Joyce Rodriguez
Managing Associate
Joyce is a managing associate in the firm’s International Trade practice group and a secondary member of the Transportation group. She advises multinational corporations on economic sanctions, export controls, customs, forced labor, and she counsels individuals and corporations on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other anti-bribery laws. This has included investigating and responding to a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and conducting internal corporate compliance risk assessments and reviews for sanctions, export controls, customs, anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and anti-bribery and forced labor. Joyce assists large corporate clients with international trade compliance program maturity evaluations in order to make targeted and cost-effective import and export compliance program enhancements. She has represented clients in enforcement actions before U.S. regulatory agencies. Joyce also advises Florida-based transportation and logistics providers on local regulatory issues.
Joyce is an active participant in the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiative, including the pro bono program. She represents various clients in pro bono matters on issues ranging from immigration to corporate governance. She has also served as a mentor for several mock interview programs with local law schools.
Prior to joining the firm, Joyce served as an associate at a boutique international trade law firm in Washington, D.C., where she supported the firm's sanctions and export compliance and white collar defense practices. Prior to obtaining her LL.M. in international law from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, she practiced law as a business litigator in Miami, Florida, representing large financial institutions and other corporate clients at all stages of litigation in state and federal courts. While in law school at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law, Joyce served as the managing editor of the Journal of Law and Public Policy and as a judicial extern for the late Judge Maxine Cohen Lando of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.
- "Provision of Certain Professional Services to Russia Prohibited under U.S. Sanctions," Thompson Hine International Trade Update, May 2022
- "Summary of Recent Financial and Comprehensive Sanctions Related to the Ukraine-Russia Crisis," Thompson Hine The Latest on the Ukraine-Russia Crisis, March 2022
- “What Every Company Should Know About the New Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act,” Thompson Hine Business Law Update, Winter 2022
- "President Biden Imposes Sanctions Regarding Russia’s Efforts to Undermine Ukraine," Thompson Hine International Trade Update, February 2022
- "New Multiagency Business Advisory on Heightened Risk of Doing Business in Burma," Thompson Hine International Trade Update, February 2022
- "Biden Signs Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act," Thompson Hine International Trade Update, January 2022
- "Changes to HTSUS Classifications Expected in January," Thompson Hine International Trade Update, November 2021
- “Annual Blocked Property Reports Due to OFAC on September 30,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, September 2021
- "China-U.S. Legal and Regulatory Update," Thompson Hine International Trade Update, August 2021
- "US Government Releases Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory Update," Thompson Hine International Trade Update, July 2021
- "DDTC Proposes to Make Pandemic-Related Telework Rules Permanent," Thompson Hine International Trade Update, June 2021
- “BIS Eliminates Most Mass Market Encryption Reporting Obligations,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, April 2021
- “United States Implements Multiple Sanctions and Export Restrictions on Russia,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, March 2021
- “5 Ways To Address Heightened Forced Labor Compliance Risk,” Law360, January 2021
- “Executive Order on Investments in Communist Chinese Military Companies Amended,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, January 2021
- “OFAC Issues Guidance Regarding Ban on Transacting in Securities of ‘Communist Chinese Military Companies,’” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, January 2021
- "Encryption Exports – Annual Self-Classification Reports Due February 1, 2021," Thompson Hine International Trade Update, January 2021
- “Executive Order Prohibits U.S. Investment in ‘Communist Chinese Military Companies,’” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, November 2020
- “New CFIUS Critical Technology Mandatory Filing Requirements Take Effect October 15,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, October 2020
- "BIS Publishes Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Identify and Review Controls on Foundational Technologies: What's Next?", Thompson Hine International Trade Update, September 2020
- “President Trump Signs the Hong Kong Autonomy Act and Issues Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, July 2020
- “Departments of State, Commerce, Homeland Security and the Treasury Caution Businesses Regarding Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang,” Thompson Hine International Trade Update, July 2020
- “COVID-19 Mitigation May Trigger New Tech Export Restrictions,” Law360, June 2020
- “INSIGHT: Companies Must Prioritize Anti-Bribery Compliance During the Pandemic,” Bloomberg Law, May 2020
- "Petitions by Vehicle Producers for Alternative Staging Regime for Compliance with USMCA Rules of Origin for Automotive Goods Due to USTR by July 1," Thompson Hine International Trade Update, April 2020
- “OFAC Issues Fact Sheet on Providing Humanitarian Aid to Combat COVID-19 Under Various Sanctions Programs,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, April 2020
- “Government Measures Worldwide in Response to COVID-19,” Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, April 2020
- "FEMA Announces Export Restrictions on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)," Thompson Hine COVID-19 Update, April 2020
- Author, "Resolving Legal Claims Between the United States and Cuba: Applying International Law Where Diplomacy Falls Short," South Carolina Journal of International Law & Business, 2017
- "Addressing Forced Labor Risk in Supply Chains," Thompson Hine Webinar, October 2021
- "Impact of the 2020 Election on U.S. Trade Policy: Trump Transformation to Biden Restoration?," Thompson Hine Webinar, January 19, 2021
Professional Activities
- Director, Village Rights International
5 Ways To Address Heightened Forced Labor Compliance RiskLaw360
January 28, 2021
COVID-19 Mitigation May Trigger New Tech Export RestrictionsLaw360
June 05, 2020
INSIGHT: Companies Must Prioritize Anti-Bribery Compliance During the PandemicBloomberg Law
May 28, 2020