Awards & Rankings 06.04.26
Pillsbury’s Standout Performance in 2026 Chambers USA Rankings Underscores Continued Excellence Across Industries and Disciplines
Firm Earned Recognition Across 60 Practice Areas, Including 26 National Rankings
Jim Durling’s practice covers trade remedies, World Trade Organization (WTO) litigation, and investigations by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). He brings extensive experience in representing both states and private sector clients across diverse industries.
Jim has collaborated with governments and companies across Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and the UAE. He has played a key role in high-profile trade policy disputes involving automobiles, semiconductors and color film, actively participating in the related WTO proceedings. His recent work includes defending antidumping cases against Argentina, China, Japan, Korea and Oman; handling multiple WTO disputes challenging and defending trade remedy measures; and successfully litigating in U.S. courts to overturn the application of U.S. countervailing duty law against China.
Representative Experience
- Defends foreign governments and companies in antidumping, countervailing duty, and other trade remedy investigations.
- Advises parties’ obligations under WTO agreements, litigating WTO disputes and other trade policy disputes.
- Advised on customs law, including valuation, classification and customs audits.
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- Trade Disputes
- Defended FUJIFILM Corporation in concurrent U.S. trade cases initiated by Kodak involving antidumping and countervailing duty claims on aluminum lithographic plate imports from Japan and China.
- Defended Toyo Kohan and Tokyo Steel in antidumping reviews before the U.S. Commerce Department, securing low duty rates, and obtained the lowest rate among all Japanese exporters for Tokyo Steel in a new EU trade case.
- Represented Saha Thai Steel Pipe, one of Thailand’s largest steel pipe producers, in U.S. antidumping proceedings and court appeals, successfully securing lower duty rates by challenging Commerce Department calculations.
- Advised Yamaha Motor, a long-standing client and global vehicle engine producer, on trade matters including monitoring new investigations, assessing antidumping risks, and counseling on recent tariff measures.
- Regulatory, Customs Law and Transfer Pricing
- Represented CMA, a longtime U.S. tire importer, in court appeals challenging Commerce’s antidumping calculation methodology with potential multimillion-dollar implications and in a related U.S. Customs matter.
- Acted for clients on Exon-Florio provisions and related filings before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
- Worked on transfer pricing issues and the intersection of transfer pricing rules with other regulatory requirements.
- Trade Law/IP/Antitrust Nexus
- Worked on the intersection of trade laws and antitrust laws, including the anticompetitive consequences of trade law remedies.
- Worked on issues involving the international regulation of intellectual property (IP) and the intersection of rules on IP, antitrust and international trade.
Professional Highlights
- Recognized by Chambers USA, International Trade: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy (2005–2026)
- Recognized by Chambers Global, International Trade: Trade Remedies and Trade Policy (2006–2026)
- Recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific, International Trade/World Trade Organization (2016–2026)
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- Recognized by The Best Lawyers (published by BL Rankings LLC) in International Trade and Finance Law (2018–2026)
- Recommended by The Legal 500 U.S., International Trade (2021)
Education
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J.D., New York University School of Law, 1984
New York University Law Review, Article EditorM.P.A., Princeton University, 1984
B.A., Haverford College, 1980
Admissions
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District of Columbia
Courts
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U.S. Court of International Trade
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit