Adam A. Bartolanzo

Adam Bartolanzo is an experienced government contracts attorney who supports clients in all areas of government contracting.

Adam focuses on cybersecurity and data rights. He advises on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, negotiates software and SaaS licensing agreements with the government and prime contractors, helps clients navigate IP-related issues involving the government’s purchase of artificial intelligence and machine learning applications and helps clients understand how to protect their proprietary IP rights and comply with their covered information safeguarding and cyber incident reporting obligations. He also advises on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s socioeconomic government contracting programs, with a particular emphasis on representing clients in the 8(a) Business Development, Serviced-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and HUBZone programs.

Adam also has significant experience prosecuting and defending bid protests before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and Government Accountability Office, as well as prosecuting claims under the Contract Disputes Act before agencies, the Boards of Contract Appeals and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. He also has performed due diligence and advised clients regarding government-contracts-related risks and opportunities in corporate transactions and advised on cost and pricing issues.

Adam is a vice chair on three American Bar Association Public Contract Law Committees: Bid Protests; Intellectual Property; and Small Business & Other Socioeconomic Programs. He has moderated several panels for the ABA on topics such as agency-level protests, negotiated exchanges and the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. He is a frequent guest lecturer for the Public Contracting Institute and the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce’s Veteran Institute for Procurement. He regularly writes about government contracting, with his work appearing in Law360, The Procurement Lawyer, National Defense Magazine and Public Contract Law Journal, among other places.

Adam received his J.D. for The George Washington University Law School, where he specialized in procurement law and graduated with honors, and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude.