Jon Yormick, Esq.

About The Lecturer

Jon has practiced for over 30 years and has experience as an international business and trade attorney and litigator, focusing on sensitive investigations, voluntary and directed self-disclosures, penalties and enforcement, compliance, and litigation related to Customs, export controls, economic sanctions, FCPA/anti-bribery, government procurement matters, and Section 232, Section 301, and antidumping/countervailing trade remedy duties. He also advises clients on issues involving international trade and federal government contracts such as the FAR/DFARS, the Berry Amendment, the Buy American Act, the Trade Agreements Act, and Made in USA claims administered and enforced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Jon’s client base includes U.S. and non-U.S. publicly traded and privately-held multinational companies to middle market leaders and small businesses. He has handled complex matters across a wide range of industries, including, among others, advanced manufacturing; advanced materials; aerospace and defense; automotive; chemicals; distribution; electronics; energy; medical device; oil/gas; optics, photonics, and imaging (OPI); steel and specialty metals; textiles and apparel; and transportation/logistics sectors.

In his international trade and Customs practice, Jon regularly represents clients in sensitive investigations, detentions, seizures, enforcement, licensing, and ruling proceedings before the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), the U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on import and export laws and regulations, including the Export Control Reform Enforcement Act (ECRA), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

ADMISSIONS

• District of Columbia
• Maryland (Inactive)
• Michigan
• New York
• Ohio
• District of Maryland
• Eastern District of Michigan
• Northern District of Ohio
• Southern District of Ohio
• Western District of New York
• U.S. Court of International Trade
• 6th Circuit Court of Appeals

Education

Case Western Reserve University

• School of Law (J.D., 1990)

Canisius College, cum laude

• (B.A., History, Honors, 1987)