- Government Contracts
- Battlefield Contracting
- Bid Protests
- Claims
- Commercial Products and Services
- Compliance and Voluntary Disclosure
- Cost Recovery and Accounting
- Foreign Sales/International Government Contracts
- Homeland Security
- Procurement Fraud
- Public Health Preparedness
- Public Health and Pharmaceutical Compliance
- Rights in Technical Data
- Suspension and Debarment
- Teaming Agreements and Subcontracts
- Terminations
- MALS, Georgetown University, 2003
- J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1990
- B.A., Wellesley College, cum laude, 1987
- Universite de Provence (Aix Marseille I), Aix-en-Provence, France
- District of Columbia
- Ohio
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. Supreme Court
- French
- American Bar Association, Information Technology and Regulatory Coordinating Committee, Vice Chair
- American Bar Association, Public Contract Law Section
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- National Contract Management Association
- Women's Bar Association
JESSICA C. ABRAHAMS
Partner, Washington DC
1900 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006-1108
TEL: 202.496.7204
FAX: 202.496.7756
EMAIL: jabrahams@mckennalong.com
PROFILE
Jessica Abrahams focuses her practice on counseling and litigation in connection with both government and private sector contracts in the areas of biodefense, information technology, telecommunications and related intellectual property matters. In addition, she works extensively with clients who are concerned with international contracts and transactions, and federally funded health care programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare and FEHBA.
Ms. Abrahams litigates matters, including bid protests and other complex litigation and related discovery proceedings, before the Federal District and Appellate Courts, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Boards of Contract Appeals, the Government Accountability Office, and various federal administrative tribunals. Some of her recent cases involved the standard of review employed by the Small Business Administration (in a case of first impression), the Javits Wagner O'Day Act, breach of a teaming agreement for a multi-million dollar foreign assistance contract, and a significant weapons system procurement.
Ms. Abrahams advises clients on a full range of contracts matters, including compliance issues, licensing agreements, data rights, trade secret issues, foreign military sales, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, cost and pricing issues, CAS, contract administration, civil false claims, internal investigations, terminations, suspension and debarment. She speaks regularly and has co-authored numerous articles on topics such as commercial contracting, international procurement, procurement reform, task order contracts and Medicaid managed care.
In May 2000, Ms. Abrahams was selected as the District of Columbia Bar's Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year in recognition of her work in the areas of domestic relations and child advocacy. Ms. Abrahams also serves as the Mid-Atlantic Admissions Representative for Wellesley College and is a National Ambassador and a member of the Washington, D.C., Board of Directors for the Weizmann Institute of Science.