Senior USTR Official Rejoins Skadden Arps

Joseph Barloon, former Office the U.S. Trade Representative official, has rejoined Skadden Arps as a partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, the law firm announced in a March 1 news release. Barloon served as general counsel from 2019 to 2020 and then as acting deputy USTR from 2020 to 2021, overseeing litigation against the U.S.'s largest trading partners and implementation of the USMCA. Barloon was nominated to be a judge at the Court of International Trade by President Donald Trump but wasn't confirmed (see 2102050032).