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Matthew Michaels
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Matthew J. Michaels

Partner

Los Angeles

2029 Century Park East
Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90067

P (310) 284-3794

F 310-284-3894

Matthew Michaels concentrates his practice on the complex regulatory and business challenges confronting federal government contractors, including bid protests, commercial disputes, federal investigations, compliance, and due diligence and transactions.

OVERVIEW

Matthew Michaels concentrates his practice on the complex regulatory and business challenges confronting federal government contractors, including bid protests, commercial disputes, federal investigations, compliance, and due diligence and transactions.

Matt has represented both protesters and awardees before the Government Accountability Office, the Court of Federal Claims, procuring agencies, and the Small Business Administration Office of Hearings and Appeals in acquisitions ranging from small business procurements to multibillion dollar acquisitions. His representative protest matters span multiple sectors, including aerospace, information technology, data analytics, shipbuilding, camouflage manufacturing, and the space industry. Additionally, he has helped clients defend against Procurement Integrity Act allegations and federal investigations involving the False Claims Act.

Matt served as in-house counsel for multiple government contractors in the IT and space industries. Prior to rejoining Barnes & Thornburg, he was corporate counsel for a space launch service provider. His experience includes drafting and negotiating commercial space launch service agreements with satellite companies, advising on supply chain issues, and counseling on launch-related insurance. He also served as in-house counsel for an IT government contractor in the healthcare industry, and he was seconded to a space industry client when in private practice.

As a corporate adviser, he not only represents clients when legal issues arise, but also applies his in-depth understanding of the business of government contracting to help clients work toward their goals.

He relies on his experience as a government contracts litigator and in-house attorney to provide effective compliance counsel. He has counseled clients on potential Procurement Integrity Act violations, procurement fraud investigations, data rights and software licensing, small-business size affiliation rules, and request for proposal (RFP) requirements. He also advises foreign and tribe-owned businesses on joint ventures, subcontracts, and teaming arrangements.

While attending law school, he interned for the Honorable Lydia Kay Griggsby of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, for the Office of General Counsel in the U.S. General Services Administration and for the Office of General Counsel at the Department of Commerce.

EXPERIENCE
Experience
  • Represented a space launch services company challenging an Air Force solicitation worth up to $4.5 billion dollars. A successful protest of the agency’s novel evaluation methodology caused the agency to take corrective action and revised its evaluation scheme
  • Represented large defense contractor in protest of $300 million contract award; GAO recommended corrective action and awarded attorney’s fees to the protester
  • Represented data analytics firm in protest against use of LPTA evaluation methodology; the government took corrective action and revised the solicitation
  • Represented large aerospace manufacturer in $12 million claim against the government for contract modification without consideration; reached settlement agreement with government
  • Advised small government contractor in civil False Claims Act case against allegations of improper small business size certification
  • Represented subcontractor in a dispute with prime contractor over prime’s failure to pay for all work performed prior to partial termination for convenience of prime’s contract; successfully negotiated payment in full without litigation
  • Advised US subsidiary of German manufacturer on creation of a joint venture with a tribe-owned small business
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