| Doing business with the government can be arduous, complex and filled with minefields. Working with experienced counsel can smooth your path and protect your interests.
Our lawyers have experience in every aspect of government contracts law, including bid formation, contract negotiation and review. We represent clients in bid protests, contract disputes, pricing disputes, false claims allegations and suspension and disbarment proceedings. We also counsel clients facing government audits and investigations.
We regularly represent clients in the energy, construction, defense, manufacturing and environmental clean-up industries, in every conceivable forum. We have appeared before the Government Accountability Office, various boards of contract appeals, U.S. District Courts, the Court of Federal Claims and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Outside the procurement and litigation realms, we counsel clients on government contract issues regarding policymaking, including preparing rulemaking comments and congressional testimony. We also represent clients on such matters as indemnification for ultra-hazardous or nuclear activities, and Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) requirements. |
Selected Experience Ongoing Negotiated development and licensing agreement between major municipal water supplier and hydroelectric power generator. Major municipality in Washington state Ongoing Relocation of BNSF Railway track and preparation of 150-acre riverfront site for mixed-use development. Port Blakely Communities Ongoing Representing master developer in Issaquah Highlands Development Agreement and infrastructure (new Sunset I-90 Interchange; regional water line) for 2,200-acre master plan community in Issaquah, Wash. Intuit Inc. and Guardian Industries 2008 Represented Intuit Inc. and Guardian Industries in obtaining Major Industrial Development designation under Comprehensive Plan, along with annexation and land purchase for new industrial sites in Grant County, Wash. 2007 Represented protestor before the General Accounting Office and Court of Federal Claims relating to procurement of $100,000,000 helicopter services contract in the Pacific for vertical replenishment services for the Military Sealift Command. Large real estate owner 2006 Represented owner during the design and construction activities for a $75 million renovation of a historical landmark in New York City. Drafted custom bid documents and construction contracts. Drafted and negotiated general contractor-construction manager agreement. Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska 2006 Representation of successful bidder for $30,000,000 claims management contract in State of Alaska, Office of Administrative Hearings appeal proceeding. Washington State DSHS 2005 Represented state agency in the matter of a Medicaid Management Information System contract, against a bidder who believed it was wrongly passed over. The court upheld the award to the bidder chosen by the state. Conair Group, Inc. 2003 Represented awardee in agency, Department of Administration and Superior Court protest challenges involving contract for fixed wing firefighting services. Roy F. Weston 1991 Successfully defended against a subcontractor's breach of contract and related claims totaling more than $10 million arising out of City of Seattle's Joint Automated Mapping Project (a sophisticated computerized mapping program). * Denotes experience completed at a prior firm | |