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Adam Lasky

Work Department
Government Contracts / Bid Protests / Joint Ventures
Position
Partner, National Co-Chair, Government Contracts
Career
Adam is Co-Chair of Seyfarth’s Government Contracts practice group. Government contractors nationwide depend on Adam for counsel to minimize and mitigate risks that arise during contract performance, to ensure compliance with regulations, and for vigorous representation in procurement disputes and government contracts litigation. While Adam represents contractors on a wide variety of government contracting issues, his primary focus areas are bid protests, SBA regulatory compliance/disputes, joint venture transactions, overseas government contracting, and Service Contract Act compliance.
Over the past decade, Adam has successfully represented government contractors in bid protests before the Government Accountability Office (GAO), U.S. Court of Federal Claims, FAA Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition, administrative agencies, and state courts. During that time, he has protested and defended billions of dollars in procurements and contract awards across a wide variety of industries, and has achieved amongst the highest GAO bid protest sustain rates in the nation. Adam’s record of success is fueled by attention to detail and an ability to rapidly understand the unique aspects of each client’s industry/service/product.
Memberships
American Bar Association (ABA), Section of Public Contract Law, Governing Council (2020-2023); Chair, Bid Protest Committee (2021-2024); Chair, Small Business & Other Socioeconomic Programs Committee (2018-2023)
Legal Employers Advancing Diversity in Washington (Board Member 2016-Present; President 2017-2023)
Education
- JD, University of Minnesota Law School
Cum laude, Walter J. Trogner Scholar - BA, University of Washington
Economics and Political Science
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Government > Government contracts
Well-versed particularly in the contentious elements of government contracts, spanning complex and high-profile bid protests, claims, FCA disputes, as well as international transactions and federal contracting labor and employment compliance counseling, Seyfarth Shaw LLP is a prime choice for federal, state, and local contractors across aerospace, defense, and tech. The team has also prominently achieved success against the US in a $367m claim before the Court of Federal Claims in Anchorage v. United States. Leadership is shared between Adam Lasky in Seattle, who specializes in bid protests involving complex overseas procurement issues, and SBA regulatory compliance and transactions, and Amy Conant-Hoang in Washington DC, who has proved her mettle in recent high-value protests on behalf of Textron Systems, QinetiQ, T-Mobile, and Valor Healthcare. Rounding out the rest of the DC team are Edward Arnold, who has distinguished himself in claims and litigation, prime/sub disputes, internal investigations, and FCA matters, and Erica Bakies, who advises on regulatory compliance and national security-related issues. Former co-chair Donald Featherstun retired in December 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious