- Government Contracts
- Battlefield Contracting
- Compliance and Voluntary Disclosure
- Homeland Security
- Military Bases and Communities
- Security Clearance
- Teaming Agreements and Subcontracts
- International
- Export Regulation
- National Security Regulation
- Litigation
- Federal Regulatory and Administrative
- Government and Public Policy Litigation
- J.D., UCLA School of Law, 2004
- B.A., UCLA, cum laude, 1997
- 1996 Truman Scholar
- California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of for the DC Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
- Association of the U.S. Army
- National Institute of Military Justice
- National Contract Management Association
PHILLIP CARTER
Associate, New York
230 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10169
TEL: 212.905.8324
FAX: 212.922.1819
EMAIL: pcarter@mckennalong.com
PROFILE
Phillip Carter is an associate in McKenna Long & Aldridge's New York City Office, where he is a member of the firm’s national Government Contracts practice group. He also practices in the areas of international law and litigation.
Phillip has broad experience in government contracts law and national security law. He has negotiated teaming agreements and subcontracts for multi-million dollar ventures; he has also developed proposals for large multiple award contracts including the Navy’s Seaport-E program and the GSA Schedule. He has counseled clients on myriad compliance issues including Buy American Act, export controls, and SBA and DOD preferences for small business and veteran-owned businesses. Phillip has conducted large internal investigations and voluntary disclosures for clients, including inquires into potential fraud, defective pricing, construction defects, export control violations, and criminal activity. His national security practice also includes appellate work in the landmark cases FAIR vs. Rumsfeld and Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld, in which he authored amicus briefs.
Phillip contributes articles on law and national security to Slate, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Monthly, among other publications. He has been featured as an expert in many newspapers and magazines, and has also appeared as an expert discussing legal or military affairs on CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio, and PBS' Jim Lehrer NewsHour.
Prior to joining McKenna Long & Aldridge, Phillip served as an officer in the United States Army, including nine years of active and reserve service with military police and civil affairs units. In 2005-06, he deployed to Iraq with the Army's 101st Airborne Division where he served as an adviser to the Iraqi police.