International Practice

Marc Hebert is a partner with Jones Walker in New Orleans, and maintains an active practice in Washington, D.C. His international trade practice spans contracts, litigation, regulatory and administrative law, and government affairs, and he practices before various U.S. Federal agencies and Congress. Mr. Hebert handles issues in the area of customs and import/export law, sanctions and anti-boycott law, the negotiation and application of free trade agreements and duty preference programs, antidumping and countervailing duty cases, transportation and supply chain management, and legislation and policy.

He was appointed by U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Guiterrez and USTR Susan Schwab (Ambassador) to the International Trade Advisory Committee 14, Customs and Trade Facilitation and served from 2008 to 2010. Since 2006, Mr. Hebert has served on the Executive Committee and as Secretary for the Mississippi Valley Trade and Transport Council, which is made up of various foreign and domestic bulk commodity producers, as well as terminal and barge line operators, involved in the direct export and import of bulk commodity products.

Mr. Hebert has spoken at various seminars and written on topics that include trade and tax policy, energy policy, marine transportation, and environmental law.

News

• Maritime Attorneys Win Jones Act Suit
• Hebert Speaks at National Association of Foreign-Trade Zone's 39th Annual Conference
• Maritime Attorneys Speak at Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Seminar
• Jones Walker Attorneys to Participate in 29th Annual World Trade & Transport Conference
• Hebert Presents at International Trade & Customs Conference
• Hebert to Speak on Obama's Trade Policy at Cement Industry Conference

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Presentations

• "Where do we Stand With CBP’s 'New Verification Policy' for Duty Preference Claims?", March 26, 2012
• "CBP's 'New Verification Policy' for Duty Preference Claims – Here We Go Again...", September 12, 2011
• "Legislative Issues", March 8, 2010
• "Second-Annual Lafourche Maritime Seminar", September 3, 2009
• "Do We Have an Answer to the Following Issues Facing the Marine Industry: The Transportation Worker Identification Credentials Program and Hiring the Illegal Immigrant or Migrant Worker", 2009
• "The Transportation Picture: The Past is Gone! What is Going to or Might Happen in the Future", 2009, Panel Moderator

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Publications

• "How to Get the Most Out of Federal Katrina Related Contracts"
  E*Lert, January 18, 2006
• "Coastal Restoration Under CWPPRA and Property Rights Issues"
  57 Louisiana Law Review 1165, 1997
• "Unilateralism as a Defense Mechanism: An Overview of the Iran and Libya Sanctions of 1996"
  University of Miami Law School Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 5, 1996–1997,

Memberships

• District of Columbia Bar Association
• Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association (Member, Seminar Steering Committee, 2004 to date)
• International Trade Advisory Committee 14, Customs and Trade Facilitation (Appointed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative, 2008)
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (Adjunct Professor)
• New Orleans World Trade Center (International Business Committee)
• Mississippi Valley Trade & Transport Council (Secretary, Board of Directors; Member, Executive Committee; Representative, Louisiana Deep Water Port & Transfer Station Task Force)
• Virginia State Bar