Matters
- Served as outside general counsel for government contracting issues to multiple public commercial and emerging technology companies.
- Negotiated multiple Other Transactions with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on behalf of a commercial technology company, including significant revisions to ‘standard’ intellectual property and data rights provisions.
- Counseled foreign aircraft manufacturer through proposal development and compliance assessment, including substantial intellectual property and data rights concerns, for a major U.S. Air Force aircraft procurement.
- Successfully negotiated beneficial subcontract terms and conditions with a major defense contractor for a complex, multi-year program on behalf of a lower-tier technology subcontractor.
- Successfully obtained commercial item designation of a subcontractor’s products by a major defense contractor, including concurrence by the Government, in a hotly contested program negotiation.
- Counseled multiple lower-tier subcontractors through their disclosure obligations and negotiation strategy under the Truthful Cost or Pricing Data statute (formerly the Truth in Negotiations Act, or TINA)
- Represented a major defense contractor in a sustained appeal at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA), including a significant financial recovery.
- Assisted multiple foreign-owned companies with establishing U.S.-based operations qualified for and compliant with federal contracting requirements, including eligibility to obtain security clearance and Foreign Ownership, Control, and Influence (FOCI) mitigation.
- Successfully counseled Seller in an M&A transaction through investigation, Buyer disclosure, and mitigation of potential False Claims Act liability risk arising in the course of diligence.
- Obtained a permanent injunction at the Court of Federal Claims of award under a solicitation for foreclosure-related services, following a denial of the same protest grounds at GAO.
- Successfully represented a large logistics provider in GAO protest of $165 million Department of State contract for global services that was protested by two competitors.
Pro Bono
- Obtain remand orders from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for the VA to reevaluate veterans’ denied claim for benefits in multiple cases
