Jonathan Frankel

Government contracts litigation (including bid protests, contract terminations, claims, and prime/subcontractor disputes); internal and government investigations; United Nations procurement, investigations, and vendor sanctions proceedings; regulatory and appellate litigation.

Jonathan Frankel is a skilled litigator who works with government contractors and other companies to develop creative solutions to regulatory problems. Mr. Frankel has won numerous bid protests and high-profile appeals in federal court and before the Government Accountability Office. He has a particular talent for translating complicated technological and economic concepts into arguments that judges can understand.

Mr. Frankel has represented contractors in bid protests and other disputes with the Department of Defense (including each of the military services), GSA, DHS, DOE, HUD, DOL, HHS, the IRS, the State Department, OPM, the U.S. Postal Service, the FAA, and NASA. He has led and resolved internal and government investigations (including UN vendor sanctions proceedings) for defense and civilian contractors, utilities, and international development organizations. He has also litigated many appeals, including the Supreme Court challenge to the Line Item Veto Act and the successful Supreme Court defense of the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Mr. Frankel founded Frankel PLLC to pursue a nontraditional business and talent model that better served his clients. Before that, he was an equity partner in an AmLaw 20 law firm. He has over thirty years of litigation experience.

Mr. Frankel serves on the Editorial Board of the American Bar Association’s Public Contract Law Journal. He is also the former Chair of the Computer and Telecommunications Section of the District of Columbia Bar.