Associate, Los Angeles
444 South Flower Street
8th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2901

TEL: 213.243.6111
FAX: 213.243.6330
EMAIL: adeng@mckennalong.com

PROFILE

Amy Deng is a government contracts associate in the Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses on contract claims and disputes, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) cost recovery and accounting, False Claims Act (FCA), internal investigations, and federal, state and local government bid protests. Amy works with defense contractors, construction companies and design/build firms relating to Iraqi reconstruction contracts. She counsels clients on compliance and investigation issues and assists them in responding to Inspector General (IG) subpoenas. Amy also assists clients in resolving and preventing organizational conflict of interest (OCI) issues.

Amy has worked closely with clients in developing and managing internal investigations concerning allegations of wrongful conduct by corporate personnel dealing with government contracts and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) issues. She has also represented clients in alternative dispute resolution where she appeared before the American Arbitration Association.

Prior to joining the firm, Amy practiced government contract law at a Washington, DC based law firm. While there, she was also involved in  construction litigation, complex litigation, and employment litigation.

Amy graduated from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and was the Senior Notes Editor of the Hastings Law Journal.  During law school, Amy served as a law clerk for the Civil Division of the United States Attorney’s Office, and the Civil Division of the California Attorney General’s Office. She also served as a judicial extern to Judge Maxine M. Chesney of the United States District Court in San Francisco, and Justice Earl Johnson Jr. of the California Court of Appeal in Los Angeles.  She received her B.S., summa cum laude, from the University of Southern California.