Shaunna Elizabeth Bailey

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Special Counsel

  Firm Name

  Sheppard Mullin
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Bid Protests & Litigation: Shaunna regularly represents government contractors in various industries in connection with bid protests
  litigation, including: successfully defending
  prosecuting numerous pre-
  post-award bid protests before the S. Government Accountability Office
  the Court of Federal Claims
  successfully challenging at the Court of Federal Claims a decision by the Department of Education to cancel a solicitation for critical services
  successfully challenging the Social Security Administration's decision to limit competition in procurement for critical equipment
  services
  obtaining a summary judgment victory in a multi-million dollar breach-of-subcontract dispute.
  Government Contracts Counseling & Compliance: Shaunna routinely counsels clients on compliance with federal acquisition regulations
  ethics rules, including: advising clients on questions related to compliance with specific FAR
  DFARS provisions, the Trade Agreements Act, the Procurement Integrity Act
  the FAR M
  atory Disclosure Rule
  leading government contracts compliance reviews of newly acquired subsidiaries
  recommending process improvements
  changes to policies
  procedures
  designing company-specific compliance programs
  manuals on contract requirements, ethics
  reporting
  providing in-person federal contract compliance training to corporate leadership
  key personnel
  advising companies on mitigating risks associated with GSA Schedule contracting
  advising clients on subcontracts, teaming agreements
  non-disclosure agreements
  
  
  conducting government contract-related due diligence in support of corporate acquisitions.
  Government Contracts Investigations: Shaunna represents clients in connection with investigations regarding alleged wrongdoing in government contracting, including: conducting internal investigations of large government contractors in matters involving potential civil
  criminal False Claims Act liability,
  counseling clients on resolution of investigations
  overseeing forensic accounting review of pricing anomalies associated with the administration of GSA Schedule contracts
  preparing m
  atory
  voluntary disclosures to Offices of Inspector General
  the Department of Justice
  
  
  responding to suspension
  debarment inquiries.
  Shaunna is also the co-author of Black Beach: A Community, an Oil Spill,
  the Origin of Earth Day, a fictional picture book for young readers based on true events that inspired the first Earth Day.