With a 40-year history and lawyers who are bar and industry leaders, Crowell & Moring LLP's Government Contracts law practice is widely recognized as the best in the business. As American Lawyer reported in 2007, "One of Crowell's calling cards is its roster of some of the most experienced and well-connected federal contract attorneys in the country." Whatever the issue, our almost 50 government contracts lawyers have "been there" and "done that"—from contract formation issues and strategies, through bid protests, to contract interpretation and performance disputes, to post-performance audits, investigations, and allegations of fraud.

Crowell & Moring's government contracts lawyers are both counselors and litigators. We are continuously advising our clients on the range of issues that result from doing business with the government, and we have litigated many of the most significant government contract cases before administrative agencies, state and federal trial courts, and courts of appeal. Our knowledge and breadth of experience have practical advantages to our clients. We can carefully tailor our advice to a client, because, since we have usually been there before, we are generally able to predict how an agency or decision maker will react. Beyond that, we do not have to reinvent the wheel when it comes to most difficult legal issues and questions. We can get answers simply by calling on lawyers in our Government Contracts law practice who have already worked on similar matters.

We apply our expertise to clients of all varieties—from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses, from traditional and established government contractors to companies in emerging industries who for the first time are confronted with the challenges that come from selling to (or receiving money from) the government, from domestic businesses to international and multinational companies, and from private industry to governmental and quasi-governmental agencies.

Finally, the breadth, size, and history of our practice means that Crowell & Moring lawyers in other practices are typically familiar with the concerns of government contractors. We work closely with lawyers in our antitrust, business crimes, communications, corporate, health care, environmental, labor and employment, and other practices, as well as with our international trade consulting affiliate, C&M International.

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Whom To Contact

Feel free to contact either Government Contracts Group Co-Chair,  George Ruttinger or Jim Regan.