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Represented an international transportation company in performing the government contract due diligence of over 90 government contracts for the $260 million acquisition of an international freight forwarding company.

Represented Shea Homes in a $155 million Federal Tort Claims Act case against the Army for environmental damages related to property purchased pursuant to the closure of a former Air Force base.

Represent physician-owned medical device company in its negotiations of subcontracts to test tumor imaging system under National Institutes of Health grants, with focus on physical and intellectual property issues.

Represented First Federal Corporation, a leading provider of secure off-site data storage protesting Social Security Administration contract for the provision of all labor, facilities, and equipment for a secure off-site magnetic media vault facility for SSA's disaster recovery program. The protest successfully challenged the awardee's ability to meet all of the minimum mandatory technical requirements stated in the solicitation.

Represented Honeywell International in the protest of the award of an Air Force contract for ground carts to cool aircraft avionics during maintenance. The protest successfully challenged the Air Force's technical evaluations and the awardee's ability to meet the minimum mandatory requirements.

Represented Platts, a Division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. in its protest of the award of a contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for mapping database software and geographic data as part of NGA's Homeland Security Infrastructure Database for all Federal, State, and Local users. The protest successfully challenged NGA's technical evaluations and the awardee's ability to meet the contract requirements.

Represented HomeSource Real Estate Asset Services, Inc. in successfully asserting a U.S. Small Business Administration size protest against the awardee of a U.S. Housing and Urban Development contract for Management and Marketing of houses in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Home Source was subsequently awarded that $20 million contract. Successfully defended a size protest challenging the award to HomeSource.

Represented small materials science company in successful negotiation of a license to practice the Navy's patented resin technology.

Represent AIDS vaccine developer in its compliance with financial and intellectual property requirements under USAID subcontract to provide below-market cost vaccines to Africa.

Represent American Bank Note at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Board of Contract Appeals in pursuing a $1.5 million claim.

Represented global services contractor in successful claims for recovery of increased wages paid to employees under an Army contract for food services at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, where the increased wages were required to be paid by the Service Contract Act. Currently representing same client in claims for recovery of increased costs of performing the same contract due to failure of Government-furnished equipment to perform the contract.

Provided training to several commercially-oriented companies regarding their obligations and responsibilities to comply with accounting, ethics, socio-economic, and other important statutory and regulatory requirements in performing government contracts

Represent former owners of two aerospace companies in defending against defective pricing allegations asserted by government auditors. Underlying issues relate to charging excess executive compensation and failure to disclose changes in make/buy decisions and related pricing information.

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