Stephanie L. Crawford
Overview
Stephanie Crawford is a trusted counselor to a broad range of industries facing reorganizations, transactions, national security issues, and questions of supply chain management. Stephanie provides related mergers and acquisitions, counseling, litigation, international arbitration, and investigations services to clients in the aerospace and defense, communications, energy, information technology, and consumer products sectors.
Career & Education
- University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 2016
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Robert E. Cook Honors College, B.A., economics, international studies, and history, 2011
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Stephanie's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 05.16.25
New SF-328 Released and Embedded Guidance Seeks More Information Up Front
On May 12, 2025, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) released a new SF-328[1] consisting of 9 questions and 6 pages of instructions that detail the types of supporting documentation requested and identify information required by different responding entities (e.g., corporate, non-profit, academic, etc.). With this SF-328, DCSA is seeking certain frequently requested information and documents with initial SF-328 submissions rather than obtaining these documents through communications or revised SF-328 submissions. Additionally, when completed, the new SF-328 is considered Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
Client Alert | 2 min read | 05.09.25
New SF-328 for Foreign Ownership, Control, and Influence Assessments Approved, Publication Imminent
Client Alert | 1 min read | 11.08.24
A Common-Sense Change to the Continuous SAM Registration Requirement at FAR 52.204 7
Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.23.24
Representative Matters
- Leading buy-side government contractor acquisition diligence for private equity firms, including small businesses and carve-out acquisitions.
- Supporting sell-side government contractor transactions, including complex carve-out transactions.
- Representing a defense contractor in litigation and international arbitration facing a challenge to an offset contract relationship, including tortious interference claims.
- Conducting due diligence or compliance reviews for defense contractors, industrial and information technology equipment and component part manufacturers, a personal transportation consumer product manufacturer, and an international automotive parts manufacturer.
- Guiding government contractors through foreign ownership, control, or influence mitigation and facility clearance requests and reporting requirements.
- Counseling clients on compliance with the FY 2019 National Defense Authorization Act Section 889 and subsequent regulations (including sourcing restrictions on Huawei and other covered telecommunications and video surveillance equipment and services providers).
- Advising clients on emerging printed circuit board and microelectronics sourcing and supply chain risk management compliance requirements.
Stephanie's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 05.16.25
New SF-328 Released and Embedded Guidance Seeks More Information Up Front
On May 12, 2025, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) released a new SF-328[1] consisting of 9 questions and 6 pages of instructions that detail the types of supporting documentation requested and identify information required by different responding entities (e.g., corporate, non-profit, academic, etc.). With this SF-328, DCSA is seeking certain frequently requested information and documents with initial SF-328 submissions rather than obtaining these documents through communications or revised SF-328 submissions. Additionally, when completed, the new SF-328 is considered Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
Client Alert | 2 min read | 05.09.25
New SF-328 for Foreign Ownership, Control, and Influence Assessments Approved, Publication Imminent
Client Alert | 1 min read | 11.08.24
A Common-Sense Change to the Continuous SAM Registration Requirement at FAR 52.204 7
Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.23.24
Insights
New Guidance On Joint Venture Classified Information Access Determinations
|03.2024 - 04.2024
The Journal Of Federal Agency Action
“Global Sourcing and National Security: Special Considerations for Government Contractors,” GC 101: Back to Basics, Washington, D.C.
|10.10.23
Last Chance to Comment on FASC Rule – More Supply Chain Restrictions Coming
|10.27.20
Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum
The Peril of the Unreported Coffee Pot: Why a Failure to Report Is a Continuing Violation
|05.13.19
Crowell & Moring's Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
CPSC Reaction to Consumer Misuse – Human Factors Design Process
|04.19.18
Crowell & Moring's Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
FTC Focusing on Privacy Risks of Interconnected Toys
|07.24.17
Crowell & Moring's Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
CPSC Withdraws Material Misrepresentation Claim against Michaels Stores in Shattered Vases Case
|04.24.17
Crowell & Moring's Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Stephanie's Insights
Client Alert | 3 min read | 05.16.25
New SF-328 Released and Embedded Guidance Seeks More Information Up Front
On May 12, 2025, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) released a new SF-328[1] consisting of 9 questions and 6 pages of instructions that detail the types of supporting documentation requested and identify information required by different responding entities (e.g., corporate, non-profit, academic, etc.). With this SF-328, DCSA is seeking certain frequently requested information and documents with initial SF-328 submissions rather than obtaining these documents through communications or revised SF-328 submissions. Additionally, when completed, the new SF-328 is considered Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
Client Alert | 2 min read | 05.09.25
New SF-328 for Foreign Ownership, Control, and Influence Assessments Approved, Publication Imminent
Client Alert | 1 min read | 11.08.24
A Common-Sense Change to the Continuous SAM Registration Requirement at FAR 52.204 7
Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.23.24
