Kavita Mohan is an Of Counsel in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Kavita has almost 20 years of experience handling a wide range of complex legal and policy international trade matters. As a seasoned litigator and member of the Trade Group’s litigation team, Kavita has helped obtain multiple favorable and precedent-setting decisions at the Court of International Trade and Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She has successfully represented importers, producers, and governments at all stages of antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CVD) duty proceedings before the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission. Kavita also frequently advises clients on scope and anti-circumvention issues, and has obtained scope exclusions on products across multiple industries. 

Prior to joining GDLSK, Kavita was an Associate at Baker & Hostetler, where her practice focused on international trade and commercial litigation.  Kavita started her career at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. She first served as an Analyst conducting AD/CVD investigations and reviews. She later served as an India Desk Officer, advocating on behalf of U.S. companies facing market barriers in India and engaging with policy makers inside and outside the government – including senior U.S. and Indian government officials, senior corporate representatives, and trade associations – to develop and execute U.S. trade policy with India. 

Kavita was selected to the 2023 Washington D.C. Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Kavita was previously selected as a Washington, D.C., “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers in 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2019. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected to the “Rising Star” list.

Kavita has authored multiple articles on issues related to U.S. politics and international trade policy, including the following: Chaos and Tragedy at the End of America’s Longest War, Confluence, South Asian Perspectives (August 2021); A New Dawn in the United States, Confluence, South Asian Perspectives (February 2021); An Unprecedented Election for Unprecedented Times. What Now? Confluence, South Asian Perspectives (November 2020); Case Notes, India Law News (Winter 2011); No Conclusion to Doha in 2010, India Law News (Summer 2010); India and the WTO Doha Round, The International Lawyer: Year In Review (Spring 2010); An Update on India and the Doha Round, India Law News (Winter 2009-2010); A Deep Freeze on Climate Change, China-US. Trade Law Blog (Feb. 16, 2010); India and China Turn Up the Heat on Climate Change, China-US. Trade Law Blog (Oct. 30, 2009); India, China, and the Doha Round, China-US. Trade Law Blog (Sept. 10, 2009); and, New Customs Policy Allows the Government to Search Documents, Laptops, and Other Data Storage Devices at the Border, Baker & Hostetler Executive Alert (Aug. 8, 2008). She also contributed to Mergers & Acquisitions in the United States: A Practical Guide for Non-U.S. Buyers, a treatise published by Aspen Publishers in 2011.

Kavita has been a Vice-Chair of the South Asia and Oceania Committee (formerly the India Committee) of the American Bar Association since 2012, and has served as the Committee’s Editor for the annual Year-In-Review publication since 2014. Kavita also previously served as Editor-in-Chief for India Law News, a quarterly publication of the Committee.

University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D. (2004)

University of Chicago, B.A. cum laude (2000)

District of Columbia (2010)

Maryland (2008)

U.S. Supreme Court (2008)

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2012)

U.S. Court of International Trade (2008)

Wisconsin (2004) (Inactive)

American Bar Association

District of Columbia State Bar Membership

Wisconsin Bar Association

Editorial Roles

Editor, South Asia/Oceania, ABA International Section: Year In Review (2019-Present).

Editor, India, ABA International Section: Year In Review (2014-2018).

Guest Editor, Special Focus on International Trade, India Law News (Spring 2015).

Editor-In-Chief, American Bar Association’s India Law News (2011 – 2012).

Co-Editor, American Bar Association’s India Law News (2009 – 2011).

Representative Speaking Engagements: 

Speaker, “AD/CVD 101 & Update on New Regulations” (Webinar, 2021).

Speaker, International Trade Panel – Judicial Conference of the CAFC (Washington D.C., 2016).

Moderator, “Trading Across Borders – US and Indian Trade Regulations and Policies” (New Delhi, 2014).

Moderator, “US and India: Key Legal Aspects of Cross-Border Business” (Mumbai, 2012).

Speaker, “Challenges & Opportunities of Doing Business in India” (Huntsville, Birmingham, and Mobile, AL, 2005).