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Michael 'Mike' Gardner

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1750 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1000, McLean, VA 22102

Government Contracts, Government Contract Lending, Government Contracts Bid Protest Litigation and 1 more

About Michael 'Mike' Gardner

Mike Gardner focuses his work on companies that provide national security and infrastructure services to federal and foreign customers. He has experience working with contract negotiations, bid protests, claims and dispute resolution at GAO, the Court of Federal Claims and the Boards of Contract, and has provided compliance support related to the Federal Acquisition Regulations, ITAR, the Defense Security Service, and the Defense Contract Audit Agency.

Mike also has wide-ranging experience working on international programs managed by the Defense Logistics Agency; global security and nation building programs managed by the Department of State and the Department of Defense; broad spectrum IT solutions including secured cloud data and software as a service programs sponsored by the Department of Defense, the intelligence community and regulated industries like health care, insurance, and financial services; marine industrial work including ship building and repair; and renewable energy project work supporting both major federal facilities and remote, resilient operations.

Mike works with a large array of clients including assisting large and small businesses on capitalizing on Small Business Administration initiatives. He has also worked with Fortune 50 and privately held companies to develop and implement plans to increase revenue and profitability through organic growth and acquisitions and to plan and execute liquidity events like ESOPs, private equity investment, and M&A events.

Prior to his private law practice, Mike served as a Coast Guard line officer supporting Coast Guard operations in Europe, Africa, and South America.

Concentrations

•Prime and subcontract negotiations for logistics, IT, security and marine industrial work
•Bid Protests at GAO and Court of Federal Claims
•Contract dispute resolution at ASBCA, Court of Federal Claims and ADR
•OCONUS operations counseling
•SBA Mentor Protege and Small Business Subcontracting
•Compliance counseling and training under FAR, ITAR, DSS and DCAA programs
•Business life-cycle planning including growth and liquidity events
•Admiralty and Maritime compliance, transactions and casualty
•Ethics and Standards of Conduct counseling and training

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Admiralty & Maritime Law, 2001-2026
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, 'Washington, D.C., Super Lawyer,' 2006-2020
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, 'Virginia Super Lawyer,' Transportation/Maritime Law, 2006-2020
•Listed, Virginia Business magazine, “The Legal Elite,”
•Admiralty and Environmental Law, 2001-2007
•Transportation/Admiralty/Intermodal, 2006
•Construction Law, 2007, 2011, 2013-2016
•Selected, American Bar Association, 'Outstanding Young Lawyer for the Coast Guard,” 1989
•Rated, AV Preeminent 5 out of 5

 

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Areas of Law

  • Government Contracts
  • Other 3
    • Government Contract Lending
    • Government Contracts Bid Protest Litigation
    • Government Contracts - Investigations

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Representative Matters: Prevailed in October of 2018 on a GAO protest related to a Defense Information Systems Agency's (DISA) Systems Engineering, Technology
    Innovation (SETI) solicitation.
    Prepared Request for Equitable Adjustment seeking $3.2 million for impact related to hazardous material encountered during ship repair contract work. Escalated to Claim
    appealed to ASBCA. Negotiated successful recovery for contractor including legal fees.
    Prepared Request for Equitable Adjustment seeking remission of liquidated damages
    revision of CPARS evaluation. Escalated to Claim
    appealed to ASBCA. Negotiated remission of liquidated damages
    revision to Satisfactory CPARS.
    Negotiated transition from hardware sales/software licensing model to Software as a Service structure resulting in long term contract for contractor.
    Negotiated over $30 million in software licenses
    support agreements
    Formed company
    advised owners on strategy to use 8(a)
    Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business programs resulting in 7 year performance of zero revenue to $50 million revenue
    Protested agency's award decision based on unstated evaluation factors. Agency took corrective action awarding contractor $485 million contract
    Represented awardee of $55 million engineering services contract in GAO protest resulting in denial of protest
    retention of contract by awardee.
    Contract negotiations, counseling
    compliance advice for contracts in Japan, Philippines
    Guam.
    Negotiated warehousing agreement in Italy to support DoD forward deployed supply
    Contract negotiation, counseling
    compliance advice for multi-year training contract in Nigeria.
    Contract negotiation, contract administration advice
    compliance counseling for aviation support work in Saudi Arabia
    Set up outside board of director for foreign owned company
    facilitated acquisition of facility security clearance from Defense Security Service.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Gardner prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
    Previous Experience: Lieutenant Comm
    er, United States Coast Guard, 1978-1991
  • Additional Links
    http://www.gtlaw.com

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    Virginia
    North Carolina
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, Virginia Ship Repair Association
    •Chair, Contracts Committee, 1998-2014
    •Member, Virginia Maritime Association
    •Chair, Shipbuilding and Ship Repair, 2000-2012
    •Proctor, Maritime Law Association of the United States, 1994-present

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    The College of William & Mary
    Class of 1986
    J.D.
    Other Education
    Member, William and Mary Law Review

    U.S. Coast Guard Academy
    Class of 1978
    B.S.
    Honors
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1956
    Monterey, California, 1956

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    Yes, Michael 'Mike' Gardner is admitted to practice in North Carolina and Virginia.
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    Michael 'Mike' Gardner attended The College of William & Mary.
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    Michael 'Mike' Gardner is affiliated with Greenberg Traurig, LLP and Troutman Sanders LLP.
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    Greenberg Traurig, LLP was established in 1967.

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