SUZANNE Y. KAO

Suzanne Kao is a founding member of Huffman Riley Kao PLLC. She concentrates her practice in the areas of export controls and compliance, and government contracts. Ms. Kao assists U.S. and foreign clients with navigating and complying with the U.S. export control laws, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”); Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”); and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) regulations. Ms. Kao has extensive experience counseling clients in the high technology, defense and related industries, providing advice about applicable federal statutes and regulations in connection with:

• Classifying and determining the appropriate export jurisdiction for products, technology and services;
  
  
• Identifying licensing requirements, and obtaining and administering export authorizations from the U.S. Government, including the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce and Office of Foreign Asset Control;
  
  
• Aiding clients with interpreting and complying with U.S. regulations that limit exports of encryption commodities, software and technologies;
  
  
• Assisting U.S. companies and their foreign subsidiaries to understand the requirements for conducting business with countries subject to U.S. sanctions and embargoes;
  
  
• Identifying, reviewing and voluntarily disclosing potential violations of the U.S. export laws;
  
  
• Implementing compliance audits and designing appropriate remedial measures, training, policies and procedures that satisfy regulatory requirements; and
  
  
• Conducting export control due diligence related to mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and assessing potential compliance risks and liabilities associated with such transactions.
  
  

• University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1999
  
• Brown University, B.A., with honors, 1994
  

• District of Columbia
  
• New Jersey

• Honorable Sarah L. Wilson, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2001 - 2002
  

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims
  
• New Jersey Supreme Court
  

• Board Member, National Council on International Trade Development
  
• American Bar Association, International Law Section
  
• Society for International Affairs
  
• Organization of Women in International Trade
  

• Speaker, "What to Do When an Incidence of Noncompilance is Discovered...Stop, Drop, and Roll!" Society for International Affairs Advanced Conference 2011 Spring Defense Trade Export Licensing Conference (May 2011)
  
  
• Speaker, "International Traffic in Arms Regulations Basics for Exporting Industry Employees," Export Practitioner and Washington Tariff and Trade Letter (April 2011)
  
  
• Speaker, "Complying with Brokering Rules," C5 Conference: ITAR Boot Camp, Paris, France (December 2010)
  
  
• Conference Director, Society for International Affairs: Summer 2010 Back to Basics Defense Trade Export Conference (July 2010)
  
  
• Speaker, "Interpreting and Complying with License Provisos: Critical Missetps to Avoid in Post-License Implementation," American Conference Institute: ITAR Boot Camp 2009 Conference (October 2009)
  
  
• Speaker, "Complying with Brokering Rules," American Conference Institute: ITAR Boot Camp 2009 Conference (October 2009)
  
  
• Speaker, "Best Practices in Managing Major European Defence Programmes with the ITAR in Mind," C5 Conference: ITAR Compliance in Europe, Munich Germany (June 2009)
  
  
• Speaker, "Blue Lantern: Know Your Foreign Parties," Society for International Affairs, Spring Advanced Conference 2009 Defense Trade Licensing Conference (May 2009)
  
  
• Coauthor, "Putting Your Best Foot Forward - Obtaining ITAR and EAR Authorizations Quickly and Efficiently," Beyond Virginia (April 2009)
  
  
• Speaker, "Developing an Effective ITAR Compliance Program: Key Elements," American Conference Institute ITAR Boot Camp 2009 Conference (February 2009)
  
  
• Speaker, "Implementing Your Compliance Program Overseas: Managing the Extraterritorial Reach of the ITAR," American Conference Institute ITAR Boot Camp 2009 Conference (February 2009)
  
  
• Coauthor, "To Disclose or Not to Disclose," Beyond Virginia (March 2008)
  
  
• Coauthor, "Open Source Software and U.S. Export Laws," The Export Practitioner (February 2008)
  
  
• Coauthor, "Deemed Exports - How to Export Without Leaving the U.S.," Beyond Virginia (October 2007)
  
  
• Coauthor, "Consent Agreements: Tools of Last Resort? A Basic Understanding/Primer," Global Watch (May/June 2007)
  
  
• Coauthor, "Be Prepared: The Risks of Inadequate Export Recordkeeping," Global Watch (July/August 2006)
  
  
• Coauthor, "Deemed Exports Under EAR Are Still Risky Proposition," The Export Practitioner (July 2006)
  
  
• Contributor, “Customs and Border Protection Handbook,” Society for International Affairs (March 2005)
  
  
• Author, Industrial Risk Insurers v. M.A.N. Gutehoffnungshute GmbH: International Arbitration and its Enforcement under the New York Convention, 24 N.C. J. INT’L L. & COM. REG. 727 (1999)