Litigation and Arbitration Practice: Government Contracts

Litigation

Litigation Practice Areas

Antitrust
Aviation
Bankruptcy
Commercial Disputes
Employment
General Litigation
Government Contracts
Surface Transportation
Taxation

Government Contracts Litigation

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger represents prime contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in all phases of the federal procurement and contracting process. We serve clients in such diverse industries as equipment manufacturing, construction, advertising, ocean shipping, personal goods moving, and computer software. While a good deal of the Government Contracts practice deals with negotiation and drafting of bids and contracts, creation of joint ventures, and contract finance and administration, dispute resolution also plays an important role. We regularly prosecute contract claims before the applicable agencies, before boards of contract appeals and before the Court of Federal Claims. Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger attorneys also represent clients in bid protest proceedings. Recently we have handled the following public contracts disputes:

We are representing an aircraft and aerostructures manufacturer in a multi-million dollar contract claim against the United States Army with respect to cost overruns on an aircraft remanufacturing contract.

We represented a manufacturer of high pressure air compressors in a bid protest at the General Accounting Office challenging an award of a contract for such compressors for a class of United States Navy vessels.

We defended a security systems manufacturing firm in litigation at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims regarding a defective pricing claim brought by the General Services Administration.

We defended a contractor that provides military base maintenance and support services against civil and criminal false claims charges based on alleged irregularities in preventive maintenance inspections.
We intervened in a protest action on behalf of a merchant marine seaman’s union in defense of a Navy contract award for large naval cargo ships to be manned by the merchant marine.
We represented a household goods move management firm in a bid protest at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims challenging the awards in a pilot U.S. Department of Defense program for military service household goods moves.

We represented a charter airline in claims against one of the military services for damage caused to the airline's aircraft by fallout from a volcanic eruption during military airlift program operations.

The U.S. Government has become increasingly aggressive in investigating and prosecuting fraudulent and other wrongful practices by contractors. Federal authorities are placing greater emphasis upon voluntary disclosure programs and are holding contractors to much higher standards of internal training and policing with respect to crime prevention and detection. In response to these developments, Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger attorneys have worked with contractor clients to establish or improve existing programs for prevention of criminal conduct. Our litigation and government contracts attorneys have conducted internal crime investigations for clients, and we have represented clients subject to Grand Jury investigation or investigation by the agencies themselves.

Government Contracts Litigation