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George William Thompson (born 1956) is an American international trade attorney, an adjunct professor at George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government and a published author on international trade. He currently has his own firm, Thompson and Associates, in Washington, DC.


Education and career

Thompson attended the State University of New York (Oneonta) and graduated in 1978. He then attended the
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and received the degree of
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in 1981. In 1987, Thompson became an Attorney Advisor in the General Counsel's Office of the
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and litigated numerous cases on the commission's behalf during his six-year tenure. He was involved in several important cases of the day including litigation involving a dispute with Canada over softwood lumber imports and with Norway over the dumping of salmon in U.S. markets and the investigations concerning Flat-Rolled Carbon Steel Products from numerous countries. For 14 months, he was detailed to the
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and was involved in dispute resolution cases concerning the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT). He has also worked for the New York international trade law firm of Donohue & Donohue and the Washington, DC firms of Plaia Schaumberg & deKieffer, Pettit and Martin, and Neville Peterson in which he became a partner. In 1995, he became an Adjunct Professor at the George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government. Today, he teaches courses entitled ABCs of Importing and Exporting, International Contract Negotiation, and Export Controls and Compliance. In 2008, he was appointed a
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Arbitrator as a member of the U.S. Roster Dispute Resolution Panel. Thompson started his own law firm in August 2014, Thompson and Associates, located in Washington, DC. He focusses on counseling regarding international trade issues. His clients have included Xerox, Pepsi, Polaris Industries and others. He is admitted to the following bars:
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Author

Thompson has written and co-authored several publications regarding international trade issues. * ''Transnational Contracts'', Thomson-Reuters, 2011–2016. * Intellectual Property Rights and United States International Trade Laws (Co-Author), Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2003 * Exporting: Regulations, Documentation, Procedures (Co-Author), Global Training Center, 2015 * Managing Forwarders, Brokers & Carriers in Your International Supply Chain (Co-Author), Global Training Center, 2015. * Customs Law and Administration (Contributing Author). Thomson Reuters, 2011–2015. * Judicial Review of International Trade Commission Determinations from October 1990 to September 1992 (Co-Author), International business Journal, v. 25, n. 1, Fall, 1993. * Political and Policy Dimensions of Foreign Trade Zones (Co-Author), Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. v. 18, 1987.


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External links


Thompson & Associates, PLLC

Faculty Page, George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, George William 1956 births Living people State University of New York at Oneonta alumni Cornell Law School alumni Lawyers from Washington, D.C. George Mason University faculty