Law Firm Moves to Dismiss Challenge of Lawyer Switching Sides in ITA AD Case

The federal district court for the District of Colombia has no jurisdiction to hear a challenge of a lawyer’s participation in an International Trade Administration antidumping review, said law firm Foley and Lardner in response to a request by GEO specialty chemicals to prevent an attorney at the firm from representing a Chinese company in a new shipper review of Glycine from China (A-570-836). GEO filed its complaint in district court Nov. 8, requesting an injunction against the representation of a Chinese company by Gregory Husisian, a lawyer at the firm, because he formerly represented GEO in the proceeding while at a different firm. The company said Husisian’s actions violate D.C. law. But Foley and Lardner said the complaint should have instead been filed at the Court of International Trade, consistent with other cases challenging representation of attorneys before the ITA, and asked the court to dismiss with prejudice.