John Catalfamo is a lawyer in Covington’s International Arbitration and International Trade practice groups. John provides advice on a range of international trade and investment policy and legal issues and represents clients in cross-border disputes and U.S. litigation involving international issues.
As a member of the International Arbitration practice group, John has handled high-stakes investment and commercial arbitrations, with experience under the rules of the American Arbitration Association and the UNCITRAL Rules. He has been involved in various stages of arbitration proceedings, from pre-dispute strategy and mediation, through substantive written briefings, hearings, and post-hearing submissions.
As a member of the International Trade practice group, John advises multinational corporations, industry associations, and governments on a variety of trade policy matters, including on U.S. trade policy and in assessing compliance of tariff and non-tariff regulatory measures with international trade agreements, such as the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) agreements and preferential trade agreements. John litigates international trade issues before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and has experience in antidumping and countervailing duty (“AD/CVD”) proceedings before the U.S. International Trade Commission (“USITC”).
John’s practice is informed by his experience working for the Trade Subcommittee of Committee on Ways and Means in the U.S. House of Representatives. While on Capitol Hill, John was part of the Committee staff that advised Ways and Means Committee Democrats, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the Speaker’s appointed working group in the negotiations between the House Democrats and the Trump Administration to secure bipartisan passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) implementing legislation.
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