Liza Craig > Goodwin > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Goodwin
901 NEW YORK AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20001
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Position

Partner

Career

Liza Craig is a partner in Goodwin’s Global Trade practice where she focuses on government contracts and grants. She counsels her clients on all aspects of the procurement process, including the proposal preparation and submission process, the resolution of dispute related to awards, administration, and termination of government contracts, and on matters related to contract compliance. Liza provides creative, knowledgeable, and practical advice designed to successfully advance and achieve her clients’ business goals and objectives.

Liza has significant experience advising on complex defense sector weapon systems procurements, on highly technical IT procurements, and on procurements (both large and small) of supplies and services. This experience includes substantial bid protest work before the Government Accountability Office. She also has experience advising on non-traditional procurement instruments such as Other Transaction Authority agreements and on counseling clients on matters associated with federal and state grant funds and on Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) and Work For Private Parties Agreements (WFPPs). Liza has focused extensively on matters involving statutory and regulatory compliance with the Competition in Contracting Act, the Procurement Integrity Act, and the Trade Secrets Act. She has also provided counsel on cybersecurity compliance, IT certification and FedRAMP authorization, and technical data rights.

Education

JD, Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law 2004 / BA, Brown University 1997

Lawyer Rankings

United States > International Trade > CFIUS

Goodwin‘s lawyers ‘do not offer painkillers, but seek solutions that would solve issues permanently’. A popular choice for technology, venture capital and life sciences clients seeking advice on CFIUS issues, in line with its firm-wide sweet spots, the global trade practice maintains a dominant position in handling matters under the new CFIUS Critical Technologies Pilot Program. Richard Matheny spearheads the Washington DC-based department and is noted for his track record in advising technology companies and private equity funds on CFIUS reviews; he additionally brings to bear complementary expertise in export controls and sanctions. The team also includes Jacob Osborn, who handles a mix of export controls and CFIUS work, and newly promoted partner Amy Josselyn, who is a former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency analyst. In September 2022, government contracts specialist Liza Craig joined the global trade practice from Reed Smith LLP.

United States > International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions

Utilizing the firm’s expertise in the technology sector, Goodwin’s trade team specializes in representing technology and life sciences companies and sources attest, ‘advice is detailed and specific to the very individual needs of each of its clients’. The group’s comprehensive regulatory skillset spans OFAC, EAR and ITAR-related regimes, while its recent work encompasses compliance, transactional support and enforcement matters. Global trade head Richard Matheny ‘mixes experiences with wise counsel’ and spearheads a department that also includes Jacob Osborn, who has a focus on clients in the electronics, telecoms, software, and encryption spheres. Government contracts specialist Liza Craig recently joined from Reed Smith LLP.