Legal Counsel to a $4.8B publicly traded FORTUNE 500 defense contractor, supporting the $2B Defense Systems Group comprised of 4 individual business units. Provide full spectrum legal advice to executive leadership including all phases of government contracts and compliance, ranging from ACAT-1 prime contracts, to Foreign Military and Direct Commercial Sales, to subcontracts and agreements. Advise and train on a wide range of matters including: ethics & compliance, IP, antitrust, FCPA, OCI, general FAR/DFARS compliance, and export controls.

Legal counsel to federal / state government sales groups and to indirect sales team for a company that designs, builds and manages communications networks for more than one million businesses worldwide. Drafted and negotiated business unit transactions, including licensing and strategic alliance agreements with domestic/foreign government agencies and commercial customers. Supervised compliance on internal policies including ethics, antitrust, and government procurement regulations. Managed bid protests and other disputes before various tribunals. Coordinated legal team integration resulting from corporate spin-offs and acquisitions. Managed outside counsel on litigation and other matters. Directly supervised ten contract managers.

Primary legal counsel responsible for trials, discovery, pleadings, motions and settlement negotiations in complex multi-million dollar government contract, commercial, civil fraud, and federal labor law disputes. Served as lead counsel in matters involving federal procurement of goods and services, employment, construction, and federal leaseholds in Court of Federal Claims. Briefed and argued numerous appellate matters in Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.