ERIC P. SALONEN

SALONEN ERIC P. SALONEN (Age 55) An international trade attorney and partner with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Stewart and Stewart, died after an extended hospitalization on February 26, 2014. Mr. Salonen graduated from the Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, BSFS, cum laude, in 1981. He earned his Juris Doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania in 1985. Mr. Salonen regularly appeared before the U.S. International Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Court of International Trade, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Prior to joining Stewart and Stewart in 1998, Mr. Salonen served as Attorney-Advisor to Commissioner Janet A. Nuzum and Chairman Marcia E. Miller of the U.S. International Trade Commission. Mr. Salonen wrote and co-authored several articles on U.S. trade remedy laws, and served as a panelist in various programs on U.S. trade laws and policy. He was an active member of the American Bar Association's Section of International Law and Practice and had co-chaired the Section's International Trade Committee. He was recognized in Best Lawyers ®; Baltimore and Washington D.C.'s Best Lawyers ®); Martindale-Hubbell ®) AV ® Preeminent (tm) Rating, and Who's Who Legal (Trade and Customs). Beloved husband of retired Foreign Service Officer Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes, Mr. Salonen often visited his wife during her overseas assignments, most recently during her ambassadorship to the Republic of Suriname (South America). A proud Finnish-American, Mr. Salonen was a devoted fan of the NY Yankees and Giants, and Georgetown basketball. In addition to his wife of 23 years, he is survived by his stepsisters, Irmeli "Tipi" Kuehnel and Mervi Agnew, their families, and many devoted friends and colleagues. The family will receive friends on Thursday, March 6, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 36th Street NW between N & O Streets. Funeral Services will begin at 3 p.m. Reception immediately following the Service, on the Georgetown campus. If so desired, donations in his memory may be made to the American Cancer Society or to Georgetown University.