Winton & Chapman PLLC

Mr. Winton has focused on international trade law since 1985 and has extensive experience in all aspects of trade remedy proceedings. He has represented clients in Korea, China, Japan, France, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela in more than three dozen U.S. antidumping cases, and he has also assisted clients in foreign antidumping proceedings, including the successful defense of the first antidumping proceeding brought by China against a U.S. company after China joined the WTO. Mr. Winton has also advised and represented clients in countervailing duty cases, general safeguards actions, specialized textile safeguard proceedings, applications for benefits under the generalized systems of preferences, and general customs matters. In addition, he has assisted governments in drafting trade remedy legislation and in reviewing U.S. legislation to ensure its consistency with international obligations; he has advised governments on multilateral trade negotiations; and he was part of the team that served as lead counsel to the Mexican government in the NAFTA negotiations. He has also represented governments and private companies in WTO dispute-settlement proceedings, including appearances before panels and the Appellate Body on behalf of clients. Previously, Mr. Winton was a partner at Shearman & Sterling (a New-York-based international firm), where he helped establish a Washington, D.C. office and international trade practice. In 2004, he joined Preston Gates & Ellis to start up that firm’s international trade litigation practice, but was unable to continue with that firm after a merger created conflicts with his existing clients. He started the Law Office of Jeffrey M. Winton in January 2011 to avoid another conflict of interest.