Zariah T. Altman
Areas of Focus
Overview
Zariah helps clients with antitrust investigations, government contracts matters, including bid protests, and other complex and fast-paced disputes.
In her antitrust practice, Zariah provides counsel on a range of issues and agency actions, including investigations into company hiring practices, such as no-poach/non-solicitation. In addition, in the area of government contracts, she advises clients on agency submissions, state and federal regulatory compliance, including FOIA requests, and bid protests.
She received her J.D., cum laude, from Howard University School of Law and served as a senior articles editor for the Howard Law Journal. Zariah worked as a Henry Ramsey Dean’s Fellow for a legal writing professor and as a student attorney in Howard’s Reentry Clinic, where she represented clients with criminal records that were seeking to have their records sealed or to terminate their parole early.
Career & Education
- Vassar College, B.A., 2019
- Howard University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2022
Howard Law Journal: senior articles editor
- District of Columbia
Zariah's Insights
Client Alert | 1 min read | 08.10.26
In Appeal of Bahadir (a C&M case), the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals denied the government’s motion to dismiss in its entirety, ruling in favor of the contractor on both key issues raised by the government. The case arises from a contract for construction work at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, under which Appellant alleged government-caused delay and filed certified prolongation claims using a “windows analysis” methodology. The government moved to dismiss, arguing that Appellant failed to state a sum certain for each of what the government characterized as 38 distinct claims, and separately that four claims had not been properly presented to the Contracting Officer.
Speaking Engagement | 04.23.26
"Cost and Pricing: Making Cents Out of So Much Change," OOPS 2026, Tyson's Corner, VA.
Firm News | 2 min read | 04.01.26
Insights
ASBCA’s FY 2025 Report – A Look at the Numbers
|12.17.25
Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum
CBCA’s FY 2025 Report – Examining the Numbers
|12.17.25
Crowell & Moring’s Government Contracts Legal Forum
Zariah's Insights
Client Alert | 1 min read | 08.10.26
In Appeal of Bahadir (a C&M case), the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals denied the government’s motion to dismiss in its entirety, ruling in favor of the contractor on both key issues raised by the government. The case arises from a contract for construction work at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, under which Appellant alleged government-caused delay and filed certified prolongation claims using a “windows analysis” methodology. The government moved to dismiss, arguing that Appellant failed to state a sum certain for each of what the government characterized as 38 distinct claims, and separately that four claims had not been properly presented to the Contracting Officer.
Speaking Engagement | 04.23.26
"Cost and Pricing: Making Cents Out of So Much Change," OOPS 2026, Tyson's Corner, VA.
Firm News | 2 min read | 04.01.26
