Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Jamie Joiner is an international trade attorney based in Houston, Texas. She advises and represents companies on trade-related matters including compliance with export controls, Customs laws, and other regulations pertaining to international trade. She advises both domestic and foreign companies on U.S. trade laws and regulations, including the following:

• Customs laws and regulations
• Export Administration Regulations (EAR), administered by the Department of Commerce
• International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), administered by the Department of State
• Sanctions regulations, administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Ms. Joiner has represented numerous companies before the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), OFAC, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on penalty actions, seizures, export license applications, ruling and classification requests, protests, and other matters.

Ms. Joiner also has experience in conducting complex international trade compliance audits for large multi-national corporations and has assisted several companies in establishing export and import compliance procedures. She has advised and assisted companies from various industry sectors including aerospace, automotive, petrochemical, electronics, telecommunications and transportation (including freight forwarders and Customs brokers).

As the local coordinator for the Export Legal Assistance Network (ELAN) and as co-chair of the Houston District Export Council, an advisory board consisting of individuals appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Ms. Joiner regularly volunteers her time to help U.S. small businesses with exporting their products and services overseas.

Areas of Practice

• International Trade: Customs & Export Controls
• International Trade: International Trade & Immigration
• International Litigation
• Customs and Export Controls

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court, 2002
• U.S. Court of International Trade, 2003
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 2006
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2001
• Texas, 2000

Classes and Seminars

• Legal Aspects of Importing, Greater Houston Partnership Import Seminar
• Greater Houston Partnership Import Seminar, Legal Aspects of Exporting
• Recent U.S. Customs and Export Enforcement Initiatives, Transportation Club of Houston Spring Seminar
• Incoterms: An Introduction, University of Houston
• Incoterms: An Introduction, Greater Houston Partnership Import Seminar
• Where Healthcare Research and U.S. Export Regulations Meet, U.S. Export Controls and Economic Sanctions for the Oil & Gas Industry
• Overview of U.S. Government Export Restrictions on Actual Exports and Technology Transfers, Offshore Technology Conference Panel: International Offshore Technology Transfer Risks and Restrictions
• Legal Aspects of Exporting & Importing Into the United States: Legal Compliance and Case Studies, Greater Houston Partnership 2007 Import/Export Overview
• Export Administration and International Traffic in Arms Regulations, Greater Houston Partnership 2007 Import/Export Overview

Education

• Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2000
  J.D.
• Westminster College, 1996
  B.A.

Published Works

• Counsel to Counsel International Law Alert: Foreign Nationals May Create Compliance Risks, May 29, 2008
• Nanotechnology Law & Business: Dual-Use Export Controls on Nanotechnology, April 8, 2008

Address

1000 Louisiana
Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77002-5009

Phones

(713) 646-1359

Faxes

(713) 751-1717

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Websites

http://www.bakerlaw.com