Financial expertise for government contract and False Claims Act disputes.
Quantum, cost, and damages analysis for government contract and FCA disputes, from an expert who has sat on the program side of a federal portfolio.
The program side of the ledger
Government contract and False Claims Act disputes cluster in Washington. So does the value of knowing how federal programs are funded, overseen, and audited from the inside.
Directed a $2.7B federal development portfolio at the Millennium Challenge Corporation, conducted 15+ fraud risk assessments, and authored agency-wide audit and anti-fraud policies.
Where the money is contested
Each area is scoped with counsel. The analysis is financial. The legal questions stay with counsel.
REAs and certified claims
Quantum and pricing analysis for requests for equitable adjustment and certified claims: what the change actually cost, how it was priced, and whether the records support every dollar.
Termination for convenience
Settlement proposals built from the books: costs incurred, settlement expenses, and the paper trail that holds them up.
Cost allowability & allocability
How disputed costs were recorded, allocated, and supported, tested against the FAR Part 31 cost principles.
Grant & cooperative agreement costs
Cost disputes under the Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200), from questioned costs to indirect rates.
False Claims Act & qui tam
Damages and overpayment quantification for relator or defense counsel, with the method laid out so either side can test it.
Fraud risk & internal controls
Fraud risk and internal-controls analysis in federal programs, drawing on MCC oversight experience.
International development funding
Foreign-assistance programs and implementing-partner cost issues, where funding passes through several hands before it's spent.
Where these matters are supported
Supporting matters in DC Superior Court; the circuit courts of Maryland and Virginia; the U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia, the District of Maryland, and the Eastern District of Virginia; the U.S. Court of Federal Claims; and the Boards of Contract Appeals.
For government contract disputes, that typically means the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the Boards of Contract Appeals; False Claims Act matters are typically in the U.S. District Courts. How the method holds up →
Notes on government contract quantum
Short, practical notes for counsel. All insights →
Discuss a government contract or FCA matter.
Relator or defense, contractor or agency side. Send the parties and the forum, and conflicts are cleared before anything else.
Conflicts are checked before we discuss the merits of any matter.