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Parker White

Associate

Parker White assists clients in matters regarding national security and international trade, reinsurance disputes, and federal civil rights violations. He has published several articles on international arbitration, U.S. sanctions, and international trade. He is a primary member of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group and a secondary member of the Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations Practice Group.

In his previous role, Parker served as a judicial clerk at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, supervising 125+ civil cases on the general civil and habeas dockets, including cases involving employment discrimination, insurance, FLSA, ERISA, and civil rights. He drafted orders on motions including motions for summary judgment, motions to dismiss, and motions to remand. He has also worked for a federal judge in the Northern District of California, where he drafted orders in cases involving maritime law, securities law, and criminal law—including the Elizabeth Holmes criminal trial.

During his time at Harvard Law School, Parker received internships with the Office of the Legal Counselor at the U.S. State Department and an international law firm in The Hague. He was a summer associate at the Public International Law & Policy Group in Washington, D.C.

Parker also holds a master’s in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, through which he worked for the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, reporting on disinformation in elections and armed conflicts, and researching United States and Russia relations for Evelyn Farkas. He was a Fulbright AmeriCorps volunteer in Alabama, his home state.

Awards and Recognition

  • Rhodes Scholarship Finalist
June 18, 2026 Tariff & International Trade Resource

What Every Multinational Should Know About … The New Customs Enforcement Realities (Part I): Managing Rising Bond and Collateral Requirements

The Trump Administration's new tariff initiatives are reshaping the importing environment in ways that extend far beyond the tariff rates themselves. Increased duties are driving higher customs bond requirements, new executive actions are signaling a more aggressive enforcement posture, and importers are facing growing pressure to ensure that their compliance programs can withstand heightened scrutiny.
June 18, 2026 Tariff & International Trade Resource

What Every Multinational Should Know About … The Government’s IEEPA Federal Circuit Appeal

For months, the U.S. Government has signaled it would challenge the Court of International Trade’s (CIT) authority to require refunds of IEEPA tariff payments for “finally liquidated” entries (those more than 90 days after liquidation). That challenge has now arrived. In recent CIT filings and in its appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), the Government has argued that the CIT cannot order the return of finally liquidated IEEPA tariff payments, except for plaintiffs that have filed protective actions under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i).
June 18, 2026 Tariff & International Trade Resource

What Every Multinational Should Know About … The Emerging Battle Over Who Ultimately Keeps IEEPA Tariffs

For much of the past year, the principal focus of the IEEPA tariff litigation has been whether the tariffs were lawful and whether importers would ultimately be entitled to refunds. Following the Supreme Court's February 2026 decision invalidating the tariffs and the subsequent proceedings before the Court of International Trade, those questions have largely been answered. The focus has increasingly shifted from whether refunds should be paid to how those refunds will be processed, administered, and distributed.
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June 11, 2026 Tariff & International Trade Resource

What Every Multinational Should Know About … the Government’s Appeal of Judge Eaton’s Universal IEEPA Tariff Refunds Order (and Why It Is Claiming It Can Keep Billions of Dollars of Unlawfully Collected IEEPA Tariffs)

For several months, the U.S. government has been signaling an impending challenge of the Court of International Trade’s (CIT) authority to require refunds of IEEPA tariff payments (i.e., payment refunds for tariffs enacted pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act) for entries liquidated more than 80 days earlier.
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May 27, 2026 Tariff & International Trade Resource

What Every Multinational Should Know About … The New Rules for Section 232 Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum, and Copper Derivatives

The U.S. government has fundamentally changed how Section 232 tariffs apply to steel, aluminum, and certain derivative products, replacing a content-based tariff methodology with a far broader entered-value approach that could significantly increase duty exposure for many importers.
April 20, 2026 Tariff & International Trade Resource

What Every Multinational Should Know About … Filing for IEEPA Refunds Using CAPE

CAPE is the platform that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is beginning to use to process refunds of the IEEPA tariffs that the Supreme Court has ruled unlawful. Unlike standard tariff refunds, which generally are pursued through post-summary corrections or protests, refunds for entries that fall in Phase 1 must be sought through CAPE.