About

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Pillsbury’s award-winning Government Contracts & Disputes team adroitly handles all issues and challenges that arise throughout the life cycle of a government contract.

Our bicoastal practice is deeply versed in all aspects of government contract formation and performance. The team includes highly experienced lawyers in both the Washington, DC area and in Los Angeles. Our practitioners have served as prosecutors, and Department of Defense and civilian agency lawyers. We are seasoned in working through the complexities of competing for and winning contracts. We uniquely offer a 360-degree perspective to resolve our clients’ issues.

Our lawyers have advised clients at every stage of the process, from solicitation through final audit, and have decades of experience in advising and representing local, national and international businesses at the federal and state levels. Several members of our team have security clearances and are well known in the aerospace and defense, sophisticated services, and technology industries. Partnering with lawyers throughout the firm, we deliver comprehensive service in all areas, including supply chain management, corporate transactions and acquisitions, criminal defense, audits and investigations, employment, export controls and international law, financing, information technology, intellectual property, litigation and real estate.

Our Government Contracts and Disputes team was named “Practice Group of the Year” in 2019, 2017 and 2016 by Law360.

Chambers Review

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Government Contracts: The Elite - USA - Nationwide
3
Band 3
What the team is known for

Pillsbury has a thriving government contracts practice, boasting a deep bench and wide geographic reach. It has significant contentious and non-contentious capabilities spanning federal, state and local government. The firm has notable strengths include M&A compliance, suspension and debarment, procurement fraud, bid protests and costs allowability. The team has considerable experience handling matters before the Court of Federal Claims.

Work Highlights

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  • Pillsbury successfully defended a challenge to a $1.3 billion lease award by the General Services Administration to Cayre Jemal's Nick L.L.C. to provide office space for the Washington, DC headquarters of the Securities Exchange Commission.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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John E Jensen
3
John E Jensen
3
Band 3

John Jensen's areas of focus include bid protests, investigations and advising on M&A involving government contractors.

"John is a capable and experienced lawyer."

Ranked Lawyers at
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USA - Nationwide

Government Contracts

John E Jensen
3
John E Jensen
3
Band 3

Members

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Aaron Dyer

Alexander Ginsberg

Brian Cruz

David Dixon

John E Jensen

John E Jensen

Head of Department

Kevin Slattum

Marques Peterson

Matt Carter

Michael Rizzo

Head of Department

Richard Oliver

Thomas Hill

Todd Canni

Industries

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Bid Protests

Claims & Terminations

Cyber Compliance in Government Contracts

Data Rights & Patents

Ethics & Compliance

Financial Issues

Government Contracts Investigations and Fraud

Government Contracts Mergers & Acquisitions

Small Business

Suspension & Debarment