Maria Vanikiotis

Maria has specific experience in country-of-origin determinations and marking rules, free trade agreement verifications, complex customs valuations, Section 301 tariffs, e-commerce issues, and other regulatory import matters. Maria routinely represents clients in engagements with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including requests for information, notices of action, prior disclosures, audits, and penalty or liquidated damages actions, and she has special experience in managing customs investigations. Maria also helps clients build import compliance programs and provides day-to-day guidance to clients seeking clear advice and creative solutions.

Before joining Crowell, Maria worked for a boutique law firm in New York focusing on customs law and, while in law school, Maria was employed as a summer associate in the Brussels office of a large international law firm on matters related to antitrust and competition law within the European Union. As a law student, Maria published a note comparing collective action approaches to antitrust cases in the U.S., U.K., and E.U., for which she won an award for outstanding legal writing. In addition, Maria was an active and accomplished member of both the Fordham International Law Journal and the Dispute Resolution Society.