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Blank Rome LLP
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PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-6998
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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Michael Montalbano

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1.215.569.5618 [email protected]

Work Department

Government Contracts

Position

Partner

Michael J. Montalbano represents government contractors in a variety of litigation and counseling matters, including:

  • Bid protests before the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”), U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • Industrial security audits and compliance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (“NISPOM”)
  • Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program
  • Litigation under the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute
  • Contract disputes
  • Freedom of Information Act requests
  • Compliance issues and internal investigations involving various federal regulatory requirements, such as the mandatory disclosure rule, the NISPOM, small business regulations, the Procurement Integrity Act, the Services Contract Act, the False Claims Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and gift and gratuity regulations

Michael has extensive bid protest litigation experience before the GAO and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. His bid protest experience includes both successfully protesting and defending the award of major contracts, as well as securing favorable corrective action for contractors challenging agency award decisions. Michael also has experience before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, where, in 2018, he helped obtain the complete reversal of a lower court decision. As a result of the reversal, his client was allowed to re-compete in a five-billion-dollar procurement.

Michael also assists government contractors and their investors in evaluating and structuring mergers, acquisitions, and investments involving government contractors and government contracts. His experience includes small business program eligibility; due diligence; facility and personnel security matters; the mitigation of foreign ownership, control, and influence; and Anti-Assignment Act and novation matters. For Michael’s full biography please visit Michael Joseph Montalbano | Blank Rome LLP.

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United States > Government > Government contracts

Blank Rome LLP regularly serves as government contracts counsel on M&A transactions, recently handling a number of such mandates for aerospace and defense clients, while also providing expert advice on high-value bid protests, FCA litigation, bet-the-company litigation and compliance advice. Other sectors in which the firm maintains an active practice include healthcare, maritime and technology. Justin Chiarodo co-leads the practice and has in depth knowledge of federal, state and local procurement law, handling both regulatory compliance and contentious contract litigation. Dominique Casimir advises major defense contractors on bid protests, suspension and debarment issues, FCA investigations and contract litigation, co-head Luke Meier similarly handles contentious bid protests, contract claims and fraud investigations as does Scott Arnold, who is an expert in foreign military sales, the foreign corrupt practices act and export control issues in this regard. Clients see Elizabeth Jochum as a ‘go-to’ government contracts practitioner, whose practice spans both contentious and non-contentious contracting advice. Other key members of the team include bid protests expert Stephanie Harden and FCA litigation specialist Robyn Burrows. Philadelphia based Michael Montalbano was made partner in January 2025 and maintains a broad practice encompassing advice on bid protests, M&A transactions and compliance matters for clients across the environmental, maritime, IT and cybersecurity industries. The rest of the team is based in Washington DC.

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