Education Session Speaker
DOGE-Ball: Preparing for Project Pauses, Terminations for Convenience as well as Other Executive Orders
Bio:
Reggie is Chair of Fox Rothschild LLP’s Federal Government Contracts Department.
He has a well-established federal compliance and litigation practice with a focus on large, complex claims prosecution and defense, litigation and alternative dispute resolution, as well as significant internal investigations with potential civil and criminal False Claims Act implications. Reggie’s clients include national and international corporations, including defense contractors and suppliers, design and engineering firms, and large national construction contractors. He has also represented the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a semi-autonomous agency within the DOE, to provide litigation support for the agency’s defense of numerous cases before the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Reggie litigates bid protests, claims and disputes before the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the various Boards of Contract Appeals, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. He represents clients in connection with claims and performance disputes, including terminations, past performance evaluation challenges, DCAA/DCMA audits and investigations, Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI), Rights in Data challenges, and suspension and debarment proceedings. Reggie regularly works to resolve complex and sensitive matters with the counsel with the Department of Justice (DoJ), the Department of Defense (DoD), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), the General Services Administration (GSA), the Small Business Administration (SBA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Before Fox Rothschild
Prior to joining Fox, Reggie was a partner with a federal government contracts and construction litigation boutique. He also served as a Captain in the U.S. Army (3/77 Armor Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armor Division and the 28th Transportation Battalion) from 1991 to 1996, serving four of those years in Germany, Hungary, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. While in law school, Reggie was a member of University of Georgia Law Review.
Beyond Fox Rothschild
Reggie is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Greater Washington Board of Trade where he has been involved with the Connected DMV Task Force’s Framework, Governance, & Law Solution Group, the Vaccine Task Force, and the WTOP Business Insights radio spots. Previously, Reggie served on the Board of Directors of the Washington Building Congress (WBC), the Board of Directors for the Virginia Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC Virginia Chapter), and as Chair of the Construction Division of the American Bar Association’s Section of Public Contract Law.
He has authored numerous scholarly and business-friendly articles on federal government contract issues that have been published in American Bar Association publications, The Procurement Lawyer, the Public Contract Law Journal and The Construction Lawyer, as well as industry publications such as Construction Executive, the magazine of the Associated Builders and Contractors. Most recently, Reggie co-authored the “Data/Cybersecurity and Insurance” chapter of the American Bar Association’s Technology in Construction Law Legal Guide.
In terms of community service, Reggie chairs the University of Georgia’s School of Law DC Semester Advisory Committee, which supports Georgia law students who are interested in exploring federal government, public interest, and public policy positions. Lastly, but most importantly, Reggie has served on the board of directors of two domestic and sexual assault service providers — the Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter (LAWS) in Virginia from 2010 to 2021 where he served as the Treasurer of the Board of Directors, and the International Women’s House in the Atlanta metropolitan community, where he served as the Chair of the Board of Directors in 2008 and 2009. Reggie continues to be a dedicated advocate of safety, hope and empowerment for victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault.