M. Yuan Zhou

Counsel | She/Her/Hers

Overview

M. Yuan Zhou advises government contractors on their most pressing legal challenges at the federal, state, and local levels. She guides clients through complex internal investigations, concurrent government proceedings, crisis management, suspension and debarment, as well as mandatory and voluntary disclosures related to the False Claims Act, Procurement Integrity Act, Anti-Kickback Act, and other civil and criminal matters. Yuan also advises contractors on a wide range of regulatory compliance requirements, including supply chain security, data rights, commerciality determinations, revolving door, gifts and gratuities, and a variety of issues related to prime/sub and teaming relationships. She also helps companies with reviewing, enhancing, and standing-up contractor compliance programs. 

Yuan is a co-host of “Fastest 5 Minutes, the Podcast Government Contractors Can’t Do Without,” which provides a biweekly summary of significant government contracts legal and regulatory developments. She is also a faculty member for The Masters Institute in Government Contracting, an advanced program in government contracting hosted and organized by Federal Publications Seminars, and serves on Law 360’s Aerospace and Defense Editorial Board. Yuan is also a contributor to the government contracts chapter in “Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel,” a joint project between the Association of Corporate Counsel and Thomson Reuters

Prior to law school, Yuan was a special assistant at the White House and a White House intern for the Obama Administration. She received her J.D., with honors, from The George Washington University Law School, where she was a Dean's Fellow, notes editor of the Public Contract Law Journal, and a member of the Moot Court Board.

Career & Education

    • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2014
    • Barnard College, B.A., psychology and political science, 2010
    • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2014
    • Barnard College, B.A., psychology and political science, 2010
    • District of Columbia
    • Maryland
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    • District of Columbia
    • Maryland
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

M. Yuan's Insights

Firm News | 4 min read | 06.26.25

Crowell Earns Top Rankings from Legal 500 United States 2025

Washington – June 26, 2025: Crowell & Moring has been recommended in eight practice areas in the 18th edition of the Legal 500 United States. In addition, partner Daniel Forman, co-chair of the firm’s Government Contracts Group, has been named to the Legal 500’s “Hall of Fame” for Government Contracts....

M. Yuan's Insights

Firm News | 4 min read | 06.26.25

Crowell Earns Top Rankings from Legal 500 United States 2025

Washington – June 26, 2025: Crowell & Moring has been recommended in eight practice areas in the 18th edition of the Legal 500 United States. In addition, partner Daniel Forman, co-chair of the firm’s Government Contracts Group, has been named to the Legal 500’s “Hall of Fame” for Government Contracts....