Karen A. McGee is the Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP and a member of the Global Services Practice Group, Associations and Foundations Practice Group, and the Corporate and Intellectual Property Departments. Ms. McGee concentrates her practice in the international trade area.

Ms. McGee counsels foreign and domestic clients and trade associations on international trade regulatory matters involving the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR); foreign assets controls; antidumping and countervailing duty orders; customs and import compliance; free trade agreements, such as NAFTA; and, other U.S. international trade regulations.

She counsels clients on export licensing and classification, employment of foreign nationals, deemed exports, development and implementation of export compliance programs and export enforcement matters, including voluntary disclosures relating to commercial and defense articles, defense services and technical data. In addition, she counsels clients on export control and national security implications of mergers and acquisitions, including voluntary filings before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS). Ms. McGee also counsels clients on a wide range of customs issues, such as country-of-origin/product marking, tariff classification, valuation, seizures, prior disclosures, and intellectual property infringement. She represents clients, including trade associations, in antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings before the International Trade Commission and Department of Commerce. Ms. McGee also counsels and represents clients in 337 investigations before the International Trade Commission.