Tammie Krauskopf LLC
THE TEAM
Tammie G. Krauskopf
Tammie Goldstein Krauskopf has over 30 years of experience helping companies develop strategies to minimize duties and taxes, avoid penalties and build strong compliance programs. She represents large and small companies across a range of industries including consumer products, electronics, pharmaceuticals, and food production.
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She is adept at finding a balance between a company's business objectives and the need to create a strong import/export compliance program. Her broad industry experience provides her with the background required to assist companies in the use of foreign trade zones (FTZs) and bonded warehouses in the United States. She has also assisted foreign governments in negotiating bilateral free trade agreements with the United States. Tammie has handled numerous customs fraud and seizure cases, prior disclosures, protests, ruling requests, audits and focused assessments, and has guided companies in the development of internal compliance programs and standard operating procedures. She has extensive experience helping companies deal with import issues including valuation, tariff classification, NAFTA, trade security and C-TPAT, country of origin determinations and marking. Read More
Peter Battaglioli
P​eter J. Battaglioli is a contract Customs and Trade Auditor to Global Trade Expertise. Mr. Battaglioli was the Field Director at U.S. Customs Regulatory Audit Division, Boston, from 1980 to 2000. While at U.S. Customs, Mr. Battaglioli participated in the development and implementation of the agency’s compliance assessment process and was one of the primary initiators of a risk-driven approach to auditing, which is a key element of CBP’s current primary audit program (known as a “Focused Assessment” or “FA”) and its self-governing program (known as the “Importer Self-Assessment Program” or “ISA”). Peter was also responsible for overseeing and implementing regulatory audit guidelines and policies.
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Carolyn Palanca
Carolyn is a Trade Specialist who has worked in the international trade industry for more than 20 years and has both government and private sector experience assisting importers. She began her career as an Import Specialist with the U.S. Customs Service (now U.S. Customs and Border Protection), where she worked in the ports of Los Angeles and Chicago handling numerous commodities in a variety of industries. During that time, she gained extensive experience in the areas of classification and value while reviewing countless importer entries, protests and petitions. Her position at Customs included coordination of the enforcement program, requiring her to work closely with importers on such issues as prior disclosures, compliance assessment reviews, penalties, detentions, seizures, and intellectual property rights issues. Carolyn conducted training at importer and broker seminars and she also trained auditors, special agents, import specialists, inspectors, entry specialists, and fines and penalties staff on commercial enforcement issues.
Hulya Posaci
Hulya specializes in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, energy and infrastructure, compliance, commercial transactions, employment law, contractual relations and international trade matters. Hulya has extensive experience in advising multinational clients in various sectors including energy, manufacturing, and automotive for cross-border acquisitions as well as for day-to-day corporate and commercial activities, including corporate governance, compliance, contract drafting and employment. Prior to founding Posaci Law, Hulya was employed by Paksoy Attorney Partnership in Istanbul for 7 years practicing in M&A, corporate, and commercial law. Previously, she worked in the Chicago office of a U.S.- based law firm practicing mainly in international trade matters, and later as in-house counsel for a leading manufacturing electrical supplies company. She worked full time on a secondment program at GDF Suez (now ENGIE) as legal counsel in 2016-2017.
She graduated from Dokuz Eylul University School of Law and holds an LL.M. degree in International Business and Trade Law from The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL. She has been admitted to the Istanbul Bar Association.
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Ruta is an international trade and regulatory compliance attorney with 15+ years of in-house and law firm experience advising companies on strategic trade compliance planning and risk mitigation in complex cross-border transactions. In her practice, she focuses on customs and import, export control (ITAR and EAR), OFAC sanctions, federal contracting, anti-corruption, antiboycott, general compliance, and supply chain matters including conflict minerals, anti-slavery compliance (UFLPA), and security (CTPAT).
Prior to founding One Lex Partners, she was a Senior Trade Compliance Counsel with Lyft, Inc. where she led the trade compliance efforts and counseled on all aspects of global trade compliance strategy. Previously, she worked as Director of Trade Compliance of Defense Electronics division of Teledyne Technologies, Inc., and managed global trade compliance efforts for E & J Gallo Winery, the largest wine importer and exporter globally. She started her career with Global Trade Expertise, an international trade law firm.
Ruta holds a J.D. and LL.M in International Business and Trade Law from University in Illinois in Chicago, and a B.S. in Finance from DePaul University in Chicago. She lives in New York City.
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Suzanne DeCuir
Suzanne acts as the marketing director, managing the website, writing summaries of legal issues, and providing editorial support. She earned a BA and an MA in English from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. When not working for Tammie Krauskopf LLC, she works as an artist working in oil paint and in textiles.