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Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Robert K. Huffman
Work Department
Partner; Litigation
Position
Leader, Government Contracts Practice. Bob counsels aerospace/defense, healthcare and other companies on government contracts issues and represents those companies in contract disputes with the federal government and other contractors. He litigates contract issues in the Court of Federal Claims, the Boards of Contract Appeals, the Federal Circuit and other courts. Bob specializes in False Claims Act investigations and lawsuits; Intellectual Property in Government Contracts, including negotiating and litigating technical data and computer software license rights and patent infringement, validity, and licensing issues under 28 U.S.C. § 1498; cost accounting issues; commercial item pricing; and compliance with cybersecurity, Buy American Act, Trade Agreement Act, and other supply chain requirements. Bob also represents and advises companies in connection with mandatory disclosures, parallel criminal proceedings, suspension and debarment, congressional investigations, and other issues associated with fraud/false claims investigations and lawsuits.
To learn more about Mr. Huffman, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/robert-k-huffman.html
Career
President, Federal Circuit Bar Association; adjunct professor, Georgetown University Law Center.
Education
J.D., Stanford Law School; B.A., Harvard University, magna cum laude
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization