
Phillip R. Seckman
FAX: 303.634.4400
Experience
Phillip R. Seckman counsels clients concerning a wide range of government and commercial contract matters, including contract formation, cost and pricing, and the assessment and presentation of complex contract claims to government contracting officers. Mr. Seckman also has experience litigating disputes in various federal and state courts, as well as federal government contract administrative boards - including numerous procurement protests before the Government Accountability Office, dispositive motions practice before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the organization and presentation of high value contract claims before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the resolution of a range of discovery disputes, as well as the negotiation and settlement of claims prior to trial.
Before joining MLA, Mr. Seckman interned as a law clerk for a Fortune 500 Technology firm and later for a multinational engineering and construction firm. During his time as a law clerk, he drafted a company process manual outlining steps for the enforcement and protection of copyrighted material against infringement outside the United States, the globalization of statements of work, and helped create a business process to aid contract negotiators in protecting technical data rights under the FAR and DFARS.
Mr. Seckman graduated from the University of Denver College of Law and served on the board of editors of the Denver Journal of International Law & Policy.
Education
- J.D., University of Denver College of Law, 2004 (Order of St. Ives)
- B.A., University of Colorado, 2000
Admitted
- Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Publications:
- "Managing Subcontract Defective Pricing Liability", co author, Briefing Papers. West, A Thomson Business, No. 04-10, 2004.
- "Invigorating Enforcement Mechanisms of the International Labor Organization in Pursuit of U.S. Labor Objectives," 32 Denv. J. Int'l L. & Pol'y 4 (2004).
- "The Consequences of Mutually Mistaken Facts in Contracting", co author, Contract Management Magazine, January 2005
Seminars and Presentations:
- Presenter, "Changes to the FAR: New Mandatory Reporting Rule," National Contract Management Association-Denver Chapter (April 2009)
Professional Activities:
- NCMA Denver
- American Bar Association
- Colorado Bar Association



