Michael Coursey concentrates his practice in representing agricultural interests in unfair international trade investigations before various U.S. government agencies, including the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. Commerce Department. He also has advised many U.S. companies accused by the Mexican government of dumping U.S. exports into the Mexican market. In addition, Mr. Coursey has extensive experience working with the U.S. Customs Service concerning trade rulings on a wide range of U.S. imports.

Mr. Coursey has represented interests in the following international trade investigations:

• U.S. antidumping ("AD") and countervailing duty ("CVD") investigations of fresh Atlantic salmon from Norway and Chile
• U.S. AD investigation of fresh garlic from China
• U.S. AD and CVD investigations of honey from Argentina and China
• U.S. AD investigations of certain preserved mushrooms from Chile, China, India and Indonesia
• Mexican AD investigation of live swine for slaughter from the United States
• Mexican AD investigation of bovine meat from the United States.

Mr. Coursey served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Commerce Department in the second term of the Reagan Administration. At Commerce, he headed the office responsible for conducting AD and CVD investigations. In 1987, Mr. Coursey and his staff received Commerce's highest service award, the Gold Medal, for their participation in the CVD investigation of softwood lumber products from Canada. Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Coursey was a law clerk for the late Andrew A. Caffrey, then Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

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