Pete Garvin has more than 30 years' experience in counseling and litigation relating to United States and international government procurements, including contract award and administration, bid protests, preparation and litigation of claims, cost accounting, defective pricing and DCAA audits, delays and differing site conditions, patents and data rights, contract terminations, GSA supply schedules, FMS transactions, security clearances, M&A due diligence, joint ventures and teaming agreements, and prime/subcontractor disputes.
A substantial portion of his practice involves resolution of contract disputes and representation of contractors in connection with federal False Claims Act investigations and related qui tam litigation and debarment proceedings. Pete also conducts internal investigations and compliance reviews and works with clients to improve corporate government contracts compliance policies and programs.
Pete is a member of the District of Columbia Bar (Government Contracts and Litigation Section). He is a past chairman of the ABA Committee on Public Contracts, Section of Administrative Law and Regulation Practice. He often lectures before industry on procurement integrity and compliance issues. He is the author of "Resolution of International Contract Disputes," 17 NCMJ 19 (1983); "Purification and Partial Characterization of a Human Plasma Alpha-1 Hetrogen," 34 Separatum Experientia 826 (1978); and "The Interaction of Collagen with Alpha-Acidic Glycoprotein," 427 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 302-314 (1976).
