Greg E. Mitchell
Greg is a member of Frost Brown Todd LLC. His practice is concentrated in the areas of international regulation and trade compliance (export/import, dumping/trade remedies, customs, licensing and technology transfer, sale/labeling/regulation of goods, foreign investment, structuring of international sales and manufacturing operations, distributorships and joint ventures) and insurance/risk management.
Greg heads the firm's trade compliance practice group within the International Services. Prior to joining the predecessor to Frost Brown Todd LLC, Greg was associated with the High-Technology/International Trade Practice Group of Buchanan Ingersoll, P.C. and with American Export Group International Services, Inc., a Washington D.C./Baltimore based export corporation doing business mainly in Western Europe and the Middle East.
Experience
- Counsel on numerous foreign investment transactions and related regulatory compliance in the EEC, South America, Mexico, Canada, the former Soviet Union, Pakistan, India, China and South Africa among others.
- Counsel in defense of multi-million dollar customs criminal investigation involving allegations of violations of the Tariff Act of 1933, the Buy-American Act, among others.
- Counsel in numerous anti-dumping investigations, several gray market good investigations and numerous compliance audits and training presentations relating to export/import issues.
- Counsel on numerous trade compliance and regulatory internal investigations.
- Counsels clients in import and export operations, including establishment of trade compliance programs and voluntary disclosure issues before the Bureau of Industry and Security and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.
- Counsels clients in all aspects of international trade and regulatory compliance, including acting as outside regulatory counsel.
- Counsel on numerous foreign investment transactions, including off-shore alternative risk transfer entities
Highlights & Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Insurance Law, since 2007
Memberships & Affiliations
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc.
- Member of INSOL
- Member of National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators
- International Association of Insurance Receivers, Accredited Insurance Receiver, Legal
- Member of Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals
- Member of the Society for International Affairs
- Fayette County Bar Association, Business & Corporate Law, Bankruptcy Law and Intellectual Property & Computer Law Practice Sections
- Kentucky Bar Association, Business Law and Bankruptcy Law Sections
- American Bar Association, Business Law, Intellectual Property Law and Tort & Insurance Practice (Life Insurance Law Committee, Excess, Surplus Lines and Reinsurance Committee, and Insurance Regulation Committee, Self Insurers and Risk Managers Committee); International Law & Practice (Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee, Customs Law, Russia-Eurasia Committee, International Trade Committee)
Recent Blog Posts
Publications
- Importers of Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China may be Subject to Increased Duty
- Noland v. Virginia Insurance Reciprocal: Powerful New Tools in West Virginia Bad Faith Defense
- Liability Insurers and Self-insurers Face Mandatory Medicare Reporting on July 1, 2009
- Subprime and the Insurance Fallout
- Letter to the Editor - Warranty Solutions for Manufacturers
- ALP: Different Flavors of Insurance
- URGENT CLIENT ADVISORY: Insurers, Brokers Agree to Settlement of Class Action Lawsuit Affecting Purchasers of Commercial Insurance since 1994.
- Service Contracts/Extended Warranties – A Regulatory Overview
- Proposed Regulations for Captive Risk Retention Groups
- AIK Comp Advisory
- OCC Bulletin 2004-56 Imposes New Responsibilities Upon Bank Management To Advise Their Directors Regarding Risks To Bank-Owned Life Insurance Programs
Seminars & Speaking Engagements
Press Releases
Civic & Charitable Organizations
- Kentucky World Trade Association
- Bluegrass International Trade Association, Past President
- Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation
- Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary School, Past Board Member
- Barkley Woods Homeowners' Association, Past Board Member
- Kentucky Middle School Football Association, President
Published Articles & Seminars
Presenter: Sourcing from China - Strategies for Success, February 2011
Presenter: Exporting to a Foreign Country: Legal Considerations, 2011 Kentucky International Trade and Investment Conference, May 19, 2011
Presenter: Implementing the Agreement- Or, Making Sure You Get What You Bargained For, When You Bargained For It
Minnesota State Bar Association, April 2008
Presenter: The Net: Real or Imagined- How Guaranty Associations and Receivers Should Cooperate in Insurance Insolvencies
International Association of Insurance Receivers Annual Conference, February 2007
Presenter: Corporate Compliance, Insurance and Risk Management
Louisville Bar Association, June 2007
Presenter: International Trade Compliance in Global Employment Matters
September 2007
Presenter: The Challenges of China as an Exporter - A U.S. Perspective
16th Annual Multilaw Conference, Peoples Republic of China, October 20, 2006
Presenter: Export Controls & Issues
International Update Series, December 2002
Presenter: Internationalization of U.S. Commerce
Rotary Club, May 1993
Presenter: Legal Aspects of International Trade
Kentucky World Trade Convention, 1991
Presenter: U.S. - Canadian Free Trade Agreement
Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, 1989
Insurance Regulation:
Author: Aspatore Thought Leadership
Insurance Law 2008:Top Lawyers On Trends & Key Strategies for the Upcoming Year
Author: Subprime and the Insurance Fallout
Business Lexington: March 2008
Author: Different Flavors of Insurance
Louisville Business First: March 2007
Author: Legal Perspectives of Risk Management
Inside the Minds: Legal Strategies for Insurance, Aspatore Publishing, 2005
Author: D'Oench, Duhme: A New Tool for Insurance Receivers to Help Protect Policyholders, Creditors and the Public
Life Insurance Law Committee, Tort & Insurance Practice, ABA, Spring 2002
Author: Captive Insurance & Risk Retention Groups
Health & Wellness Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 5
Trade Regulation:
Author: The Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988
Legal Notes, December 1988
Co-Author: U.S. - Canadian Free Trade Agreement
B. Blair Crawford and Greg E. Mitchell
Going International - International Trade for the Nonspecialist, March 1989
Co-Author: 1992 Ogre or Opportunity
Greg E. Mitchell and Mike Campbell
Pittsburgh is our Business, September 1988
