Government Contracting

“The team has a deep understanding of government contracting and provides excellent legal advice and strategy concepts.” – Chambers Interview

Miles & Stockbridge is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners USA, a go-to guide in the legal industry, has ranked the Government Contracts practice at Miles & Stockbridge in Band 1 on its list of “Highly Regarded” law firms nationwide for the third year in a row.

Sources interviewed by Chambers consider Miles & Stockbridge lawyers to be “highly responsive, adaptable and consistently provide top-notch legal support” on “matters that are staffed appropriately.” Chambers further shares that Miles & Stockbridge is a “distinguished team of respected practitioners with notable experience of handling bid protests before the GAO” that “demonstrates substantial experience of advising clients on sizable transactions.”

And, congratulations to C. Peter “Pete” Dungan, principal and co-leader of the firm’s Government Contracts Practice. Pete, who is also an Army veteran, earned a national ranking from Chambers for the second year in a row and was called “super smart and super effective” and a “fantastic attorney” by sources interviewed by Chambers.

Pete Dungan, Principal

In its overview, Chambers recognizes Pete as a “notable practitioner” in the firm’s Government Contracts practice. He brings two decades of national security and public procurement law experience to bear for his clients. A litigator by training, he secures positive results for contractors in bid protests and contract claims against federal agencies as well as state, local, and educational (SLED) organizations.

In its 2023 overview, Chambers shares that Pete “draws from a wealth of experience to counsel clients on contracting matters, attracting particular praise for his abilities in bid protests and related litigation.”

Government Contracts Practice Group

The lawyers in the Government Contracts practice at Miles & Stockbridge have decades of experience helping clients of all sizes, across industries, doing business directly or indirectly with international, federal, state and local governments. They counsel on the full range of procurement issues, litigate successfully before international, federal, state and local forums and assist clients with transactions involving public and private organizations that do business with public entities.

They understand the cutting edge of developing areas of procurement law and policy. Some examples include counseling on recent developments in cost accounting systems and pricing, export controls, FEMA Public Assistance pilot program grants, organizational conflicts of interest, security and cybersecurity, and technical data rights. They are engaged in innovative public-private partnership and renewable energy initiatives. Each client works with the lawyer or team of lawyers best suited to efficiently and effectively handle—and resolve—each matter.

Lawyers in the Government Contracts practice consult with colleagues in the firm’s corporate, environmental, labor, IP, litigation, real estate, tax, business torts and white-collar practices, among others, to assemble a team of the most directly knowledgeable lawyers to address each client’s issues. Their bench includes former government procurement lawyers, a principal who served in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, a trial lawyer who has litigated some of the largest and most complex contract claims against the federal government, and a former general counsel of a significant government contractor.