Practices:

• Government Contracts
  • Bid Protests
  • Compliance and Investigations
  • Cost Accounting
  • Procurement Fraud
  • State and Local Government Contracts
• Litigation
  • Business Disputes / Commercial
  • Fraud and Criminal Investigations

Industries

• Aerospace and Defense
• Technology

Experience

Gail D. Zirkelbach, a leading government contracts attorney for more than 20 years, is a partner in the Government Contracts practice.

Ms. Zirkelbach previously practiced with MLA’s Government Contracts practice in addition to other leading government contacts practices at law firms in Denver, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC. Her practice focuses on government contracts and white-collar criminal defense for numerous aerospace and technology companies in all government contracts and compliance arenas.

Ms. Zirkelbach’s work concentrates on the defense of qui tam actions under the False Claims Act, conducting internal investigations and assisting clients with the development and implementation of compliance programs. She litigates at both the federal and state levels and at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA), U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Her work also concentrates on defective pricing cases, bid protests, counseling clients on intellectual property issues, cost accounting and compliance issues and preparing claims based on contract changes or breaches of contract.

In addition to her private practice experience, Ms. Zirkelbach served as the Senior Contracts Manager overseeing risk mitigation and compliance issues for a major aerospace company as well as negotiating teaming agreements and Space Act Agreements.

Education

• J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1986
• B.A., Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs), cum laude, 1983

Admitted

• Colorado
• California
• United States Supreme Court
• 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
• 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals