Homer E. Moyer, Jr.,founder of the firm’s International Department and past member of the firm’s Executive Committee, has a diverse international and litigation practice.
Mr. Moyer has represented dozens of clients in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matters and investigations, chaired more than 15 conferences on the FCPA and international anti-corruption conventions, and served as the Securities and Exchange Commission-approved Independent Compliance Consultant in the largest FCPA case to date.
Mr. Moyer’s experience in export controls and international sanctions dates from when he was General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce. He has counseled clients on numerous issues of first impression, served as an expert witness, and co-authored the book Export Controls as Instruments of Foreign Policy. When in government, he co-authored the Anti-Boycott regulations of the Export Administration Act.
In international trade, Mr. Moyer has represented governments or private clients in connection with World Trade Organization (WTO) panels and Appellate Body disputes, free trade negotiations, and disputes before bi-national panels and “Extraordinary Challenge” tribunals under the North American Free Trade Agreement and Canadian Free Trade Agreement. Mr. Moyer has been counsel in landmark anti-dumping and countervailing duty cases, in trade and investment disputes, and in federal court cases involving issues of international law. He has represented clients before all levels of federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
A political appointee in both Democratic and Republican administrations, Mr. Moyer served as General Counsel (1980-81) and Counselor to the Secretary (1979) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Before government, he practiced with Covington & Burling; wrote Justice and the Military, a treatise on military law; and served in the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, with collateral duty at the White House. Mr. Moyer, a past chair of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Section of International Law, co-founded and chaired (1990-2002) the ABA’s Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI), which has been praised as “the worthiest pro bono project that American lawyers have ever undertaken,” and the CEELI Institute in Prague.
A recipient of various rule of law awards, Mr. Moyer is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Boards of Trustees of the Center for American and International Law and the Council for Excellence in Government. Mr. Moyer is also the author of the best-selling book, The R.A.T. (Real-World Aptitude Test): Preparing Yourself for Leaving Home (2001).
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Yale Law School, 1967 LL.B.
Emory University, 1964 B.A.
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