Government Contracts

For nearly 50 years, Crowell & Moring's Government Contracts Group has set the standard for effective legal guidance in the highly complex process of bidding for, maintaining, and defending government contracts. Today, as one of the largest and most reputable government contracts practices in the United States and worldwide, our experience and litigation victories have been recognized year after year by publications and ratings agencies such as:

• Chambers USA (Band 1 since the category was launched in 2007).
• The Legal 500 United States (Tier 1).
• Law360 (Practice Group of the Year in 2023 and the 12 prior years).

Client success is our top priority

At Crowell, we have a long history working with clients on high-value, high-stakes and precedent-setting matters across multiple industries, including aerospace, defense, health care, information technology, professional services, and telecommunications, to name a few. Our clients are equally diverse, ranging from multinational, publicly traded Fortune 100 corporations, privately held enterprises, and family-owned businesses, to emerging growth companies, non-profits, academic institutions, and research and development entities and joint ventures.

Experience at every step

As counselors and litigators, we work with clients at every stage in the contracting and dispute-resolution processes, helping them pivot quickly to meet rapidly changing industry needs, regulatory issues, legislative priorities, and market forces. We routinely handle the toughest disputes across forums, whether negotiating with government officials, representing clients in mediation and arbitration, or pursuing relief in trial and appellate courts.

Many of our attorneys have held positions in the federal government, including Department of Justice, Department of Defense, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, and the Government Accountability Office. This experience allows our team to provide invaluable insight that helps our clients navigate their particular issues. Likewise, we believe that having a diversity is extremely important. We are proud that we are able to staff matters with diverse lawyers at every level. 

Collaborative, cross-disciplinary counsel

Our experience covers the landscape, from entering the government marketplace and bidding on public contracts, to regulatory compliance, contract performance, mergers, acquisitions, and other sophisticated transactions, terminations, and dispute resolution. With direct, firsthand experience in numerous industries and in many of the agencies that regulate and enforce government contracts, we work closely with clients to learn their businesses from the inside, identify best practices, and provide proactive, goal-driven counsel.

Operating at the core of our full-service firm, our team is bolstered by Crowell’s outstanding Corporate, White Collar/Investigations, Intellectual Property, International Trade, and Labor & Employment groups, as well as our policy and consulting affiliate, Crowell Global Advisors. We regularly form multidisciplinary teams designed to address the most complex government contracts issues.