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THOMAS M. KEATING, ESQ.
Tom Keating received his baccalaureate
degree from Northwestern University where he was selected for membership
in Alpha Sigma Lambda, an academic society, and his law degree from the
De Paul University School of Law (American Jurisprudence Award in
Constitutional Law). Prior to his admission to the bar Tom, served in
management positions for nine years for a major Midwestern railroad in
the areas of: accounting, purchasing, marketing, traffic and economic
forecasting. He was admitted to practice before the Interstate Commerce
Commission. Tom served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Joseph
Schneider, the Presiding Judge of the County Division of the Circuit
Court of Cook County (1981-83).
He is admitted to the Illinois bar and the bars of the U.S. Court of
International Trade; the Northern District of Illinois and the U.S.
Courts of Appeal for the Federal and Seventh Circuits (all 1983) and
belongs to the American, Illinois and Customs and International Trade
bar associations. His legal practice is concentrated in the areas of
customs, international trade and other laws affecting the importation or
exportation of merchandise. He served as the chairs of the Customs and
U.S. International Trade Law Committee of the Chicago Bar Association
(1988-1990) and the Illinois State Bar Association International and
Immigration Law Section Council (1992-93), and served as the Chair of
the Joint Illinois State Bar Association - Advocates Society Twinning
Project with the National Bar Association of Poland (1989-92). He is the
past President of the International Trade Club of Chicago (ITCC)
(1994-95), the oldest continuously operating international trade
organization in the U.S. He has also served as chair of the ITCC’s
Import Committee, Corporate Secretary, Treasurer (1995-present) and as a
member of the Board of Directors of Club since 1988.
Tom is listed in the several editions of Strathmore’s Who’s Who and has
been listed in Who's Who in American Law, as well as in Who's Who of
Emerging Leaders in America. He has been listed as “AV” (very high to
preeminent) in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory continuously since
1989. He is listed as an Illinois “Super Lawyer” in the 2005 and 2006
issues of Chicago Magazine. Tom has lectured and written on various
aspects of customs and international trade law for example: grey market,
classification of merchandise for duty assessment purposes, customs
valuation, country of origin determination and marking requirements,
foreign assembly operations eligible for reduced duty treatment, foreign
customs laws, U.S. China Trade Relations and Trade Remedies, as well as
the U.S. - Canada and the North American Free Trade Agreements. Tom's
practice has been devoted primarily to customs and international trade
law and related issues since his admission to the bar in 1983.
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