John M Herrmann II is an American lawyer who is a partner in Kelley Drye. He is a former member of the

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Early life and education

John Herrmann earned his B.A. from

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

in 1991 and his J.D. from the

University of Virginia School of Law The University of Virginia School of Law (Virginia Law) is the law school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 as part of his "academical village", and now ...

in 1996. Since 1997 he has the Bar Admission for New York and since 1999 for the District of Columbia.

Career

Until 2009 Herrmann worked in the administration of President

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for five years, including three and a half years in the

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as an employee of the

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. More recently, Herrmann was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for International Trade, Energy and Environment. In this position, he was responsible for advising the President on international trade and investment issues and for international aspects of energy and environmental policy. During his time in the White House, his areas of activity and key issues included WTO Doha Round negotiations, congressional approval of free trade agreements, monitoring the activities of the President's Interagency Working Group on Import Safety, and representing the National Security Council at meetings of the

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(CFIUS). In addition, Herrmann also dealt with questions of export control and sanctions. In 2008 he was involved in the preparation for the G-20 financial summit. He also participated in meetings of the

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at cabinet level between the US and the EU, the US-India Business Dialogue and the CEO Forum and Strategic Business Dialogue between the US and

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. Herrmann also served as Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration in the

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. In this position, he advised the Assistant Secretary in the areas of anti-dumping and countervailing duties. He began his career at the White House as Executive Assistant to the President's Assistant for Economic and Domestic Policy. Herrmann served as legal counsel to former Chief Justice Gregory W. Carman at the United States International Trade Court and as legal counsel to the Chairman of the United States International Trade Commission.

Publications

Herrmann co-authored the

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BNA Corporate Practice Portfolio series No. 28-5th, ''Foreign Unfair Competition: Practice and Procedure''. This portfolio volume identifies unfair trading practices and legal remedies that address these practices.

References

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