July 10, 2006
Denver, Colorado – (July 10, 2006) – Colorado’s former Purchasing Director, Richard Pennington, has been named of counsel to McKenna Long & Aldridge’s government contracts practice group (www.mckennalong.com). The addition of Mr. Pennington expands the national law firm’s well-known expertise in federal government contracting into the state and local government market.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Pennington was Director of the Division of Finance and Procurement of the Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration. He was responsible for the state’s financial affairs and accounting as well as statewide procurement of goods and services for multiple state agencies. He was the state Purchasing Director from 1999-2002.
Pennington brings more than 23 years of contracting and procurement experience at both the federal and state level to the firm’s 55-plus attorney government contracts practice. Additionally, the firm’s government contracts practice group has received Chambers Directory USA’s highest national ranking for the second year in a row and is recognized by the directory as the nation’s first government contracts practice. The Denver office’s lawyers represent many of the west’s technology, aerospace and defense industry companies.
Pennington serves the board of advisors for the Denver Chapter of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) and is a member of the National Association of State Procurement Officials. Additionally, Pennington has co-authored papers on e-procurement funding and standardization, performance-based contracting and technology, and best practices in integration of financial and procurement data for the National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council.
Pennington graduated with distinction from the United States Air Force Academy and earned his law degree from the University of Denver. He has a Masters of Law in Government Procurement Law from George Washington University.
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