Heather is the Lead Knowledge Lawyer for Baker McKenzie's global International Commercial & Trade and North America International Commercial practice groups. She is responsible for the direction and execution of legal content and thought leadership projects, trainings and other knowledge initiatives. Heather is also the Knowledge Lead for the Firm's Supply Chains Client Solution. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie, Heather was a senior attorney in an international law firm focused on legal and policy issues raised by cross-border transactions, trade controls, and trade remedy litigation. Her practice centered on regulatory compliance, risk and supply chain management, and the intersection of customs and trade remedies laws, and she served as outside counsel to international and US corporations in the scientific equipment, consumer goods and other industries. Heather has also been an attorney with US Customs and Border Protection, a permanent US delegate to the World Customs Organization, a subject matter expert and workshop facilitator for US Department of Commerce commercial law development programs in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, and an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC.