Ryan Roberts

Practice Areas

Ryan Roberts is the Leader of the firm’s Government Contracts team and is based in the Washington, D.C. office. He is also a member of the firm's Aerospace, Defense & Government Services and Retail Industry Teams.

Areas of Expertise

Ryan regularly represents government contractors ranging from small businesses to the largest defense contractors in matters that include:

Civil False Claims Act litigation defense

Internal investigations

Civil and criminal subpoena responses to both federal and state enforcement agencies

Mandatory disclosures to the Department of Defense and General Services Administration (GSA) Offices of Inspector General

Audits, including GSA pre- and post-award audits and defense contract audit agency audits

Compliance programs, including drafting policies and implementing comprehensive compliance programs

Contract Disputes Act (CDA) claims and appeals before the Boards of Contract Appeals and the Court of Federal Claims

Bid protests before the Government Accountability Office

Subcontracts, teaming agreements, joint ventures and related disputes

Small business issues under the Small Business Administration regulations

Labor qualifications under service contracts

Bribery, gratuities and kickbacks

Trade Agreements Act compliance

Personal and organizational conflicts of interest

Revolving door and other post-government employment restrictions

Procurement Integrity Act compliance

As part of his internal investigation practice, Ryan serves as a member of the team appointed in 2013 by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana as the federal monitor over the New Orleans Police Department responsible for reviewing, assessing and reporting publicly on the department’s compliance with a far-reaching Consent Decree.

Ryan is an active member of the Public Law Section of the American Bar Association and previously served as the Editor of the BCA Case Digests for the Board of Contract Appeals Bar Journal. He graduated from The George Washington University Law School, where he was the Roger Boyd Scholar and Editor-in-Chief of the Public Contract Law Journal.