Molly B. O'Casey

Molly O'Casey is a trade attorney in Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C., office. Ms. O'Casey focuses her practice on a broad range of transactional, litigation and regulatory compliance matters in the areas of U.S. customs laws, export controls, economic sanctions and embargoes, national security reviews and maritime.

Ms. O'Casey advises clients on a wide variety of import matters before the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), with a particular focus on tariff mitigation. These matters further include seizures, classification, valuation and country of origin, as well as preferential duty treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and free trade agreements (FTAs).

In addition, Ms. O'Casey counsels clients on U.S. export controls laws, such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), especially in the context of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). She has extensive experience with U.S. trade embargoes and economic sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Department of State.

Also, Ms. O'Casey counsels clients with government contracts and security clearances, especially in the defense space. This includes hosting Holland & Knight's podcast on industrial security, "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances."

Ms. O'Casey is actively involved in Holland & Knight's pro bono activities, through which she provides counseling to individuals on immigration matters.

Prior to Holland & Knight, Ms. O'Casey clerked at the U.S. Court of International Trade. Her previous experience also includes work at a boutique law firm and an international consulting firm, with an emphasis on customs issues and trade remedies. During law school, Ms. O'Casey was an associate editor for the Cornell International Law Journal.