Government Contracts

Gallop, Johnson & Neuman attorneys represent contractors to the United States government, as well as state and local governments, in a broad variety of matters.  Our lawyers have represented contractors from small and disadvantaged businesses to Fortune 500 companies.  We have experience in government contracting, counseling, and disputes with management of all major agencies of the United States Government, including the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, the Treasury, as well as many of the independent federal agencies:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Commerce Commission, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), General Services Administration (GSA), National Laboratories, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Postal Service, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  Among the areas in which our lawyers offer expertise and services are:

• Corporate compliance and defense, including internal investigations and defense of government investigations;
• Defense of False Claims Act and other whistleblower litigation;
• Prime and subcontract disputes, terms and conditions, certifications and representations, contract formation, contract administration, and terminations;
• Purchases, sales, and mergers of government contractors;
• Procurements and procurement integrity;
• Proposals and negotiations;
• Cost or pricing data issues and other pricing issues;
• Teaming agreements;
• Service contract issues;
• Rights in technical data and other intellectual property issues;
• International sales, including foreign military sales and export regulation compliance;
• Preparation of claims and pursuit of Contract Disputes Act litigation;
• Bid protests;
• Marketing and consultant issues, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act issues;
• Security clearance issues;
• Grants by United States agencies and grant audits;
• Technology licensing;
• Offset and industrial participation programs;
• International procurements;
• Foreign Military Sales transactions and Foreign Military Financing transactions.