Government Contracts Counseling & Litigation

For more than four decades, Miller & Chevalier has represented government contractors in high-stakes litigation and advised on complex regulatory matters throughout the procurement lifecycle. We partner with government contractors of all sizes to help them navigate their most challenging business problems, including those in secure environments.

Our experience includes:

• Bid Protests. Protesting and defending high-value contract awards at the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Court of Federal Claims (COFC), federal agencies, and state and local tribunals.
• Claims and Disputes. Preparing multi-million-dollar requests for equitable adjustment and claims, defending against government claims, and litigating disputes at Boards and the COFC. 
• Compliance Counseling. Advising on a full range of compliance requirements, including supply chain and cybersecurity regulations, domestic preferences, data rights, conflicts, Other Transaction Authorities (OTA), cost or pricing data, commercial item contracting, General Services Administration (GSA) Schedules, pay transparency and equity, and subcontracting.
• Cost Allowability, Defective Pricing, and Cost Accounting. Litigating and advising on cost allowability, defective pricing, cost accounting standards (CAS) issues, and government audits.
• False Claims Act. Litigating False Claims Act (FCA) actions by combining deep government contracts substantive experience with exceptional courtroom skill and trial experience. 
• Intellectual Property, Data Rights, and Other Disputes. Resolving disputes involving intellectual property, data rights and other business disputes, misappropriation of trade secrets, tortious interference with contracts and business opportunities, and business conspiracies.
• Internal Investigations and Mandatory Disclosures. Conducting internal investigations and preparing mandatory disclosures arising from government audits and whistleblower complaints, while leveraging the firm's multi-disciplinary teams — including our significant white collar, congressional, prosecutorial, government litigator, and in-house experience. 
• Prime-Subcontractor Disputes. Advising and representing contractors involved in prime-subcontractor disputes in both federal and state courts.
• Mass Tort Litigation. Defending government contractors in tort lawsuits related to military operations, national security, and environmental remediation.
• Mergers and Acquisitions. Conducting due diligence reviews in M&A transactions.
• Risk Mitigation. Identifying and mitigating companies' exposure to tort liability including securing liability protection under the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies (SAFETY) Act, Public Law 85-804, the Price Anderson Act, the Defense Base Act, and FAR 52.228-7 (Insurance-Liability to Third Persons).
• Suspension and Debarment. Representing contractors in suspension or debarment proceedings, often in connection with contract disputes and FCA litigation.