Harvey B. Fox Tuesday, March 30, 2010 It is with great sadness, and a deep sense of personal loss, that we inform you of the death of our dear colleague, partner and friend, Harvey B. Fox. Harvey died at Johns Hopkins Hospital of complications from cancer, which was only recently discovered. Harvey had his hand in almost every Customs legal decision in the last quarter-century. He left an indelible mark on the legal profession and helped shape United States' Customs policy on a host of issues, including the ever-expanding realm of intellectual property enforcement. Harvey served as President of the Customs Lawyers Association (CLA). His contributions to the CLA were so significant that the organization has created the Harvey Fox Award to recognize outstanding Customs practitioners. As part of his thirty-year tenure at Customs, Harvey last served as Director, Office of Regulations and Rulings, Customs, from 1986 through 1995, where he was responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of national Customs legal programs and policies regarding the importation of merchandise into the United States. In this capacity, Harvey provided policy and technical support to prominent Customs and Department of Treasury officials, as well as to Congress and the importing public. As head of the Office of Regulations and Rulings, he supervised an office of more than 100 attorneys. This office also issued all the legal rulings for Customs pertaining to the importation of merchandise, including country of origin marking, tariff classification and valuation of merchandise. From 1980 through 1986, Harvey served as the Director, Classification and Value Division, where he was responsible for issuing legal determinations concerning the tariff classification and valuation of merchandise imported into the United States, as well as representing the interests of Customs in discussions with Government officials, the office of the United States Trade Representative, members of Congress, representatives of business and private law firms. He served as the head of the Customs delegation to the Customs Cooperation Council for valuation in Brussels. From 1977 through 1980, as Director, Entry Procedures and Penalties Division, Harvey issued decisions regarding the country of origin marking of goods imported into the United States, infringement of copyright and trademark rights, restricted merchandise, penalty matters (including imports and exports) and entry procedures. From 1973 through 1977, as Director, Regulations and Legal Publications Division, Harvey drafted policy statements and regulations dealing with the importation of merchandise. He was also directly involved in the issuance of policy and ruling decisions to the public and Customs field offices. From 1966 through 1973, Harvey served as a staff attorney at Customs’ headquarters in the Classification and Value Division. Harvey was a member of the District of Columbia Bar, the Administrative and International Law sections of the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the Customs & International Trade Bar Association and the Washington International Trade Association. He was a member of the Maryland bar association, and admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. A native son of Baltimore, Harvey was born in 1941 and grew up in the northwest part of the city. A part of the “diner gang” generation made famous by the 1982 Barry Levinson film “Diner”, he attended Baltimore City College High School and earned both his undergraduate degree and J.D. from the University of Baltimore. Throughout his life, Harvey maintained close ties with his alma maters and gave back to the institutions that helped prepare him for success both in life and the legal profession. << view all Alerts and Bulletins