Alexander W. Sierck

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE

Sandy Sierck specializes in federal regulation of international business, particularly international trade and antitrust law.

Mr. Sierck represents manufacturing and financial services companies in Canada, Britain and the U.S. and in recent years has represented several foreign government agencies in legal proceedings in the U.S. Mr. Sierck also frequently advises U.S. and foreign companies on matters relating to U.S. export controls and economic sanctions.

From 1978-1980 Mr. Sierck served as Director of Trade Policy in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he was actively involved in the Tokyo Round of Trade Negotiations and in drafting U.S. implementing legislation and regulations, particularly in the areas of antidumping and countervailing duty law.

Mr. Sierck also frequently advises U.S. and foreign companies with respect to and the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practice Act, the UK Bribery Act, and the UN Convention, and similar anti-corruption laws in developing countries.

Mr. Sierck is also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches a course on international white collar crime. Mr. Sierck has lectured frequently at bar association and business programs in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Latin America. He has also written numerous articles for legal and business publications, including a recent article on international trade policy issues, published in 18 Michigan Journal of International Law 713 (Summer 1997). Mr. Sierck has served as chairman of the International Law Section of the D.C. Bar. He is listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law.

Mr. Sierck received his BA degree in 1962 and LLB in 1965 from the University of Virginia. From 1995-1999 Mr. Sierck served as a member of the Alumni Council of the University of Virginia Law School.

Mr. Sierck is a member of the Board of Directors and former chairman of University Legal Services, a D.C. non-profit agency providing representation to the poor in the areas of housing and mental and physical disability law. He also has served as a member of the board and treasurer of the Capital Area Immigrant Rights Coalition.

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS

• New York, 1965
• Washington, DC, 1968
• U.S. District Ct.: Southern Dist. NY, DC
• U.S. Ct. of Appeals: DC Cir., 2d Cir. Fed. Cir.
• Other: U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of International Trade

PRACTICE

• Antitrust
• Contracts
• International Trade Litigation
• White Collar Crime

EDUCATION

• Law School:, University of Virginia, Degree: L.L.B 1965
• University of Virginia Degree: B.A, 1962