law including Customs, export regulation, antidumping and countervailing duties, foreign policy trade controls, anti-counterfeiting / antidiversion and international commercial transactions.  Mr. deKieffer has served in both the private and public sectors.

From 1968-1971, Mr. deKieffer served on the professional staff of the United States Senate Republican Policy Committee.  From 1981-1983 Mr. deKieffer served as General Counsel to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President.  In this capacity, he was in charge of representing the United States before the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and acted as the Chief Trade Attorney for the United States government in both bilateral and multilateral negotiations.  Mr. deKieffer advised the U.S. Trade Representative (Ambassador William Brock) of domestic and international law implications of trade policy decisions; participated in Cabinet-level consideration of trade policy initiatives; prepared recommendations to the President on trade policy matters; reviewed all negotiated agreements and participated in such negotiations as necessary (e.g. Bilateral Investment Treaties); and presented administration trade policy to appropriate committees of the Congress.

Prior to founding deKieffer & Horgan, Mr. deKieffer was a partner in the Washington, D.C. offices of Collier, Shannon, Rill and Scott and Pillsbury Madison & Sutro. 

Mr. deKieffer is a graduate of the University of Colorado (Boulder) (1968) and the Georgetown University Law Center (1971). 

Mr. deKieffer is a member of the Bar of the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals and the District of Columbia Circuit, the U.S. Court of Claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Court of International Trade.  He is also a member of the American Arbitration Association's Commercial Panel (arbitrator), the American Bar Association, the American Society of International Law and eight other professional institutes and organizations.  He was formerly co-chair of the American Bar Association International Law Section's Committee on International Intellectual Property Rights.

Mr. deKieffer is a recognized expert in the field of international anticounterfeiting and antidiversion.  He is a member of the Product Surety Task forces (both Food and Pharmaceuticals) of the Food and Drug Administration (2002-present) and has spoken at numerous conferences on the subject of international supply chain security and product integrity.  He has represented more than 50 brand name owners (mostly manufacturers of consumer goods and pharmaceuticals) in diversion, product tampering and counterfeiting cases.  He is currently President of EDDI, Inc. a Washington-based company that maintains databases relating to counterfeiters, diverters, and their accomplices.

Mr. deKieffer is the author of numerous articles on trade and other matters and has written five books including, How to Lobby Congress , Doing Business in the U.S.A. , Doing Business in Romania , The International Business Traveler's Companion , How Lawyers Screw Their Clients and What You Can Do About It , and A Citizens Guide to Lobbying Congress .  He has presented more than 200 speeches to various groups around the world on international trade law and policy, and has appeared regularly both on foreign and domestic television.