Steve McBrady is an attorney in Crowell & Moring's Washington, DC office, where he practices in the Government Contracts group. His practice focuses on counseling and litigating on behalf of clients in the energy, transportation, construction and defense industries, in an array of government contract law areas, including: regulatory compliance, procurement, contract claims and disputes, bid protests, internal investigations, civil fraud and administrative actions.

Steve is also a frequent presenter regarding emerging legal developments associated with renewable energy and sustainable development, Public-Private Partnerships, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. His commentary has been featured in the Washington Business Journal, the Green Building Law Update legal blog, and the Builder's Counsel Blog, and he regularly addresses government and industry groups such as the National Academies, Federal Facilities Council Standing Committee on Sustainable Acquisition, Design, and Construction, the International Procurement Committee of the American Bar Association, and the Construction Industry Roundtable.

Steve is also an active member of the DC PPP, an organization of professionals in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area involved in Public-Private Partnership project finance, development and implementation.

Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Steve worked as a Legislative Aide to U.S. Senator Susan M. Collins, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, where his work focused on Foreign Affairs, Defense and International Trade issues. He received his B.A. from Cornell University, and completed a semester of undergraduate study at the University of Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) and VII (Jussieu). He received his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, where he was a Legal Research and Writing Fellow.

Steve is active in the community, and has served on the Mayflower Foundation's Board of Advisors since 2005.

Education
George Washington University Law School, J.D.
Cornell University, B.A.

Affiliations
Admitted to practice: District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Virginia 

Other Affiliations 
DC PPP
Board of Advisors, Mayflower Foundation

Publications
"Green Building in the 21st Century," The Voice, the official magazine of The Construction Users Roundtable (Spring 2010). Co-Authors: Christopher Cheatham and Stephen J. McBrady.

"Doing Business with the Government in 2009: New Opportunities for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Contracting," Bloomberg's Sustainable Energy Law Report, (May 2009). Contributed by: J. Catherine Kunz and Stephen J. McBrady.

"Funding America's Infrastructure Needs: Public Private Partnerships May Help Close Infrastructure Gap," Briefing Papers, Thomson West (March 2009). Author: Stephen J. McBrady.

"A Convenient Truth: New Environmentally Friendly Building Codes May Have D.C. Contractors Seeing Green," Construction (February 25, 2008). Author: Stephen J. McBrady.

"Construction Law Glossary," American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry (2008). Contributor: Stephen J. McBrady.

"Applying the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Adarand to California Construction Cases," Building Solutions (Winter 2006-2007). Author: Stephen J. McBrady.

Speeches & Presentations
"Greener Pastures: Managing Risks While Navigating Federal and State Green Building Opportunities," Crowell & Moring Webinar (June 2, 2010). Co-Presenters: Christopher Cheatham and Stephen J. McBrady.

"Legal Considerations When Building Green," Construction Industry Round Table (April 2010). Co-Presenters: George Ruttinger, Stephen McBrady, Chris Cheatham.

"Legal Considerations When Building Green," The National Academies, Federal Facilities Council Standing Committee on Sustainable Acquisition, Design, and Construction (March 2010). Co-Presenters: Stephen McBrady, J. Catherine Kunz, Chris Cheatham.

"Public Private Partnerships: What Are They and Why Do They Matter To Your Client’s Business Now?" ABA Section on International Law, International Procurement Committee (February 25, 2010). Moderator: Stephen McBrady.

"Green Building in the 21st Century: the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and Beyond," Construction Users Roundtable's National Conference (November 17, 2009). Co-Presenters: Stephen J. McBrady and Christopher Cheatham.

"Public-Private Partnerships," Crowell & Moring's 25th Annual Ounce of Prevention Seminar (May 2009). Presenter: Stephen J. McBrady.

"Opportunities in the ARRA," An Introduction to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Implications for Construction Contractors, Crowell & Moring Webinar (May 26, 2009). Presenter: Stephen J. McBrady.