Amoéba : by Brian Arthur Pomper, G. Hunter Bates, Hal S. Shapiro

Key Experience

• Offers public policy, political and strategic business advice to Fortune 500 and other domestic and multinational companies.
• Serves as co-leader of the firm's public law and policy practice and serves on the firm's management committee.
• Member of the U.S. patent bar.
• Served as chief international trade counsel to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT).

Practice

Brian Pomper represents companies before Congress, the White House and federal agencies on a diverse set of public policy matters, including market access, investment, international trade disputes, intellectual property, international tax and customs issues.

Brian formerly served as chief international trade counsel to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT). In that role, he advised Chairman Baucus and other members of the Senate Finance Committee on all aspects of the Committee's international trade and economic agenda.

Representative Work

• Advised biopharmaceutical companies on the negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement and lobbied in support of strong intellectual property protections in that agreement.
• Strategized and lobbied for numerous companies in support of the passage of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement and permanent normal trade relations, or 'PNTR,' for Russia.
• Counseled a major automotive company on how to take advantage of the provisions of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.
• Advised and lobbied for a coalition of companies in support of strong international intellectual property protections.
• Offered strategic advice and intelligence and lobbied for a major U.S. agriculture company on trade, intellectual property and politics.

• Advised and lobbied for an international insurance company on proposed changes to the U.S. tax code and its compliance with U.S. international trade commitments.

Speeches

• 'Legal Foundations and New Directions, the WTO and Beyond,' Institute of International Economic Law Global Trade Academy, Georgetown University, November 17, 2016.
• 'TPP and Beyond: How Global Trade Agreements are Changing the Rules for Biologics and Biotech Products,' Biotechnology Innovation Organization's BIO 2016 Conference, June 9, 2016.
• 'The Impact of the Mid-Term Elections on U.S. Policy Toward East Asia,' Korean Economic Institute of America, Washington, D.C., November 6, 2014.

Public Service and Affiliations

• Former chief international trade counsel to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT).
• Adjunct Professor, International Trade Policy and Politics, George Washington's School of Political Management.
• Member, Steering Committee, International Law Section, D.C. Bar.
• Educational Counselor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Recognition

• The Legal 500 US, Government Relations, 2018 to 2019, and 'Leading Lawyer,' 2019.
• The Legal 500 US, Government Relations, 2018.
• Chambers USA, Government Relations, 2018 to 2019.
• The Hill, Top Lobbyists, Hired Guns, 2017-2018.