Sidney N. Weiss

 

Practice in all aspects of international law, including, corporate, commercial, intellectual property, family wealth transactions, customs and international trade law, including all administrative, regulatory, and litigation practice in these fields.

Sidney N. Weiss is the past President of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association, the largest association of Customs and International Trade lawyers in the United States; and has held the following positions in different bar associations:  member of the Council (Board of Directors) of the  International Bar Association; fellow, American Bar Foundation; Officer in the American Bar Association’s International Law Section; Director and Vice President of the American Foreign Law Association.

Professional Experience

Sole Practitioner

Sidney N. Weiss, Attorney at Law, New York, New York

Practicing in the fields of International trade, customs, and commercial and corporate litigation.

1985-Present

Partner

Law Offices of Robert M. Gottschalk, P.C., New York, New York

Practice in the fields of International Trade and commercial transactions and litigation.

1982-1985

Associate

Schwab, Goldberg, Price & Dannay, New York, New York Responsibility in all areas of commercial law, copyrights trademarks and licensing.

1981-1982 

Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division

Commercial Litigation Branch.  Full responsibility from pleadings through appellate arguments in the fields of commercial law, international trade and customs.  Responsible for representing government in all countervailing duty and antidumping duty cases.

1976-1981

Legal Counsel

Toner Mfg. Co., Inc., Greenville, S.C.

1974-1976

Honors

Recipient of the Attorney General's Meritorious Achievement Award. Award given for the outstanding performance of duties in handling complex litigation.  The award is given to less than three percent of the attorneys in the Department of Justice. Recipient of numerous other citations or commendations.  See, e.g., 489 F. Supp. 269 at 281 (1980) and 678 F. Supp 902 at 906 (1988). 

Member, Advisory Committee to the United States Court of International Trade and member of Planning Committees for United States Court of International Trade Judicial Conferences.

Professional Associations

President and member of the Board of Directors, Customs and International Trade Bar Association; Member of the Council, International Bar Association; Vice-President and board member of American Foreign Law Association; Officer, American Bar Association Section of International Law

Education

June 1971 University of Chicago, A.B. degree, History, Political Science and International Relations.

June 1974 University of California School of Law, Los Angeles, Juris Doctor degree.

Admissions

New York (1975).  U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd, 9th and Federal Circuits, U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of  New York, U.S. Court of International Trade.

Languages

French, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew and Hungarian.