Maria Panichelli

Maria Panichelli focuses her practice exclusively on federal government contracts and procurement, with a concentration on bid protest and claims litigation and small business procurement. Maria’s practice includes: asserting and defending against bid protests; contract interpretation and performance counseling; the preparation and negotiation of Requests for Equitable Adjustment (REAs) and Contract Disputes Act (CDA) claims as well as related claims litigation before the Boards of Contract Appeals, Court of Federal Claims, and the Federal Circuit; statutory and regulatory compliance counseling; federal subcontracting (including drafting and negotiating subcontracts for use on federal projects, the preparation and litigation of pass-through claims, the drafting and negotiation of liquidating agreements, and the litigation of prime/sub disputes and Miller Act claims); contract terminations (for convenience and for default); suspensions and debarments; avoiding and mitigating Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCIs); False Claims Act (FCA) defense; and all aspects of small business procurement.