Mr Keith Szeliga > Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Keith Szeliga
Work Department
Governmental; Aerospace and Defense
Position
Keith Szeliga is a partner in – and former Practice Group Leader of – the Governmental Practice in Sheppard Mullin’s Washington, D.C. office. He is also a member of the firm’s Aerospace and Defense Industry Team.
Keith represents clients ranging from small businesses to the nation’s largest defense contractors in a broad range of government contracts matters, including:
- bid protests before the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Court of Federal Claims;
- small business size protests and appeals before the SBA Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA);
- government contracts compliance, including compliance programs, reviews and counseling;
- mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving government contractors;
- audits and investigations, including internal investigations, DCAA audits and OIG investigations;
- suspension and debarment proceedings;
- subcontracts and teaming agreements and disputes; and
- Contract Disputes Act (CDA) claims and appeals.
Keith advises clients regarding the full spectrum of statutes and regulators applicable to government contractors. Representative areas in which Keith has specialized expertise include:
- government contracts cost and pricing issues, including the Cost Principles, the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) and the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA);
- rights in technical data, computer software and patents under government contracts;
- personal and organizational conflicts of interest (PCIs and OCIs);
- revolving door and other post-government employment restrictions;
- Procurement Integrity Act (PIA) compliance;
- small business issues relevant to government contractor M&A;
- bribery, gratuities and kickbacks;
- False Claims Act (FCA) and other fraud allegations; and
- the FAR Mandatory Disclosure Rule.
Keith publishes and lectures frequently on these and other topics of interest to the government contracts community. His articles have been cited in several court opinions and numerous law review articles.
Education
J.D., Harvard Law School, 2002, cum laude
B.A., Wake Forest University, 1999, summa cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Government > Government contracts
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is highly regarded for its breadth of experience in government contract issues affecting the aerospace, defense, and intelligence communities, offering clients a soup to nuts service covering counseling, regulatory compliance, disputes, and protests. The practice is housed in Washington DC, and led by Jonathan Aronie, a powerhouse in bid protests, self-disclosures, and DOJ and FCA investigations. Litigator Anne Perry counts among her specialisms export controls, M&A, costs and pricing issues, and suspension and debarment proceedings. Keith Szeliga is frequently retained by aerospace and defense contractors for a host of claims and disputes, while David Douglass enjoys a strong reputation in defending healthcare and life sciences companies in government and FCA investigations and litigation. Townsend Bourne is an emerging name in cybersecurity and data protection, specializing in DOD and civilian agency security contractors. Ryan Roberts supports small business and large defense contractors in both disputes and counseling.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Tax > Not-for-profit (Fortune 1000 private foundations, national trade associations, and charities)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Real estate > Real estate finance