Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Well-versed particularly in the contentious elements of government contracts, spanning complex and high-profile bid protests, claims, FCA disputes, as well as international transactions and federal contracting labor and employment compliance counseling, Seyfarth Shaw LLP is a prime choice for federal, state, and local contractors across aerospace, defense, and tech. The team has also prominently achieved success against the US in a $367m claim before the Court of Federal Claims in Anchorage v. United States. Leadership is shared between Adam Lasky in Seattle, who specializes in bid protests involving complex overseas procurement issues, and SBA regulatory compliance and transactions, and Amy Conant-Hoang in Washington DC, who has proved her mettle in recent high-value protests on behalf of Textron Systems, QinetiQ, T-Mobile, and Valor Healthcare. Rounding out the rest of the DC team are Edward Arnold, who has distinguished himself in claims and litigation, prime/sub disputes, internal investigations, and FCA matters, and Erica Bakies, who advises on regulatory compliance and national security-related issues. Former co-chair Donald Featherstun retired in December 2023.

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Testimonials

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‘Their knowledge in the DOD sector is impressive. They are by far the most knowledgeable firm within DOD Small Business.’
‘Adam Lasky is my POC at Seyfarth Shaw. He is extremely helpful and knowledgeable in the DOD sector.’
‘The prior, in-house, government experience combined with an emphasis on staying current on issues is significant.’
‘Edward Arnold is an outstanding researcher and writer. He is able to distill complicated facts into understandable issues.’
‘Seyfarth Shaw has an extremely well-rounded team with resources throughout the firm. Their key strength to us as an organization is their ability to make connections and be problem solvers.’
‘Edward Arnold has been a key resource to our company for many years. He is a trusted advisor and resource for us in the govcon world. Over the years his expertise, communication, customer service, and attentiveness has made him one of our most trusted resources. Teddie is a long term partner for us and our company.’
‘The Seyfarth government contracts team truly lives government contracts. Every member of the team we've interacted with spends their free time reading up on new developments and participating in forums, sharing their wealth of knowledge. The deep bench of experience and knowledge makes it easy for them to hit the ground running on virtually any government contracts issue.’
‘Amy Conant Hoang, Edward Arnold, Adam Lasky, and Erica Bakies are all masters of their craft when it comes to government contracting. What sets them apart is their knowledge of how different businesses approach government contracting, whether they are traditional defense contractors or commercial companies who bring off-the-shelf products to the government marketplace.’

Key clients

QinetiQ US
T-Mobile
Textron Systems
Raytheon
V2X (Vectrus)
J&J Maintenance Inc.
Municipality of Anchorage
NCS Pearson
ManTech International Corporation
American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier Group
IMEG Corp.
King George
GSD Services
KGJJ Engineering Solutions
Vectrus-J&J Facilities Support

Work highlights

Represented Avantus Federal LLC in a successful challenge to a $190m Customs & Border Patrol contract for border patrol blimps.
Successfully represented a mentor-protégé joint venture in multiple rounds of protests at the COFC, GAO and SBA, resulting in $100m Navy BOS contract awarded to a competitor being overturned and awarded to the client.
Represented Anchorage at the Federal Circuit opposing the US’ appeal of $367.4m breach of contract judgment issued by the COFC in favor of Anchorage.