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Michael A. Johnson
Of Counsel
312.372.2646
mjohnson@chicago.rorlaw.com
Michael A. Johnson concentrates his practice on Customs and International Trade Law. Mr. Johnson received both a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in 1970 and a
Master of Arts degree in 1972 from Yale University, and his Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University in 1976. Mr. Johnson was admitted to the New York Bar and the United States Court of International Trade in
1977; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1978; the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York in 1983; and the Illinois State Bar in 1989.
He is member of the Illinois State, Chicago, New York, and American Bar Associations, and the Customs & International Trade Bar Association. Mr. Johnson practices Customs and
International Trade Law focusing on all aspects of the import and export process including, but not limited to, tariff classification and valuation of imported merchandise, country of origin determinations, marking,
comprehensive import, export and NAFTA compliance programs, defense of sureties, broker/forwarder compliance, intellectual property protection, quota/visa issues, and drawback.
Languages: French, German, and Italian.
 Todd Fineberg
Of Counsel
Todd Fineberg was of counsel to Carlos Rodriguez & Associates (1994-2005), and participated in international transactional and trade matters, managed approximately
130 Harbor Maintenance Tax cases on behalf of exporter and freight forwarder clients in the Court of International Trade and U.S. Customs Service, and wrote and filed
with Carlos Rodriguez amicus curiae briefs on behalf of exporter clients in the U.S. Supreme Court (1998) and Federal Circuit Court (1999).
He was an attorney with Stewart and Stewart, of Washington, D.C. (1988-1992), practicing international trade law, on behalf of U.S. corporations in
antidumping and countervailing duty cases in Dept. of Commerce, ITC, and Court of International Trade; represented the Agribusiness Council in NAFTA
legislation in Congress; wrote statements on NAFTA published in House Hearing Reports.
He received an A.B. degree in history from Cornell University, J.D. degree
from Boston University Law School, and an LL.M. in international law from George Washington University Law School, (wrote master’s thesis on Airbus
subsidies in international commerce; included studies in economics and international economics at G.W. School of Public and International Relations).
He is a member of the bar in Ohio, California, the District of Columbia, and Maryland, as well as the U.S. Court of International Trade, and U.S. District
Courts in the District of Columbia and Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Federal Circuit Court. He is fluent in Spanish.
He was attorney of record representing parties in these reported cases:
- Smith Corona v. United States, 771 F. Supp. 389 (Ct. Int’l Trade 1991)
- Smith Corona v. United States, 796 F. Supp. 1532 (Ct. Int’l Trade 1992)
- Brother Industries (U.S.A) v. United States, 801 F. Supp. 751 (Ct. Int’l Trade 1992)
- Brother Industries (U.S.A) v. United States, 787 F. Supp 1454 (Ct. Int’l Trade 1992)
- Brother Industries (U.S.A) v. United States, 771 F. Supp. 374 (Ct. Int’l Trade 1992)
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., et al v. United States, 787 F. Supp. 1461 (Ct. Int’l Trade 1992)
- Nakajima All Co., Ltd. v. United States, 769 F. Supp. 374 (Ct. Int’l Trade 1992).
- United States v. United States Shoe Corp., 523 U.S. 360 (1998)—Amicus curiae brief filed by Todd Fineberg and Carlos Rodriguez on behalf of 35
exporter clients of Carlos Rodriguez & Associates, opposing the Harbor Maintenance Tax.
- Stone Container Corp. v. United States (Federal Circuit Court, 2000) –filed amicus curiae brief by Todd Fineberg and Carlos Rodriguez on
behalf of approximately 35 exporters, opposing Harbor Maintenance Tax.
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