Jonathan has more than 25 years of experience in representing domestic and foreign companies, public-private partnerships, and quasi-government agencies in transactions and litigation involving federal government grants and contracts for the research, development, licensing, and sale of information systems hardware, software and services, communications equipment and services, life sciences products, defense hardware and materials, support services, humanitarian and development assistance, infrastructure project development, and the outsourcing of business process and information systems services.
His experience includes procurements in the United States by foreign governments of defense and information systems, representation of foreign companies in federal procurements, and sales of products and services to state and local government agencies. He has broad experience in all aspects of government procurement law, including requirements development, design of requests for proposals, contract bidding and negotiation procedures, offer evaluation procedures, intellectual property protection, subcontracting, contract financing, affirmative action, cost accounting standards and audits, procurement integrity, and security clearances and classified matters.
He assists clients in compliance and licensing under the ITAR and EAR export controls, foreign licensing of government-funded R&D, and compliance involving foreign acquisition and control of US entities, including CFIUS.
Jonathan also has litigated numerous government contract protests and claims before administrative tribunals and the federal courts. He is an experienced trial attorney who has litigated many commercial matters, as well as FOIA, reverse FOIA and complex software, communications, and information systems contract cases in state and federal trial and appellate courts.
He is the author of a number of articles on government contracts matters, and has lectured on government contracts and information security matters at Duke University, the American University, and other institutions.
Recognitions & Awards
- Washington DC Super Lawyers: Government Contracts (2013)
Jonathan has more than 25 years of experience in representing domestic and foreign companies, public-private partnerships, and quasi-government agencies in transactions and litigation involving federal government grants and contracts for the research, development, licensing, and sale of information systems hardware, software and services, communications equipment and services, life sciences products, defense hardware and materials, support services, humanitarian and development assistance, infrastructure project development, and the outsourcing of business process and information systems services.
His experience includes procurements in the United States by foreign governments of defense and information systems, representation of foreign companies in federal procurements, and sales of products and services to state and local government agencies. He has broad experience in all aspects of government procurement law, including requirements development, design of requests for proposals, contract bidding and negotiation procedures, offer evaluation procedures, intellectual property protection, subcontracting, contract financing, affirmative action, cost accounting standards and audits, procurement integrity, and security clearances and classified matters.
He assists clients in compliance and licensing under the ITAR and EAR export controls, foreign licensing of government-funded R&D, and compliance involving foreign acquisition and control of US entities, including CFIUS.
Jonathan also has litigated numerous government contract protests and claims before administrative tribunals and the federal courts. He is an experienced trial attorney who has litigated many commercial matters, as well as FOIA, reverse FOIA and complex software, communications, and information systems contract cases in state and federal trial and appellate courts.
He is the author of a number of articles on government contracts matters, and has lectured on government contracts and information security matters at Duke University, the American University, and other institutions.
Recognitions & Awards
- Washington DC Super Lawyers: Government Contracts (2013)
Publications
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Author,
Health Care Services Providers to Federal Health Plan Members Subject to Federal Affirmative Action Compliance Audit, Health Law Advisory ()
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Author,
Cloud Computing with Export-Controlled Data, Privacy and Security Advisory ()
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Author,
Sequestration: Responding to Government Contract Delays and Changes, Government Contracts Alert ()
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Author,
How to Respond to Government Contract Delays and Changes, Law360 ()
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Final SBIR Rules Published, Mintz Levin | ML Strategies Advisory ()
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Author,
Proposed SBIR Rules Published – Planning for Changes to SBIR-Funded Company Investments, Corporate & Securities Advisory ()
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Co-author,
Massachusetts Legislature to Consider Paid Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Hike Bills, ML Strategies Alert ()
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Co-author,
Invention Assignment Following Stanford v. Roche: Implications for Technology Transfer and Government Contracts, Energy & Clean Technology Alert ()
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Co-author,
Invention Assignment Following Stanford v. Roche: Implications for Technology Transfer and Government Contracts, Life Sciences Alert ()
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Co-author,
Reminder: Applications under the $1 Billion Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program Due July 21, 2010, Health Care Reform Advisory ()
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Co-author,
Department of Labor Issues Final Rule Requiring Federal Contractors to Post Employee Rights, Government Contracts Alert ()
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Co-author,
How to Apply for a Billion-Dollar Tax Credit and Grant Opportunity - New Guidance from the IRS, Health Care Reform Advisory ()
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Co-author,
Update on the Billion-Dollar Tax Credit and Grant Opportunity: What Life Sciences Companies Can Do Now to Prepare, Health Care Reform Advisory ()
Speaking Engagements
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Speaker,
Opening Remarks,
In-Q-Tel Looking for Innovative Technologies from Emerging Companies,
CommNexus, San Diego, CA
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Moderator,
Government Contractor M&A In Era of Budget Uncertainty,
CommNexus, San Diego, CA
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Speaker,
Structuring Investment in SBIR Funded Companies: New Opportunities for Venture Capital,
Mintz Levin and ML Strategies, Webinar
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Speaker,
Legislative Update: Protecting the National Supply Chain,
Fund Your Growth; Turn Commercial Applications into National Security Solutions,
CONNECT, San Diego, CA
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Speaker,
Building Your Business in the Defense Sector,
San Diego Advanced Defense Technology Cluster Workshop,
CONNECT, San Diego, CA
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Speaker,
Federal Contractor Disclosure,
Mintz Levin, San Diego, CA
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