Michael Jackson

MICHAEL JACKSON is a Member with Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., based in the Los Angeles / San Diego area. He advises the import and export community on a wide range of international trade matters, offering strategic guidance to help clients navigate complex U.S. Customs and Border Protection requirements and global compliance challenges. He also specializes in assisting with surety bond issues as well as supporting the customs brokerage and forwarding community on errors and omissions and other insurance mechanisms.

Mr. Jackson advises importers on classification, valuation, origin, marking, and recordkeeping and regularly assists clients in responding to CBP-initiated investigations, penalties, and seizures. He has extensive experience helping companies meet the standards of key CBP programs, including the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism and the Importer Self-Assessment program. His work has taken him throughout North America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Far East, and Southeast Asia for CTPAT validations and other client engagements.

He has participated in numerous antidumping and countervailing duty investigations conducted by the Department of Commerce and enforced by CBP, employing tools such as scope determinations to help reduce importers’ exposure and liability.

Mr. Jackson also advises exporters on compliance with U.S. export control laws, including with respect to export classification and licensing and economic sanctions, and with the Export Administration Regulations and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

Before joining STR, Mr. Jackson practiced for more than 20 years with a southern California–based law firm. He holds a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a J.D. from Whittier Law School. He is admitted to the California bar and the Court of International Trade where he has supported and managed various cases, particularly involving surety bond issues. 

Active in the professional community, Mr. Jackson participates in several regional trade and legal associations, including the Orange County Bar Association – International Law Section (chair-elect), Women In Trade Orange County (advisor), the Los Angeles Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association, and the Foreign Trade Association (member of the board).