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Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC
8000 Towers Crescent Drive, Suite 900
Vienna, Virginia 22182
Telephone: (703) 847-6300
Direct Dial: (703) 847-6284
Fax: (703) 847-6312
sknight@smithpachter.com
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*AV® Peer Rated
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Practice Focus
Government Contracts
Representative Experience
Counseling and litigation in all aspects of government contracts,
with special emphasis on claims and disputes, government
contract cost accounting, cost allowability, Cost Accounting
Standards, defective pricing, government audits, contract
compliance, and procurement fraud.
Education
University of Virginia School of Law (J. D., 1978)
University of Virginia (B.A., 1975) With Honors
Professional Licenses
Admitted to Practice:
Commonwealth of Virginia
1978
District of Columbia, 1978
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Virginia
Other Distinctions
Adjunct Professor, George Washington University, National Law Center
Publications
“Federal Circuit Cost Decisions Bode Ill for Contractors,” The
Procurement Lawyer, Vol. 39, No. 2 (Winter 2004); “Compliance
Problems for American Contractors in Iraq,” The Construction
Lawyer, Vol. 24, No. 2, (Spring 2004); ”’Recovery
Auditing' and 'Overpayments': New Law Casts Contractors as
Auditors and Agencies as Bounty Hunters," Federal Contracts
Report, Vol. 77, No. 9, at 257-262 (March 5, 2002); "Recovery
of Restructuring Costs Under Defense Contracts," 98-1
Government Contract Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report
at 3 (January 1998) (With J. Roger Holbrook) "Compensation
Cost as an Element of Government Contract Pricing," Benefits
Law Journal, Vol. 9 No. 4, Winter 1996; "Contractor Internal
Accounting Controls--Unwarranted Government Intrusion," 93-10
Government Contract Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report
at 17 (October 1993); "New Initiatives In Contract Administration:
The SWAT Team Report Repeats History," NCMA Contract Management
Magazine, Vol. 33, No. 2 at 16 (February 1993); "H.R.
3161: Real Reform or Protest Proliferation?", NCMA Contract
Management Magazine, Vol. 32, Issue 7 at 4 (July 1992) (with
James S. Hostetler); "The Truth In Negotiations Act In
Competitive Acquisitions," 92-6 Government Contracts Costs,
Pricing & Accounting Report, (June 1992) (with Brian Ochs); "Cancellation
of Funds in Merged Appropriations Accounts: The New Law and
Its Significance for Contractors," NCMA Contract Management
Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 6 at 6 (June 1991) (with Brian Ochs); "Withholding
Payments Under FY91 DOD Authorization Act," 90-12 Government
Contract Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report 3 (December
1990) (with Brian Ochs); "Limiting Cost Recovery: Significant
Legislative and Regulatory Developments," 20 National
Contract Management Journal 35 (1986); Author, "Guidelines
for Certification of Claims and Requests for Relief," NCMA
Contract Management Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 10 at 4 (October
1982); "Certification Requirements and Problems of Contract
Claims and Requests for Relief," 12 Public Contract Law
Journal 162 (1982); Co-author, "Stopping Work and Defective
Specifications: Contradictory Duties From Inconsistent Cases," 13
National Contract Management Journal 176 (1979)
Languages
French
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