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Office
Alhambra Towers
121 Alhambra Plaza
10th Floor
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Tel: 305.260.1010
3111 Stirling Road
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312
Tel: 954.985.4136
Fax: 954.985.4176
Practice Group
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Customs and International Trade Department |
Areas of Emphasis
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Customs Law
International Trade |
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mgroisman@becker-poliakoff.com
Professional Experience:
Melissa Groisman is a multilingual South Florida native practicing in the Firm’s Customs and International Trade Department. She is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law, earned a Masters in Information Systems Management from Carnegie Mellon University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Computer Science from Duke University.
Ms. Groisman represents both domestic and multinational corporations in matters arising before U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as well as numerous other Federal agencies including the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Experienced with the laws and regulations affecting imported merchandise, Ms. Groisman devotes her practice to structuring international trade transactions in order to legally minimize duty payments. Such work concerns the valuation, tariff classification and country of origin of imported merchandise, and often involves the preparation of binding ruling requests, protests, and other communication with U.S. Customs. She provides legal counsel in the drafting of voluntary disclosures and the negotiation and resolution of penalties, liquidated damages, and other enforcement actions taken by U.S. Customs.
As an Argentinean-American, Melissa is a fully fluent native Spanish speaker. In addition, Ms. Groisman lived in Israel for over a year and is conversationally fluent in Hebrew. Her love of travel has taken her all over the world and she has travelled extensively throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Activities and Memberships
Florida Bar, International Law Section, Trade and Customs Law Committee
Florida Bar, Young Lawyers Division, Member
Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT-South Florida), Member
Florida Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association, Member
Greater Miami Jewish Federation Network, Chairman of Attorneys Network and Board Member
Shul of Downtown Miami, Young Professional Group, Board Member
Languages
Spanish (Native Fluency)
Hebrew (Conversational Fluency)
French (Proficient)
Bar Admission
Florida
Education
University of Miami School of Law (Dean’s Scholar), J.D.
Carnegie Mellon University, Masters in Information Systems Management
Duke University, B.A. |
