Contractors across the aerospace, defense, life sciences, and healthcare sectors look to Dentons for assistance with a range of government contracts issues, including claims and disputes, investigations, costs and pricing, as well as bid protests. The team operates primarily out of Denver, led by Steven Masiello, who has a wealth of experience in government funded transactions, protests, and claims. Thomas Lemmer is a leading authority on costs accounting, and also counsels clients on contract formation and performance. Joseph Martinez is adept in bid protest litigation, contract and subcontract formation, and pricing issues, while Phillip Seckman focuses on commercial item acquisitions, GSA schedule contracting, cybersecurity, compliance, and internal investigations. In Dallas, Gale Monahan supports across the breadth of government contracts counseling, litigation, and internal and government investigations. Washington DC-based Seamus Curley joined the team in November 2023 from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, expanding the group’s capabilities in government leases and real estate.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Joseph Martinez is an excellent government contracts attorney and trusted advisor in the area of government contracts. Joe's knowledge and expertise in this area is as strong as any attorney/firm in government contracts counseling.’
  • ‘Joseph Martinez's availability and superior knowledge and expertise in the area of government contracts is what makes the quality of service he provides different and more valuable to clients than other firms. He is also very efficient in his counseling/advising services, which results in legal fees that are very reasonable for the service he provides.’

Key clients

  • UWORK.COM/Covendis Technologies Inc.
  • Honeywell
  • FlightSafety
  • National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC
  • Parsons Corporation
  • Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • SAIC
  • Sierra Nevada Corporation
  • Vectrus

Work highlights

  • Represented UWORK.COM/Covendis Technologies in a $479m bid protest.
  • Assisted Vectrus with various compliance issues, including cost and pricing issues and responding to DCAA audit reports, and also represented the company in a number of claims against the government arising from a novel issue regarding negligent government estimates when soliciting firm.
  • Represented Honeywell at ASBCA in connection with asserted CAS 410 noncompliance under which the Government is seeking approximately $150m in damages.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Steven Masiello