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Covington is significantly expanding its government contracts practice with 19 lawyers from one of the nation’s top government contracts groups, including its former chair and leaders in contractor tort liability, bid protests, procurement fraud, trade secrets and employment.
The group of five partners and 14 other lawyers from McKenna, Long & Aldridge expands and deepens Covington’s capabilities across a range of government contracts matters. Frederic Levy, until recently the chair of McKenna’s government contracts practice, will serve as co-chair of Covington’s government contracts group with Alan Pemberton and Jennifer Plitsch.
These additions double the size of Covington’s government contracts group and place it among the nation’s largest. The work of the new lawyers runs the gamut from contract formation to bid protests to claims and internal investigations to tort litigation to False Claims Act litigation. Chambers has consistently ranked McKenna’s government contracts practice in its highest band, and the group that joined Covington includes most of that firm’s Chambers-rated lawyers in government contracts.
“This group presents us with an opportunity to combine forces with some of the finest and most deeply established government contracts practitioners in the country,” said Timothy Hester, chair of Covington’s management committee. “Their aerospace and defense industry focus fits squarely with the strengths of our industry-facing model designed to address complex, multidisciplinary problems involving counseling, litigation, government regulation and public policy.”
“The new group dovetails with many of our leading practice areas,” said Mr. Hester, citing litigation, investigations, products liability, trade controls, international contracting, M&A, insurance recovery, employment, anti-corruption, cybersecurity, SAFETY Act and data privacy.
Mr. Levy said his group was drawn to Covington because of the many strengths of its wide array of regulatory, enforcement, and other practice offerings.
“We are excited to join Covington, which stands out because of its collaborative culture and superb reputation across a broad range of practices that will allow us to expand our services in response to client needs,” said Mr. Levy, who is one of the nation’s top lawyers in procurement fraud, suspension and debarment matters. “Our group saw this as a great opportunity to be part of a firm that has dynamic practices that can add great value for our base of clients.”
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