PRACTICE AREAS
- Government Contracts
- Bid Protests
- Commercial Products and Services/GSA Schedules
- Procurement Fraud
- Service Contract Act
- Teaming Agreements and Subcontracts
- Terminations and Claims
- Internal Compliance Programs
- Audits and Investigations
- Litigation
- Federal Regulatory and Administrative
- Prime-Sub Disputes
- Freedom of Information Act
- False Claims Act Qui Tam Defense
EDUCATION
- J.D., George Washington University, with honors, 1985
- B.S., Texas Tech University, magna cum laude, 1981
BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
- Maryland
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- American Bar Association (Public Contract Law Section)
- The District of Columbia Bar
- The Virginia State Bar
- The Maryland State Bar
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Profile
Ron R. Hutchinson is a partner
in Doyle & Bachman LLP. His practice includes counseling and
representing clients in a broad range of government contracting
and related matters, with special emphasis on commercial item
acquisitions and GSA schedule contracting, Federal Government audits
and investigations, bid protests, and litigation of claims and
disputes.
Mr. Hutchinson has extensive experience in all aspects of the
General Services Administration's Federal Supply Schedule Program.
He has assisted clients in obtaining and administering GSA schedule
contracts and in establishing GSA schedule internal compliance
programs. He also has assisted clients in responding to
audits and investigations by the Federal Government, including
defense of Civil False Claims Act qui tam actions. Mr.
Hutchinson has also advised clients in prosecuting and defending major bid
protest cases before the
U.S. Government Accountability Office and in federal court.
An active member of the American Bar Association Section of Public Contract
Law, Mr. Hutchinson served as a Chairman of the Commercial Products and
Services Committee. He has been a speaker on and has authored numerous
articles on federal government contracting matters, particularly
related to GSA schedules and commercial items. His articles
include "The Government's Audit and Investigative Powers Over
Commercial Item Contracts and Subcontracts" and "Oversight of GSA
Federal Supply Schedule Contracts: From Internal Compliance
Programs to Civil False Claims Actions," both of which appeared in
the Public Contract Law Journal of the ABA Section of Public
Contract Law.
Prior to entering private law practice, Mr. Hutchinson spent
three
years as an attorney-advisor in procurement law at the U.S.
Government Accountability Office where he was responsible for
resolving bid protests.
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