Government Contract Investigations and Enforcement
Investigations and regulatory enforcement actions in the government contracts arena raise unique challenges and considerations, along with a host of potentially costly consequences. McGuireWoods’ government contract investigations and enforcement team leverages the experience and capabilities of McGuireWoods’ full-service government contracts practice to help clients — from the nation’s leading defense contractors to small businesses and technology startups — navigate through each critical decision point in these challenging matters.
The firm’s work ranges from representations in high-profile investigations by the Department of Justice and Department of Defense Office of Inspector General to sensitive internal reviews and mandatory disclosures. Over the past 20 years, we have built a reputation with government investigators as experienced and professional advocates and among clients for successfully resolving complex, sensitive matters with a government agencies, including the DOJ.
About Our Team
The foundation of the government contract investigations and enforcement team is McGuireWoods’ government contracts practice, which offers services across the entirety of the procurement process. Our team has strong defense and national security credentials, including security clearances, and significant operational and government service, including former Navy and Army officers.
The government contract investigations and enforcement team also is part of an elite Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department recognized as a Law360 Practice Group of the Year. Our senior team is comprised of a deep bench of lawyers with decades of experience with investigations at the intersection of law and national security, including a former deputy attorney general of the United States, former U.S. attorneys, more than a dozen federal prosecutors, an associate counsel to the president of the United States and other former senior enforcement officials.
How We Help
With this combination of skills, experience and proven results, McGuireWoods’ government contract investigations and enforcement team helps clients develop successful strategies to move through the full scope of investigations involving government contracts and relating to allegations of procurement fraud. Where a client identifies an issue internally, we work closely with the client’s team to investigate the matter and determine whether the conduct must be disclosed to the government under mandatory disclosure rules. Where the government identifies an issue, on its own or as a result of a qui tam action, we advocate to limit the scope of that review and investigate the matter consistent with the government’s request.
We have extensive experience negotiating settlements with the DOJ and the various components of DOD and, regardless of an investigation’s origin, limiting the collateral consequences of an investigation by proactively gauging the potential legal and reputational risks of the matter. The team’s efforts focus on developing reasonable and appropriate remedial actions, strategizing methods to resolve all potential enforcement matters arising out of a set of conduct, and limiting ancillary government investigation, suspension or debarment action, private litigation and criminal review.
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