Shannon Fura, Esq.
Shannon Fura is a founding partner in the international trade law firm of Page•Fura, P.C. With a background in import/export law, intellectual property and international affairs, Ms. Fura offers clients the diverse background and skillset necessary to exercise compliance and ensure supply chain security in today's global market.
Ms. Fura brings more than 20 years of experience to her representation of clients in the international arena. Her counseling in the import area includes representing companies before U.S. Customs & Border Protection and other impacted federal agencies in Focused Assessments and other reviews of their import operations. In furtherance to that representation, Ms. Fura works with clients in the establishment, enhancement and monitoring of compliance programs, and provides counsel on a myriad of specific issues including transfer pricing and customs valuation, tariff classification, country of origin determinations and marking requirements, tariff preference program/free trade agreement eligibility, trade relief and remedies, foreign-trade zones and duty drawback, and customs enforcement matters, including civil penalty actions, investigations, seizures and liquidated damages cases. In addition to this work, Ms. Fura also actively represents companies in the area of border/supply chain security including developing and evaluating program qualifications under the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism/WCO SAFE Framework.
In the export arena, Ms. Fura brings her extensive knowledge of the intricacies of U.S. export control laws to her representation of companies. Her work in this area extends to representation before the Bureau of Industry & Security, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, the Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Bureau of the Census, and includes the development of comprehensive Export Management Systems as well as performing self-assessments of companies' existing export compliance programs and policies. Besides conducting comprehensive reviews/program development, Ms. Fura also provides advocacy for clients on individual commodity jurisdiction requests, export license applications, Technical Assistance Agreements/Manufacturing License Agreements, and deemed export and re-export controls and compliance. She also, where necessary, counsels clients on the submission of voluntary self disclosures and issues of export enforcement.
Education
- IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D.)
- George Mason University (M.A., International Transactions)
- Appalachian State University, (B.A. English/Political Science)
Bar Admissions
- State of Illinois
- U.S. Court of International Trade
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Associations
- American Association of Exporters & Importers
- National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones
- Chicago Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association
- American Bar Association
- Joint Industry Group
- International Compliance Professionals Association (ICPA)
- Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT)
- Trade Support Network (TSN) – Legal Policy Committee
Honors & Accomplishments
- Licensed Customs Broker
