Robert has led several of the highest-prole matters in the industry, from a $10.5 billion bid protest at the Court of Federal Claims, to lawsuits arising from the Cuban government's imprisonment of a contractor for espionage, to managing parallel investigations by two agency Offices of Inspector General, two Suspension and Debarment Officials, the Department of Justice, and a Congressional oversight committee.

Anne Perry concentrates in the areas of Government Contracts law and litigation and is a lecturer and author in the Washington, D.C. area. Her broad experience in Government Contracts includes: bid protests before the U.S. General Accounting Office and the United States Court of Federal Claims; complex litigation in connection with the False Claims Act; claims litigation before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals and the General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals; and counseling and litigation in the areas of:

• - National security
• - Mergers and acquisitions
• - Subcontracts and teaming agreements
• - Export control
• - Software and technical data rights
• - Cost allowability and allocability
• - Terminations
• - Foreign Military Sales and Foreign Military Financing
• - Truth In Negotiations Act and defective pricing
• - Suspension/debarment
• - Appropriations and socioeconomic programs

Dan Graham is the Administrative Partner in Charge of the Government Contracts group at Vinson & Elkins LLP in Washington, D.C. His practice focuses on government contracts, bid protests, Contract Disputes Act appeals, prime/subcontractor disputes, and commercial litigation.Dan has litigated cases before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and the Boards of Contract Appeals, as well as before Federal District Courts and Courts of Appeals across the country.

Additionally, Dan’s practice involves Government cost accounting matters, identifying and resolving organizational and personal conflicts of interest, suspension and debarment proceedings, mergers and acquisitions, business restructures and reorganizations, and internal investigations. Dan also advises clients on compliance with ethics laws and regulations, including post-employment restrictions applicable to government employees.

Dan has been recognized in Chambers USA and Legal 500, and graduated from William & Mary Law School.

Mike Schaengold is Co-Chair of the Government Contracts and Projects Practice of Greenberg Traurig, (“GT”), where he is resident in GT’s Washington, D.C. office. Mike’s government contracts dispute and bid protest experience includes the successful litigation of major cases before the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”), U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the boards of contract appeals. He also has substantial experience in due diligence reviews and other issues related to the acquisition, merger or sale of government contractors.

Mike serves on the Advisory Boards to The Government Contractor and PubKLaw, and on the Advisory Councils to the Court of Federal Claims and the Federal Circuit. He has authored or co-authored more than 45 articles on government contracts, GAO, Court of Federal Claims and Federal Circuit topics. He is a regular speaker on government contracts topics including before West Government Contracts Year in Review Conferences, PubKLaw Year in Review Conferences, Federal Circuit Judicial Conferences, Federal Circuit Bar Association Conferences, ABA Public Contract Law Section seminars, the Association of Board of Contract Appeals Judges seminars, the Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association Conferences, Court of Federal Claims Bar Association Conferences, the George Washington University Law School’s Government Procurement Law Program, the University of Virginia School of Law, University of Maryland School of Law and George Mason University School of Law programs. He has been selected as a Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer; listed in Who's Who Legal, Government Contracts; and listed in Washingtonian Magazine as a Washington, D.C. Best Lawyer.

Mr. Byrd is a Managing Director in the Berkeley Research Group Government Contracts Consulting Practice. He has experience in both government contracting and commercial industries. His government contracts expertise includes work with major contractors in the professional services, aerospace, defense, manufacturing, information technology, telecommunications, biotech, as well as grant and cooperative agreement recipients in the not-for-profit and NGO fields

Mr. Byrd’s experience spans the entire lifecycle of government contracting accounting, administration and compliance related matters, including contractor litigation and investigation support. His experience includes:

Craig Holman chairs Arnold & Porter's Government Contracts and National Security practices. Craig litigates claims, default terminations, and protests (pre-award, post-award, and size) involving federal, state, and local government contracts. Craig also defends False Claims Act cases and litigates government contract related commercial business disputes, including complex breach of contract and breach of teaming agreement matters.

Craig has litigated in various forums including the US Courts of Appeals for the Federal, Fourth, and Tenth Circuits, the US Court of Federal Claims, numerous federal district and state courts, the US Government Accountability Office, boards of contract appeals, and the American Arbitration Association. Numerous publications rank Craig as a leading U.S. government contracts lawyer.

Paul is a partner co-chair of the Government Contracts practice at Wiley Rein, where has worked since he graduated from George Washington University Law School in 1986. He counsels and represents clients in all aspects of the government contracting process.

He is regularly involved in litigation on behalf of government contractors, including claims and disputes under the Contract Disputes Act at the Boards of Contract Appeals and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC); representing clients in bid protests at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the COFC; civil false claims actions; and prime/sub disputes in federal district courts and state courts.

Rich litigates contract actions and bid protests before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Court of Federal Claims, federal district courts, state and federal boards of contract appeals and the US Government Accountability Office. He also represents prime contractors and subcontractors in breach-of-contract and protest actions in state and federal courts, and he advises contractors on the preparation and avoidance of contract claims and disputes.

Rich also counsels clients on a broad range of federal and state procurement matters, including IT contracts and transactions, audits and investigations, False Claims Act issues and potential disclosures, state procurement issues, commercial-item contracting, terminations for convenience, US Postal Service procurement and compliance with procurement integrity and ethics laws.

Ralph White is a Managing Associate General Counsel for Procurement Law, within the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Since joining GAO in 1989, Mr. White has handled bid protests as a writing attorney/hearing officer, as an Assistant General Counsel leading a team of GAO attorneys, and since early 2010, as a Managing Associate General Counsel leading GAO’s bid protest forum.

Prior to joining GAO, Mr. White was an associate attorney in the Washington, D.C. Office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson, where he practiced government contracts law from 1985 to 1989. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. White worked for six years as a Senate staffer, including serving on the staff of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and the Oversight Subcommittee of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. In the Senate, Mr. White specialized in federal procurement policy, including staff work on the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, and other procurement-related legislation.

Mr. White is a graduate of the College of William and Mary (B.S. 1978), and the Catholic University Law School (J.D. 1985).

Judge Jeri K. Somers became Chair of the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals October 1, 2017.

The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA) is an independent tribunal housed within the General Services Administration. The board’s principal mission is to hear and decide contract disputes between government contractors and civilian agencies of the federal government under the Contract Disputes Act. The CBCA also exercises jurisdiction in multiple areas based upon statute, delegations of authority, and memorandum of understanding. In addition, the board provides alternative dispute resolution services for government contract and other matters involving federal agencies.

As a member of the board, Judge Somers manages cases, conducts hearings when necessary, issues opinions and orders, and serves as a neutral in alternative dispute resolution proceedings. As chair, she is additionally responsible for management of the tribunal itself.

Before her appointment to Chair of the CBCA, Judge Somers served as Vice Chair of the CBCA since June 8, 2008. She became a member of the CBCA on January 6, 2007, after having served on the Department of Transportation Board of Contract Appeals since April 2003.

In her previous positions, Judge Somers served in the United States Air Force as a lawyer in the Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG), retiring in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel; as a trial attorney with the Department of Justice, National Courts Section, Civil Division; as an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria Division); and as an attorney in the private sector. Judge Somers has also been a Professorial Lecturer in Law at the George Washington University Law School since 2009 and at the American University Washington College of Law since 2018. Judge Somers holds a law degree from the American University Washington College of Law and a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University. She is a member of the bars of Virginia, DC, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Marcia Madsen is Chair of the Government Contracts practice and Co-Chair of the National Security practice. She represents contractors in regulatory, policy, transactional, litigation, and investigative matters involving virtually every federal department and agency. Her clients include defense contractors, information technology and systems integrators, telecommunications companies, engineering firms, insurers, and manufacturing companies. Marcia's practice includes defense of False Claims Act matters, internal investigations, audits, bid protests, claims and disputes before administrative forums, and in the federal courts (with emphasis on the US Court of Federal Claims and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit), as well as ADR and mediation proceedings. Areas of concentration include: aerospace and defense, systems integration, information systems and telecommunications, healthcare and bio-technology, homeland security, environmental remediation, and research and development.

Peter Miller is a senior counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Group, where he works closely with government contractors and other clients to address federal, state, and international privacy, data security, and risk management issues, including those relating to GDPR. Peter supports a wide variety of client risk management initiatives, including those relating to governance, privacy program revision or implementation, data flow, incident preparation and response, vendor management, audit and accountability, and training.

Before joining Crowell & Moring, Peter held a variety of government positions during his 17 years with the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. In his last three years with the FTC, Peter served as the Chief Privacy Officer and Senior Agency Official for Privacy, participated in FTC procurement activities, and was responsible for the FTC’s compliance with federal privacy requirements, including those imposed by FISMA, the Privacy Act, and the E-Government Act, as well as OMB and NIST guidance. Peter holds multiple privacy certifications from the International Association of Privacy Professionals, is co-chair of the ABA Section of Science & Technology Law’s E-Privacy Committee, and is a member of The Sedona Conference’s Working Group 11 (Data Security and Privacy Liability) and one of the senior co-editors of its Data Privacy Primer.