ICPA Annual Conference-Orlando

March 9th – March 12th, 2025

Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin

1500 Epcot Resorts Boulevard
P.O. Box 22653
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
The conference will be held at the Dolphin Tower.

Presenters for Braumiller Law Group will be Bruce Leeds, Senior Counsel, Braumiller Law Group, and Jim Holbein, Counsel, Washington D.C, Braumiller Law Group. Robert Stein, VP of Braumiller Consulting, will also be speaking.

Bruce Leeds, Senior Counsel, Braumiller Law Group

Topic: Understanding Export Licensing
Wednesday, March 12th, 1:45-2:45 PM

Bruce has decades of experience in international trade law and has successfully served his clients in diverse capacities, from classification and due diligence, to ITAR compliance and drawback. He has significant expertise with importing and exporting high tech products.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Bruce was an Import Specialist at the U.S. Customs Service in Los Angeles for seven years. During this period, he was promoted to Team Leader at LAX. Bruce then joined Hughes Aircraft Company, where he worked in various positions related to import and export compliance. He went on to Hughes Space & Communications Company and The Boeing Company – all in export and import compliance positions. Bruce served on the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee to CBP and the Private Sector Advisory Group at the World Customs Organization. He holds a customs broker license and is a U.S. Army veteran.

Full Bio: https://www.braumillerlaw.com/bio/bruce-h-leeds/

Jim Holbein, Counsel, Braumiller Law Group, Washington D.C.

Topic: Forced vs Enforced Compliance
Tuesday, March 11th, 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.

Topic: Beyond Incoterms
Wednesday, March 12th, 1:45-2:45 p.m.

Jim Holbein is an expert about international trade topics based on over 30 years of government and private sector experience. He is currently advising numerous clients about international contracts and transactions, Buy America compliance, and dealing with federal agencies.

Jim previously supervised a professional staff maintaining the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. at the International Trade Commission (USITC). Additionally, he managed the NAFTA trade dispute settlement process while at the U.S. Department of Commerce and served as a diplomat and trade negotiator for the U.S. Department of State.

Full Bio: James Holbein, Of Counsel – Braumiller Law Group

Speaker, Robert Stein, VP Braumiller Consulting Group

Topic: Anticipating and Overcoming Operational Challenges in an FTZ
Monday, March 10th, 1:30-2:30 PM

Well known within the trade community as an expert, Robert Stein has over 34 years of experience in regulatory compliance, customs brokerage, freight forwarding, and consulting. With a very broad base of trade experience, he is an expert in import and export compliance, Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ), Duty Drawback, HTS classification, and USMCA & other free trade agreements. Robert started his career on the Northern Border as a release agent before becoming a classification and NAFTA specialist at John V Carr in Buffalo. While working in Boston and JFK airport, Robert was able to expand his knowledge of ocean and air imports, as well as FDA. He took on the task of training all JFK and Newark employees on FDA compliance for AEI Radix. Since then, he has consistently developed and delivered training internally and externally for every broker/forwarder for whom he has worked. Robert joined Braumiller Consulting Group after 17 years at Mohawk Global where he was the driving force behind import and export compliance.

Full bio: Robert Stein, Vice President – Braumiller Law Group