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 Lara A. Austrins
Associate Attorney
laustrins@chicago.rorlaw.com
Born in Cleveland, Ohio. Admitted to the Bar in Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and
the U.S. Court of International Trade.
Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.A. 1991); Cleveland State University (J.D., 1999).
Member:
Illinois State, Chicago, and American Bar Associations; Latvian Bar Association.
Practice Areas: Customs and International Trade Law.
Languages: Latvian and German.
 Zheng Xie
Associate Attorney
zxie@rorlaw.com
202 973 2981
Bar Admission: Admitted to New York Bar, May 2007
Admitted to Chinese Bar, October 2002
Education: Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri (J.D, May 2007)
Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri (LLM, May 2005)
University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China
(LLM in International Law, June 2004)
University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China
(B.A.: Economics, June 2001）
Practice Areas: Concentrates her practice in Transportation Law, Admiralty, Regulatory Maritime Law, Insurance Law, International Commercial
Transactional Law, Transportation Litigation, and Commerce and State Department Licensing Issues, Corporate and Business Litigation, Entity Formation, Corporate Governance.
Provides opinions to the U.S. clients doing business in China; advises Chinese clients doing business in the U.S.; liaisons with Chinese government agencies
regarding regulatory and enforcement matters; liaisons with the Embassy of the PRC in the U.S.; counsels U.S. clients regarding compliance with Chinese
laws and regulations; manages and coordinates with Chinese law firms for clients’ legal proceedings in China; files litigation documentation with federal
and state courts; communicates with federal government agencies; conducts legal research and drafts legal memoranda on corporate, business, international trade and transportation issues; prepares documents and files
applications with federal agencies; interviews and contacts clients; assists in drafting and negotiating sales, transport, warehouse, and other contracts on behalf of clients operating in China.
Practices before federal agencies and courts regarding international trade, international transportation, corporate issues, commercial transactions, and
related regulatory matters; counsels clients on transportation, admiralty, customs, export controls, trade sanctions, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act, anti-boycott and related trade laws and procedures, including enforcement actions, regulatory audits and the development of compliance
programs; represents clients in federal agencies proceedings, legislative and rulemaking proceedings, trade negotiations, insurance claim negotiations.
Language: Mandarin Chinese (Native)
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