About The Authors
Terry L. Albertson is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Crowell & Moring. He focuses on government procurement law. He received a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University, magna cum laude, in 1968, a master’s from Yale University in 1969, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, cum laude, in 1974. He is a member of the bars of the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. He served in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971 and was awarded a Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam. Mr. Albertson’s practice focuses particularly on issues related to government contract cost, accounting, pricing, and termination issues. He represents contractors regularly at the various Boards of Contract Appeals and the Court of Federal Claims. He has tried a number of important cases concerning defective pricing, the Cost Accounting Standards, the allowability of costs, multiple award contracts, and terminations. He counsels contractors and participates in internal reviews and litigation about allegations of fraud, and has been involved in planning significant corporate mergers, divestitures, and reorganizations.
Shauna E. Alonge is a partner in the law firm of Crowell & Moring LLP, where she is a member of the Government Contracts and Health Care practice groups. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Alonge was a member of the Office of the General Counsel for the Department of the Navy. She received her undergraduate degree in 1977 and her law degree in 1979 from Tulane University. Ms. Alonge's law practice emphasizes procurement ethics, defense of criminal and civil fraud matters, including qui tam (whistleblower) suits under the civil False Claims Act, suspension and debarment, and ethics and compliance program matters. She has represented government contractors and health care providers in connection with voluntary disclosures before federal agencies, including the Department of Justice and the Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services. In addition, she handles bid protests and has managed and conducted complex internal investigations, corporate compliance reviews, and training programs for the Firm's clients. She is co-author of the 1987 Government Contractor Briefing Papers article, "Ethics in Government Procurement/Edition II." She also has litigated defective pricing appeals before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals.
Richard W. Arnholt is a counsel in Crowell & Moring's Washington, DC office, where he practices in the Government Contracts Group. His practice involves bid protests, qui tam actions, contract claims, congressional and criminal investigations, and providing regulatory advice. His recent work includes litigating bid protests before the Government Accountability Office and the Court of Federal Claims, False Claims Act work at the trial and appellate level, providing training to clients regarding U.S. government contracts law, advising clients on a range of government contracts compliance issues, including the Berry Amendment and Trade Agreements Act, and assisting major defense companies in responding to congressional inquiries. He also regularly counsels clients on suspension and debarment matters at the federal and state levels, including appearing before government debarring officials.
Jonathan M. Baker joined Crowell & Moring LLP in 2007 as an associate in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. He practices in the Litigation and Government Contracts groups. Jon earned his B.E. in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. In 2007, he graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland School of Law. Prior to attending law school, Jon served for six years as an officer in the United States Air Force, where he primarily worked in the field of space and missile operations.
David Z. Bodenheimer is a partner in the DC office where he heads the Homeland Security Practice and specializes in Government Contracts, False Claims Act, Privacy, and Cybersecurity. For more than 25 years, he has found solutions for clients whenever and wherever problems arise in doing business with the Government. Mr. Bodenheimer represents all sizes of technology clients (computer hardware and software, major weapon systems, biodefense, satellite and space services, and military avionics and equipment). He litigates, counsels and resolves the full range of issues that clients confront in selling to the Government. In the privacy and information security arena, Mr. Bodenheimer handles emerging dilemmas arising out of data sharing, information technology (IT) interoperability, cybersecurity, and privacy concerns in the homeland security, defense, and intelligence industries. His privacy and cybersecurity counseling spans the Privacy Act, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), DIACAP, NIST, USA PATRIOT Act, cyber warfare, electronic workplace monitoring, security breach notification laws, HSPD authentication and biometrics, and federal electronic surveillance. He has testified before Congress regarding cybersecurity threats, public-private partnerships, and contractor liability issues for military contractors. He currently serves as a Vice Chair of the ABA Public Contract Law Section's Cybersecurity Committee.
Grant J. Book joined Crowell & Moring LLP in 2011 as an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He practices in the Government Contracts group. Grant advises clients on a wide array of government contracts legal issues, including bid protests, contract claims, and investigations of potential civil and criminal matters. Grant has also advised clients on government investigations regarding potential False Claims Act issues. Prior to joining the firm, Grant served as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas C. Wheeler at the United States Court of Federal Claims, where he worked on bid protests and contract claims cases. Grant has also worked at the United States Department of Commerce, where he focused on fiscal law and Freedom of Information Act appeals, and at another law firm, where his practice focused on government contracts and white-collar investigations. Grant graduated from the George Washington University Law School in 2007 with highest honors and as a member of the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Grant was a member of the George Washington Law Review and Alternative Dispute Resolution Board, and he received the award for excellence in written advocacy in the Government Contracts Moot Court Competition.
Adelicia ("Addie") Cliffe is a counsel in the Washington, DC office, where she practices in the firm's Government Contracts and International Trade practice groups.
Addie's practice focuses on a broad range of international trade and government contracts issues. She counsels and defends clients with respect to compliance with U.S. export controls, the Buy American Act, Trade Agreements Act and other domestic-preference requirements, the Foreign Military Financing program, Foreign Military sales, and other U.S. laws and regulations applicable to international transactions. She also counsels clients with respect to foreign investment and ownership in the United States, and applicable U.S. laws and regulations such as Exon-Florio and the National Industrial Security Program.
In addition, Addie has experience litigating bid protests and claims at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Government Accountability Office, and the United States Court of Federal Claims.
Addie received a B.S. from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1998. She graduated from the George Washington University Law School in 2006 with high honors and as a member of the Order of the Coif, receiving the National Association of Women Lawyers' Outstanding Law Graduate Award. At George Washington, she participated in the alternative dispute resolution and moot court boards, and was editor-in-chief of the Public Contract Law Journal ("PCLJ"). For her leadership position on the PCLJ, she received the Roger Boyd Scholar Award.
Prior to attending law school, Addie worked as an international sales associate and project manager for a small export company headquartered in Washington, DC, primarily serving U.S. Government customers worldwide.
Addie first joined Crowell & Moring LLP in 2006 and returned in 2008 after completing a one-year clerkship for the Honorable George W. Miller, United States Court of Federal Claims. For several years, she served as an adjunct professor of scholarly writing at the George Washington University Law School.
Peter J. Eyre is a counsel in Crowell & Moring's Government Contracts Group. Peter's practice focuses on a wide range of government procurement law, including compliance counseling, litigation, bid protests, and investigations of potential civil and criminal matters. He has domestic and international litigation and arbitration experience in matters involving foreign sovereigns and multi-national corporations. Peter has argued before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and D.C. Superior Court, and has participated in proceedings before international arbitral tribunals.
Daniel R. Forman is a partner in the Washington, DC office of the law firm of Crowell & Moring. Mr. Forman's practice focuses on a wide variety of government procurement law, including bid protests, False Claims Act and qui tam litigation, investigations of potential civil and criminal matters, ethics and compliance, contract claims and disputes, GSA schedule contracting, and small disadvantaged business contracting. He is also experienced in negotiating and drafting teaming agreements and subcontracts, as well as providing counseling on the interpretation of FAR clauses and Solicitations. Mr. Forman's practice also focuses on state and local procurement matters, including State False Claims Act issues, lobbying and contingency payment compliance. He has been involved in bid protest litigation in six states and the District of Columbia. Mr. Forman has also worked on a number of telecommunications issues, including wireless number portability, cellular priority access, instructional television fixed service, customer proprietary network information, and electronic eavesdropping.
Dalal Hasan is an associate in the firm's Washington, DC office. She practices in the White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement and Government Contracts Groups. Her practice involves representation of corporate and individual clients in all phases of criminal and civil matters, including internal investigations, compliance counseling, suspension and debarment matters, federal grand jury investigations, False Claims Act litigation and other complex civil litigation and criminal proceedings.
Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Dalal worked at a major U.S. non-governmental organization managing federal grants programs in the Middle East and North Africa. She is proficient in Arabic and has extensive travel and professional experience in the region.
Dalal received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, where she studied International Politics, with a focus on Middle East Studies, and an M.A. in International Affairs and Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of International Studies in 2004. She received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2010, where she served on the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal.
Thomas P. Humphrey is a Partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm of Crowell & Moring. He represents clients in a wide variety of government contracts matters, including bid protests, False Claims Act and qui tam litigation, and investigations of potential criminal matters. Mr. Humphrey specializes in handling computer, telecommunications, and health care bid protest litigation before the GAO and various trial and appellate courts. Mr. Humphrey is a frequent speaker on issues relating to contract formation and litigation of disputes in this area and has authored Federal Publications Briefing Papers on "The Scope of the Source Selection Official's Discretion" (No. 94-5, April 1994) and "Changes in the Notice of Award, Debriefing, and Protest Rules after FASA" (No. 95-10, September 1995). He is active in the Bid Protest Committee of the Public Contract Law Section of the American Bar Association, and served for many years as a Vice-Chair of a committee of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. He has been named one of the top lawyers in the government contracts field by Chambers USA.
Alexina Jackson is an associate in the Washington, DC law office of Crowell & Moring LLP. She joined the firm in 2007 as a member of the Government Contracts and Technology, Media, and Telecommunications practice groups. Alexina has counseled and provided litigation support to corporations and organizations in the communications and government contracting arenas. Alexina joined Crowell & Moring after graduating magna cum laude, order of the coif from the University of Maryland School of Law.
J. Catherine Kunz is a partner in the Washington office of Crowell & Moring. Ms. Kunz is a member of the firm's Government Contracts group. Her practice involves both counseling and litigating on behalf of clients in a range of government contract law areas, including GSA Schedule contracting, contract claims and disputes, fraud and abuse, cost accounting issues, purchasing and subcontracting, and federal health care contracting. Ms. Kunz also represents clients in qui tam actions under the False Claims Act and in bid protest, and counsels clients on government audits, procurement ethics, compliance programs, contract administration, and specialized government acquisition programs, including Federal Employees Health Benefits Program contracts and National Park concession contracts. Ms Kunz also has experience counseling clients on federal grants administration and audit matters.
Andy Liu is a partner in the firm's White Collar & Regulatory Enforcement and Government Contracts groups. Mr. Liu also Co-Chairs the firm's False Claims Act practice. Mr. Liu's practice focuses on representation of corporate and individual clients in all phases of criminal and civil matters including internal investigations, compliance counseling, federal grand jury investigations, False Claims Act litigation and other complex civil litigation and criminal proceedings. He has represented individuals and corporations in matters involving government procurement fraud, health care fraud, price fixing, kickbacks, bribery, public corruption, conflict of interest laws, and other areas. He has written extensively on False Claims Act and other issues.
Mana Elihu Lombardo is a counsel in Crowell & Moring's Government Contracts Group in Los Angeles. She concentrates her practice primarily on government contracts litigation. She also handles a wide range of complex civil and commercial litigation matters including labor and employment issues, contract disputes, business torts, and environmental litigation. Mana practices before federal and state trial courts, and has extensive experience developing and implementing litigation strategy as well as managing the process of large litigation matters. She has worked closely with clients to guide them through mediation and settlement proceedings.
Mana's government contracts practice includes all aspects of government contracts litigation. Mana has extensive experience conducting internal investigations and defending companies against False Claims Act allegations. She has counseled clients on claims relating to fraud, false testing, data rights issues, contract compliance, quality assurance standards, failure to disclose, and wrongful termination in federal False Claims Act cases. Mana also works closely with clients, including those in the defense industry, to litigate general business matters, including issues involving contract claims, unfair business practices, and employers' liability.
Steve McBrady is an attorney in Crowell & Moring's Washington, DC office, where he practices in the Government Contracts group. His practice focuses on counseling and litigating on behalf of clients in the energy, transportation, construction and defense industries, in an array of government contract law areas, including: regulatory compliance, procurement, contract claims and disputes, bid protests, internal investigations, civil fraud and administrative actions. Steve has written and lectured about emerging opportunities and legal risks for companies in the renewable energy, Green building, transportation and infrastructure fields under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Steve has been quoted in the Washington Business Journal and is an Editor at the Green Building Law Update legal blog, which chronicles emerging legal trends in sustainable development. Steve has also written and lectured on the emergence of Public-Private Partnerships as an alternative procurement method in the United States and abroad, and is an active member of the DC PPP, an organization of professionals in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area involved in Public-Private Partnership project finance, development and implementation.
John E. McCarthy, Jr. is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Crowell & Moring. He received his degree in engineering science specializing in both mechanical and electrical engineering from Rockhurst College in 1976, his Master's Degree in electrical engineering from Catholic University in 1978, and his J.D. from Catholic University in 1989. John practices in the areas of government contracts and litigation, with a particular emphasis on technology-related issues. John has litigated and provided counseling on a wide variety of government contracts issues including bid protests and other contract formation issues, contract claims, prime/sub disputes, socioeconomic issues, patent and data rights, electronic commerce and issues related to transactions with foreign governments. He is experienced in issues involving the Arms Export Control Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the International Traffic in Arms Regulation, as well as other statutes and regulations relating to international transactions. In addition, John has provided counseling and defended clients on false claim matters and actual or threatened Qui Tam litigation.
Raja Mishra is an associate in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the firm's Government Contracts and Torts practice groups. His practice involves bid protests, contract claims, regulatory counseling, and complex tort litigation. Raja received his law degree from Cornell Law School. While in law school, he was an editor of the Cornell Journal of Law & Public Policy, and worked for the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and the Honorable Paul L. Friedman of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. After law school, Raja was an associate in the Maryland Office of Attorney General, Opinions & Advice section, and co-wrote the Campaign Finance Report of the Attorney General (2011).
Kate Molony is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. She practices in the Government Contracts and Torts practice groups.
Her practice involves both counseling and litigating on behalf of clients in a range of government contract law areas, including bid protests, contract claims and disputes, conflicts of interest, and security clearances. Kate also represents clients in toxic tort litigation and provides counseling on product liability and litigation risk. Her recent work includes litigating bid protests before the Government Accountability Office and contract disputes before the Court of Federal Claims.
Kate received her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where her studies focused on national security law. While at Virginia, Kate also performed extensive pro bono work, from arguing on behalf of indigent institutionalized persons to successfully pursuing an application for political asylum. Kate graduated from Florida State University, summa cum laude with Honors. After completing the “Degree in Three” program, she graduated first in her class with a B.A. in International Affairs and Psychology.
Derek Mullins is an associate in Crowell & Moring’s Washington D.C. office. He is a member of the firm’s Government Contracts and Torts practice groups. Derek received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2010. While at Columbia, Derek served as a Managing Editor on the Columbia Journal of European Law. Derek graduated from Brown University in 2006 where he studied Political Science with a focus in International and Comparative Politics. *Admitted in Georgia only; D.C. practice is supervised by partners of the firm.
James G. Peyster is an associate in Crowell & Moring's Government Contracts Group. James' practice focuses on a wide range of government procurement law, including bid protests before the Government Accountability Office and the United States Court of Federal Claims, litigating contract claims at the Board of Contract Appeals, and counseling clients on a wide range of matters including compliance programs, procurement integrity, and identification and resolution of organizational conflicts of interest.
James J. Regan is a partner representing clients in a wide variety of government contract matters, including compliance reviews, bid protests, multiple award schedule issues, civil fraud actions, claims preparation, and disputes litigation. Jim formerly served as the Chief Counsel of the General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals and was the Chief Fact Finding Official for the GSA Debarment and Suspension Board. Jim has been significantly involved in responding to Inspector General and GAO audits regarding services and product sectors. Jim is a recognized expert in procurement litigation before the courts and specialized federal and state administrative tribunals. Jim is also a member of the firm's privacy group which has assisted a large number of companies in the adoption and implementation of regional and global compliance programmes. He also serves as a liaison with the firm's London and Brussels offices and is working with a core group of lawyers in developing business in the Middle East/North Africa region. Jim is co-chair of the firm's Government Contracts Group and serves on the firm's Management Board. He is also a frequent lecturer and author on federal procurement topics and is active in professional organizations involved with federal procurement issues. Jim has taught the Federal Publications Course on GSA/VA Schedule contracting for many years. He has served as the Vice Chairman of the Bid Protest Committee of the Public Contract Law Section of the American Bar Association.
George D. Ruttinger is a partner in the Government Contracts Group. Described by Washingtonian Magazine as "one of the city's top contracts lawyers [with] a track record of obtaining summary judgments in some of the most heralded defense industry-related lawsuits," he has represented government contracts clients in state and federal courts, arbitration proceedings, minitrials, mediations, and boards of contract appeals. Mr. Ruttinger is a versatile litigator and trial lawyer who has successfully represented clients in complex antitrust litigation, mass torts cases, and international arbitration. Mr. Ruttinger graduated with high honors from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the Michigan Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. He received his undergraduate degree with high distinction from the University of Michigan and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He served as a law clerk to The Honorable Malcolm R. Wilkey of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.Mr. Ruttinger is a member of the California and District of Columbia bars as well as the bars of seven federal courts of appeals, five federal trial courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Ruttinger's pro bono work includes serving as General Counsel of the Equal Rights Center, the leading civil rights enforcement agency in DC, and as Co-Chair of the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. Mr. Ruttinger has lectured and written on a variety of issues, including government contract claims and disputes, teaming agreements, and alternative disputes resolution.
