E. Sanderson Hoe
FAX: 202.496.7756
Experience
E. Sanderson Hoe's entire practice has encompassed counseling and litigation on behalf of clients on a broad range of government contracts laws and regulations. His experience extends from issues in contract formation, including bid protests, the negotiation of subcontracts and the structuring of complex private financing, to the preparation of complex claims, and to resolution of post-award contract disputes through litigation or alternate dispute resolution methods. His clients include major companies in the defense, telecommunications, information technology, financial, and health care industries.
Mr. Hoe has counseled clients on government socio-economic programs, the flowdown of requirements to government subcontractors, the application of international agreements such as the Buy American Act and Trade Agreements Act to government contractors and a host of other issues. He has litigated multi-million dollar contract disputes involving government allegations of contractor defective pricing and failure to perform. His litigation experience includes challenges to government refusal fully to reimburse contractors terminated for convenience. Mr. Hoe has settled major prime - subcontractor disputes through mediation and has served on the ABA committee that prepared model flow-down terms and conditions for subcontracts under government prime contracts following adoption of the Federal Acquisition Regulation in 1984. He has extensive knowledge on efforts by the government to outsource work to the private sector and co-chairs the ABA's Public Contract Law Section, Privatization and Competitive Sourcing Committee.
In the area of finance, and to help clients take advantage of government initiatives to privatize certain of its activities, Mr. Hoe has successfully counseled clients in the creation of third-party financed government contracts, including long-term leases, and related ancillary agreements for such items as ships, aircraft, military housing, energy facilities and information technology. Clients in this field have included major contractors, banks, investment bankers and insurance companies.
Mr. Hoe is the author of "Law for Engineers" (George Washington University, 1980) and "Flow-Down Clauses in Subcontracts," Briefing Papers (Federal Publications, Inc.). He was a professorial lecturer in Engineering Law at George Washington University (1980-1984) and has lectured for Federal Publications, Inc., the National Contract Management Association, the American Bar Association, and other industry groups. He served for six years on the Steering Committee of the Section on Government Contracts and Litigation of the District of Columbia Bar, including three years as co-chair.
For several years, Mr. Hoe also practiced telecommunications regulatory law, appearing before numerous state public utility commissions in hearings to open the local exchange markets for new entrants under the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Mr. Hoe was named a 2008 "Top Washington Lawyer" by the Washington Business Journal.
Education
- J.D., Cornell Law School, 1973
- B.A., Colby College, cum laude, 1969
Admitted
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Professional Activities:
- American Bar Association, Spring Program Co-Chair, Litigation and Public Contract Law Sections
- The District of Columbia Bar (Government Contracts and Litigation Sections)