Our Professionals

Adam Gordon has been in private practice since 1993. Mr. Gordon represents clients on international trade and customs matters, and has extensive experience representing clients on legislative and regulatory affairs matters.

Mr. Gordon represents U.S. manufacturers, industries and agricultural groups in international trade matters before the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. His practice focuses on antidumping and countervailing duty litigation, developing and implementing programs to detect circumvention and enforce trade orders, legislative counseling on international trade issues, and assisting clients with complex customs issues related to imports and exports. Mr. Gordon’s clients include family-owned businesses as well as Fortune 100 corporations.

Before founding The Bristol Group in 2015, Mr. Gordon was a partner at Picard, Kentz & Rowe and Wiley Rein, LLP, where he served on the Business Development Committee and the Diversity Committees. Mr. Gordon also is a Deacon, Lay Liturgist and member of the Personnel Board of the Rock Spring United Church of Christ.

Education

The George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, D.C.

J.D., with Honors, May 1993

University of York, York, England
M.A., Politics, July 1990

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
B.A., Political Science/International Relations, May 1988

Benjamin Bay has significant experience as a trade attorney and litigator. In the United States, he has represented numerous domestic U.S. industries and companies in antidumping and countervailing duty litigation before the Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission, as well as in appellate proceedings at the Court of International Trade and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He has also advised clients on trade matters and proceedings in other jurisdictions, including the European Union, NAFTA/USMCA, and China. Furthermore, Mr. Bay has counseled and represented clients in dispute settlement proceedings at the World Trade Organization.

In addition to his litigation work, Mr. Bay has advised clients on trade policy and tariff classification matters.

Mr. Bay joined The Bristol Group from Schagrin Associates in 2023.  Previously, Mr. Bay worked in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), where he was an assistant general counsel. Prior to USTR, he was a member of the international trade practice groups at King and Spalding LLP and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, and Flom LLP.

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2012

​School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, M.A., Politics, Security, and Integration, 2003

​The George Washington University, B.A., cum laude and Special Honors from the Elliot School, International Affairs, 2001

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia

State of California (Inactive)

State of New York

Court Admissions

U.S. Court of International Trade

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Scott McBride serves as Counsel, specializing in antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) trade remedy cases.  Mr. McBride joined The Bristol Group in 2025, after retiring from the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he served as the Associate Deputy Chief Counsel in the Office of the Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement and Compliance.  

Mr. McBride was employed as an international trade attorney with Commerce for twenty-five years.  During that time, he managed and drafted numerous AD and CVD regulations and related preambles, working with and supervising teams of analysts, policy makers and attorneys.

Mr. McBride also drafted multiple briefs, motions and other written submissions filed before the United States Court of International Trade (CIT), the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Dispute Panels, World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Panels, and the WTO Appellate Body. 

He represented the United States Government before multiple NAFTA Dispute Panels and numerous WTO Dispute Panels and Appellate Body, and served as “second chair” to the United States Department of Justice in Federal Court proceedings.   In addition, Mr. McBride helped negotiate the multi-billion-dollar 2016 Softwood Lumber Settlement Agreement and subsequently represented Commerce on the Canada/United States Softwood Lumber Committee.

Mr. McBride’s casework included a wide range of industries, including agricultural and food products, consumer goods, chemicals, steel and aluminum, renewable energy, paper products, and, as noted above, softwood lumber. 

Mr. McBride is considered an expert in such areas as circumvention proceedings, scope inquiries, particular market situations, new shipper reviews, and nonmarket economy proceedings. 

Education

Ohio Wesleyan University (BA) (Phi Beta Kappa) (1993) 

William and Mary College of Law (JD) (1999)

Bar Membership

Commonwealth of Virginia

District of Columbia

Maryland (Inactive)

United States Court of International Trade

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

United States Supreme Court

International Work Experience

United State Peace Corps, Volunteer in the Central African Republic (1993-1995)

Publications

An Inside Scoop on Scopes:  An Overview of the Laws and Policies Governing the Scopes of Trade Remedy Orders, 28 U. MIA Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 37 (2021).

Something Wicked This Way Comes:  The United States Government’s Response to Unsafe Imported Chinese Toys and Subsidized Chinese Exports, 45 Tex. Int’l L.J. 233 (2009).

Reformulating Executive/Legislative Relationships After Reformulated Gasoline:  What’s Best for Trade and the Environment?,   23 Wm. And Mary Envtl. L & Pol’y Rev. 1 (1998).

Awards

United States Department of Commerce Medal Award Winner for Exceptional Service:  Gold (2006, 2016, 2022, 2023), Silver (2002), Bronze (2004, 2011, 2013, 2023, 2024), Attorney of the Year for CCTEC (2015, 2022).