Whatever brought you here today, whether it was an ambition to enter into government contracts, take a proactive approach with your government contracts, or needing legal representation for an investigation, or legal counsel on a continuous basis, you’ve found the right place.

As your attorney, I can guide, advise, and counsel you to address legal and compliance issues one step at a time. 

My guess is right now you have a lot going on. 

You may be frustrated and overwhelmed by the sheer amount of work you have to do: 

• meeting deadlines
• finding supplies
• rising supply prices
• managing subcontractors and employees
• cybersecurity compliance and compliance in general 
• keeping up with regulatory changes and Executive Orders

Add to all this the current inflation impacting your profit margins while you’re out there trying to drum up more business and fulfill whatever orders you already have. 

It’s a lot to think about, and to be honest, I’m just scratching a tiny bit of the surface.

I get it! Handling business and worrying about compliance and government contracts can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be with the right support.

As an attorney focused on International Trade and Procurement Law within the Aerospace and Defense Industry, I advise and counsel small businesses to take a proactive approach to legal and compliance matters so they can avoid penalties, fines, and closing their doors.

I’ve been a practicing attorney for almost a decade, here in the United States.

I’ve seen efficiency when one is proactive in handling legal issues, and I’ve seen business disruptions from lawsuits, investigations from regulatory violations, and the effect these unfortunate events have on a business, especially a small business.

This is why I’m in business. To help you close the gaps so as a small business owner you can be competitive, profitable, and protected. 

With my support, you can identify and comply with the U.S. Federal Acquisition Regulations, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations, U.S. Export Controls Regulations (EAR/ITAR), U.S. anti-bribery/ anti-corruption laws, conduct supply chain due diligence, handle investigations, and more.

By working together, you can take a proactive approach to legal and compliance matters to avoid business disruptions, penalties, and fines.

My goal is to help you keep the business you built, in business. The first step in working together is to book a consultation call.

During your consultation call, I will help you determine the best next step for your business.

If the problem you reached out to me about is one that I can help you with, I’ll share more recommendations for moving forward. If it’s not a great fit, I can provide guidance on what steps you can take and who is better suited to help. 

Whatever your circumstance you will leave knowing what to do next: either you found the right law firm for you or you will have clarity around what would be best for you to do to solve your problem. 

How I Support Business Owners

Below, you will find my core offerings. Each package can be completely customized to your business needs and goals. 

Not sure, which option is best for you?

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Due Diligence, Draft and Review of Teaming Agreements, Subcontracts, and JVs

Many businesses enter into contracts, teaming agreements, and joint ventures without fully assessing them, the risk involved, or worse, simply signing them without reading them! When it comes to JVs and Teaming Agreements most resemble an impromptu Vegas wedding.  

As a small business, you need to do what it takes - with integrity and ethics - to stay in business. 

You can’t leave important decisions for your business to the mere joy of “Yay, we got a contract!” or “Woohoo! So and so wants to partner with us so we can get more contracts, where do we sign?!”  

We get it, everyone has its own degree of risk tolerance, however, one must first appreciate the risk to know what it can tolerate. With our guidance, advice, and counsel on the circumstances you now face related to Teaming, JVs, and Subcontracts you can enter a deal or partnership knowing what needs to be done, and what’s been left out, with the right dose of due diligence so you can determine based on your risk tolerance the best next step to take for you and your business. 

Fraud/Bribery/ Kickback Investigation

Do you have a plan to handle a federal investigation? 

Chances are you answered, “No!”

That my friend is a problem in itself. Why? Because in this game, you’ve chosen to play a game called government contracting, a whole lot of stuff can go wrong. This might look like inflated invoices, favors to prime employees to get more contracts, or telling the government “Yep, we paid our subcontractors” when you didn’t!

Guess what happens when events like this happen?  The government comes knocking. 

We can help you weather the storm and do our best to stop the bleeding, or as we say in legal talk mitigate the damages, but the odds of us winning would be even higher if we create systems to prevent and deter wrongdoing within your company in the first place. We support clients in developing and implementing a plan to deal with the government should something go terribly wrong. 

Outside General Counsel

My dentist has a poster of a dog smiling happily covered in mud “despite the good intentions I’m in the dog house.” 

How often have you felt that way in your business? 

We do our best as business owners to take care of our businesses, yet, despite it all something goes wrong. And worse, like that toothache that keeps persisting, we wait until it gets worse. When it comes to legal issues we do the same. 

We wait until something goes wrong to get the legal help we need.
We like to see a lawyer only when we have a problem to deal with, otherwise why bother?

The reality: Your business deserves to be protected. I get it, we attorneys are expensive, and sometimes with our billable hours, we are unpredictable for your budget.

That’s why we designed the General Legal Counsel package, to help you proactively address your legal issues by working with an attorney for a set number of hours each month,  depending on your needs, at an investment that makes sense and you can predict.  

Registration with DDTC, ITAR/EAR Compliance

Most businesses in the Aerospace and Defense Industry, especially small businesses, are betting on their business and have a false sense of security when it comes to the U.S. Export Controls. 

Typically they only register with DDTC, but they take no time for further steps to either classify their items or begin to build compliance. 

What small businesses in A & D need is a system to ensure that they are fulfilling their mandatory DFARS requirement “register with DDTC and comply with ITAR.” 

We advise and counsel small businesses in the U.S. Export Controls and help them build compliance with our One Small Step at a Time approach so they can have infrastructure compliance in place instead of a gap that could turn disastrous for their business from unknown regulatory violations.