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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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Thomas McLish
Work Department
Partner; Litigation
Position
Thomas McLish is an experienced commercial litigator with a special focus on cases involving government contract disputes, including bid protests and matters involving allegations of fraud or false claims. He has represented defense, construction, electronics and other companies in complex lawsuits involving disputes with the federal government and other contractors. His experience also includes advising clients on government contract issues arising in M&A transactions. Mr. McLish litigates before U.S. appellate and district courts, state courts, the Court of Federal Claims, federal boards of contract appeals and arbitration panels. He has handled government contract disputes before various U.S. agencies, including the General Services Administration; the departments of Defense, Navy, Air Force, Army, Interior and Homeland Security; and bid protests before the Government Accountability Office.
To learn more about Mr. McLish, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/thomas-p-mclish.html
Career
From 1990 to 1995, Mr. McLish was a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch. In that position, he handled civil contract, fraud and federal labor law disputes, including major weapons system procurement, construction and Fifth Amendment “takings.”
Memberships
Council for Court Excellence
Education
JD, Columbia Law School (1988); BA, Claremont McKenna College, cum laude (1986)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- 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
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- 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
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism