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Emily P. Golchini

Associate | She/Her/Hers
Associate | She/Her/Hers
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Areas of Focus

Overview

Emily is an associate in Crowell’s Government Contracts Group, where her practice focuses on government contracts litigation and compliance. 

Emily focuses on bid protests, where she regularly litigates before the Government Accountability Office, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition, and state and local contracting agencies. She also represents contractors in a variety of regulatory compliance matters, including internal investigations, compliance assessments, and responding to government challenges to technical data and computer software rights assertions.

Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Emily interned for the Honorable Elaine D. Kaplan at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Honorable Lisa S. Neubauer at the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, and the Arlington Circuit Court.  She also served as the president of the Government Contracts Student Association and a member of the Public Contract Law Journal.

Career & Education

    • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., honors, 2023
      Public Contract Law Journal: member
    • New York University, B.A., 2020
    • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., honors, 2023
      Public Contract Law Journal: member
    • New York University, B.A., 2020

    • District of Columbia
    • District of Columbia

    • ABA Section of Public Contract Law 
    • ABA Section of Public Contract Law 

Emily 's Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 10.30.26

Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right: GAO Sustains Protest Where Agency Tried to Fix PIA Violation with a Second PIA Violation

Recent sustain decisions by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in Fluor Federal Solutions, LLC and Reliance Test & Technology send a clear message: when an agency tries to fix a Procurement Integrity Act (PIA) violation by committing a second one, the cure can be just as fatal as the disease. The cases involved the U.S. Air Force’s $1.8 billion procurement for O&M services at Elgin Air Force Base. During discussions, the Air Force inadvertently released a pricing overview slide with all offerors’ bottom-line evaluated costs to Reliance Test & Technology, which immediately notified the agency of the error. In response, the Air Force decided to level the playing field by providing the same information to all the other offerors in the procurement, stating, “[o]fferors may consider this disclosure in their [final proposal revision].”...

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Representative Matters

    • Successfully protested the Defense Intelligence Agency’s award of a near-billion dollar task order award for analytic support services. See Amentum Tech. Inc.; SOS Int’l LLC, B-423898 et al., Jan. 27, 2026.
    • Successfully protested a multi-million-dollar Army Corps of Engineers award for preventative maintenance, repair work, and other facilities services across the Southeast United States. Enviremedial Servs., Inc., B‑423552, B-423552.2, Aug. 28, 2025.
    • Successfully defended at trial a $142 million sole-source Scanning as a Service (SCaaS) task order award for Internal Revenue Service digitization and modernization services. See GovCIO, LLC, v. United States, 177 Fed. Cl. 579 (Aug. 9, 2025).
    • Successfully defended at trial a roughly $180 million award for construction services in the Houston Ship Channel System at both GAO and the U.S.Court of Federal Claims. See Orion Gov’t Servs., Inc., B‑422978, B‑422978.2, Dec. 30, 2024; Orion Gov’t Servs., Inc. v. United States, No. 25-71, 2025 WL 500928 (Fed. Cl. Feb. 4, 2025).
    • Represented major defense contractors in numerous appeals of the government’s challenges to technical data and computer software rights assertions.
    • Completed a government contracts compliance assessment for a leading agricultural company to ensure regulatory compliance with relevant Federal Acquisition Regulation, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, and General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation clauses.

Emily 's Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 10.30.26

Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right: GAO Sustains Protest Where Agency Tried to Fix PIA Violation with a Second PIA Violation

Recent sustain decisions by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in Fluor Federal Solutions, LLC and Reliance Test & Technology send a clear message: when an agency tries to fix a Procurement Integrity Act (PIA) violation by committing a second one, the cure can be just as fatal as the disease. The cases involved the U.S. Air Force’s $1.8 billion procurement for O&M services at Elgin Air Force Base. During discussions, the Air Force inadvertently released a pricing overview slide with all offerors’ bottom-line evaluated costs to Reliance Test & Technology, which immediately notified the agency of the error. In response, the Air Force decided to level the playing field by providing the same information to all the other offerors in the procurement, stating, “[o]fferors may consider this disclosure in their [final proposal revision].”...

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Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 10.30.26

Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right: GAO Sustains Protest Where Agency Tried to Fix PIA Violation with a Second PIA Violation

Client Alert | 2 min read | 10.28.26

Debriefing to Dead Briefing: How to Avoid Dismissal by Identifying “Required” Debriefings

Speaking Engagement | 10.13.26

“Source Selection and Bid Protests: Pre- and Post-Award Considerations,” 2026 Government Contracts 101 Seminar, Washington, D.C.

Speaking Engagement | 09.16.26

“Bid Protests,” 4th Annual Midwest Government Contracts Seminar, Chicago, IL

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Practices

Emily 's Insights

Client Alert | 4 min read | 10.30.26

Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right: GAO Sustains Protest Where Agency Tried to Fix PIA Violation with a Second PIA Violation

Recent sustain decisions by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in Fluor Federal Solutions, LLC and Reliance Test & Technology send a clear message: when an agency tries to fix a Procurement Integrity Act (PIA) violation by committing a second one, the cure can be just as fatal as the disease. The cases involved the U.S. Air Force’s $1.8 billion procurement for O&M services at Elgin Air Force Base. During discussions, the Air Force inadvertently released a pricing overview slide with all offerors’ bottom-line evaluated costs to Reliance Test & Technology, which immediately notified the agency of the error. In response, the Air Force decided to level the playing field by providing the same information to all the other offerors in the procurement, stating, “[o]fferors may consider this disclosure in their [final proposal revision].”...

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