McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP represents clients suspended from government contracting or proposed for debarment. Responding effectively to a threatened suspension or debarment can be critically important to a company's business and potentially its survival. A suspension or debarment can be a "death penalty" that operates as an outright bar on a company's ability to be a going concern. The severity of the consequences resulting from these proceedings calls for experienced counsel. MLA's unique blend of experience in responding to these type of proceedings and in the underlying government contracting issues permits us to take swift and well-conceived moves to define the scope of the government's proceeding and then to respond. The steps involved often involve our work with clients to:

Identify the relevant issues and to limit the government's threatened suspension or debarment to the most limited scope of impact on the client's operations
Assemble the facts and present the case to the relevant government agency that the client is "responsible" and can continue its government contracting without a suspension
Advocate on the client's behalf to the agency to avoid the debarment sanction
Advise on ethics programs and training on ethics and compliance with critical laws
Work with clients to install or improve internal compliance policies and enforcement to meet the federal government's requirements

For more information on our Suspension and Debarment practice, please contact Fred Levy.