Marcia Madsen
Government Contracts: focus on Government Contracts and Litigation, advising
clients on contract formation, teaming and strategic alliances, contract and subcontract
negotiations, performance disputes, audits, terminations, cost accounting and
allowability, technical data rights and trade secrets, and fraud/false claims
investigations• litigates bid protests and claims and disputes before the GAO, the
Boards of Contract Appeals, the Court of Federal Claims, and various other federal
and state courts • has handled numerous ADR and mediation proceedings• areas of
concentration include aerospace and defense contracts, systems integration,
information systems and telecommunications contracts, health care and biotechnology,
homeland security contracts, environmental remediation, and research
and development contracts
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, LLM • American University - Washington
College of Law, JD • University of Utah, BA
Admitted
District of Columbia • various federal courts and courts of appeals
Recent Publications
“FAR Organizational Conflict of Interest Rules: Current Status and Imminent(?)
Change,” ABA Section of Public Contract Law Federal Procurement Institute,March
2013;“ Recent Trends and Settlement Considerations in False Claims Act
Procurement Cases,” PLI Government Contracts 2012; “Developments on the
Legislative and Policy Front: Implications of the New Business Systems Rule,” PLI
Government Contracts 2012; “Protest Jurisdiction – Another Turn of theWheel,”
Bloomberg BNA Federal Contracts Report,May 2012; “What Happens When
DCAA’s Requests Become A Demand?” American Conference Institute on
Government Contracts Accounting, April 2011; “Organizational Conflicts of Interest
–Will Changes Add Value?” ABA Section of Public Contract Law Federal
Procurement Institute, March 2011; “DOD’s Final Rule Regarding OCI – Is It Better?”
BNA Federal Contract Report January 2011.
Memberships, Honors and Awards
Mayer Brown Government Contracts Group named “Practice Group of the Year,”
Law 360 (February 2013)• Government ContractsMVP – Law 360 (Dec. 2012) •
Named to “Washington’sMost Influential Women Lawyers,” National Law Journal
(July 2010) • Government Contracts Lawyer of the Year–Washington Business
Journal (September 2007) • Chair, Acquisition Advisory Panel (2005-2007) • Power
Player– Federal ComputerWeek (November 2006) • Legal Times – Leading Lawyers
in Government Contracts (2004) • American Bar Association: Past Chair Section of
Public Contract Law; Co-Chair Procurement Fraud Committee (2009) • Court of
Federal Claims Advisory Council (recipient of Court of Federal Claims 2001 "Golden
Eagle" Award for Distinguished Service by a Member of the Bar) • Past President
Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association