Contracting Essentials Week: A Complete Fundamentals & FAR Workshop

Lou Chiarella

Marci A. Lawson is a contract attorney practicing in the Washington, D.C. area with over seventeen years of legal experience—mostly specializing in all aspects of government contracting.  In addition to her current position, Ms. Lawson’s previous legal experiences include: Professor of Contract and Fiscal Law, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s School, Charlottesville, Virginia; Contract Attorney, Joint Contracting Command-Iraq/Afghanistan; Chief of Contract Law, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico and Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas; Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California; and Area Defense Counsel, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina.  Ms. Lawson recently retired from the Air Force as a Judge Advocate (attorney).  Ms. Lawson received her Bachelors of Arts degree from the Ohio State University, a law degree from the University of Toledo, and a Masters of Laws degree from the Army Judge Advocate General’s School with a specialty in procurement law.

Garry Grossman

Garry S. Grossman is a Washington, DC attorney, lecturer, and professor of law (adj.) at George Washington U. Law School. He has represented a wide range of government and commercial contractors and subcontractors in all aspects of contracting with the Federal and state governments and with commercial entities. His practice has included, among other capabilities: Protection of contractors’ intellectual property rights, GSA schedule, negotiating joint ventures, negotiating prime and subcontracts, government contract compliance, bid protests, Buy American Act, security clearances, Homeland Security contracting, small and small disadvantaged business procurements, contract and subcontract disputes, teaming agreements, and joint ventures.

Garry has also represented companies engaged in technology transfer and commercialization, including technology licenses with federal laboratories, universities and commercial entities, as well as advising clients about leveraging their research and development activities to generate and protect intellectual property under federal programs using the following: patent and technology licenses, procurement contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs), Small Business Innovative Research programs (SBIRs), Small Business Technology Transfers (STTRs), and Advanced Technology Program (ATP) funding.

Fred Geldon

Fred Geldon is currently senior counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Steptoe & Johnson, where he advises clients concerning a wide spectrum of government contract matters.  Until January 2009 Mr. Geldon was an attorney at Electronic Data Systems for 21 years, where he served as counsel and as Director of the Contracts and Legal Division and was responsible for handling or supervising all contract and legal matters involving EDS’ federal government customers.  Prior to his EDS tenure, Mr. Geldon was a partner at two law firms and Assistant Director of the Torts Branch of the Department of Justice.  Mr. Geldon is currently an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at George Mason University and regularly lectures on government contracts subjects.