Providing legal counsel and guidance to entrepreneurs and small to mid-size businesses, including early stage and established government contractors and technology companies, across a broad spectrum of legal issues: * Corporate governance, securities, and transactional issues, including choice of entity; creation and documentation for establishing corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies (including joint ventures); executive employment agreements and equity/incentive compensation plans; corporate finance (including bank lending and promissory notes); private securities offerings; and mergers and acquisitions.*Review and negotiation of commercial contracts (including masters services agreements, software and technology licenses, and distribution and other agreements); review and negotiation of commercial leases; trade secret and other intellectual property protection (such as trademarks and copyrights); and labor and employment issues (including responding to EEOC charges).* Legal issues arising under the laws and regulations governing the sale of products and services to the federal government, including unique issues involving the purchase and sale of government contractors (including the submission of novation requests).*Applications and accreditation for special government programs for small and other types of disadvantage business (including 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB and WOSB), and approval of mentor protégé arrangements and joint ventures. *Handling investigations, audits, disputes, bid protests, claims, and requests for equitable adjustment. * Negotiating and reviewing various types of contracts from non-disclosure agreements, teaming agreements, statements of work, subcontracts, annd related agreements with partners, vendors and suppliers.

Providing legal advice and counsel on a broad range of legal and regulatory matters for Federal business unit of Fortune 500 enterprise serving Civilian, Defense and Homeland Security clients. Key participant in government contracting compliance, intellectual property protection, ethics, dispute resolution, bid protests and litigation. Responsible for management of senior contracts administrators. Also providing legal support on issues involving global trade and export controls for corporate parent organization. Government Contracts; Commercial Contracts; Dispute Resolution and Litigation Management; Intellectual Property; Trade Compliance & Export Controls.

Provided legal advice and counsel on a broad range of legal and regulatory matters for Federal business unit of Fortune 500 enterprise serving Civilian, Defense and Homeland Security clients. Fulfilled corporate secretary duties and served as lead in-house counsel on numerous disputes and claims, including several significant litigation matters. Key participant in government contracting compliance, ethics, bid protests, internal investigations (including employment matters) and intellectual property protection. Responsible for commercial office leases and subleases. Government Contracts; Commercial Contracts; Corporate Governance; Dispute Resolution and Litigation Management; Intellectual Property; Labor & Employment; Commercial Leases.

Served as Chief Legal Officer for publicly-traded corporation supplying Information Technology (IT) services to Civilian, Defense and Homeland Security clients. Primary responsibilities involved corporate governance, SEC reporting and compliance, M&A due diligence, dispute resolution, bid protests and litigation management, and intellectual property protection. Fulfilled corporate secretary duties and advised Board of Directors on the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley reforms. Key participant in two acquisitions which closed in 2004 and the sale process leading to acquisition of PEC by Nortel Networks in June 2005 for $471M.Corporate Governance; SEC Reporting & Compliance; M& A transactions; Dispute Resolution and Litigation Management; Intellectual Property; Labor & Employment.

Technology Agreements; Corporate Governance; M & A Transactions; Securities Offerings; Intellectual Property; Commercial Contracts; Government Contracts.

Technology Agreements; Corporate Governance; SEC Reporting and Compliance; Securities Offerings; Intellectual Property.

Corporate Governance; SEC Reporting and Compliance; Technology Agreements; Intellectual Property.

Business Law; SEC Reporting and Compliance; Securities Offerings; Corporate Governance; Securities Litigation.