Hardeep Josan is a seasoned trade litigator who draws on over 15 years of experience at the U.S. Departments of Justice and Commerce to represent clients before the U.S. trade agencies and courts.

Hardeep joined Covington from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where she served as a Trial Attorney in the International Trade Field Office and represented the United States in all aspects of trial and appellate litigation involving international trade and customs cases. She presented oral argument in the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and engaged in settlement negotiations. Her work at the DOJ included challenges to U.S. Customs and Border Protection decisions concerning classification, valuation, the Enforce and Protect Act, and the Forced Labor Act, as well as challenges to U.S. Department of Commerce decisions concerning antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings.

Hardeep was also a Senior Attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement and Compliance at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where she served as in-house legal counsel to agency officials by advising on statutory and regulatory requirements, judicial precedent, and agency practice during administrative proceedings and regulatory rulemaking processes.