Mr. Alan William Wolff
Partner
Dewey & LeBoeuf
Alan Wolff leads Dewey & LeBoeuf's International Trade Practice Group. The International Trade Practice Group represents clients involved in some of the most important trade issues of our day. It has been credited with helping to open international markets for American products, including semiconductors, computer parts, telecommunications equipment, soda ash and forest products, consumer photographic film and paper, and insurance and other services. The International Trade Practice Group is active in efforts to limit trade-distorting practices such as dumping and subsidies, private anticompetitive practices, violations of intellectual property rights and trade-related investment performance requirements.
Mr. Wolff served as managing partner of the Washington, DC office of Dewey Ballantine from 1991 through September 2007. He served as United States Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations (1977–1979) in the Carter Administration, holding the rank of ambassador, after having served as General Counsel of the agency from 1974–1977. As Deputy Trade Representative, he played a key role in the formulation of American trade policy and its implementation. From 1968-1973, Mr. Wolff was a lawyer dealing with international monetary, trade and development issues at the Treasury Department.
Mr. Wolff is recognized in Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers and Chambers Global for International Trade: Trade Remedies & Trade Policy and is recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2009 as a leader in the field of International Trade and Finance Law. He is also included as a leading lawyer in Litigation: International Trade in Legal 500 US in 2008 and in The Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America 2008.