C. Stanley Dees
FAX: 202.496.7756
Experience
Stanley Dees is Senior Counsel in McKenna Long & Aldridge's Washington, DC office. He joined the firm in 1963 and has served twice as Chair of the Government Contracts Department. His practice encompasses counseling, litigation, mediation and arbitration in the field of government contracts and related areas.
Mr. Dees has counseled, litigated, and lectured in all areas of government contract law from bid protests, claims and cost recovery to terminations, false claims and debarment.
For more than forty-five years, Mr. Dees has engaged in substantial litigation before the Government Accountability Office, the boards of contract appeals, federal district courts, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also has represented contractors and subcontractors in disputes between contractors, both in litigation and under alternative dispute resolution procedures. He represents contractors in classified matters. He serves on the panel of mediators of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and has mediated for the ICC.
Mr. Dees is an honorary faculty member of the U.S. Army JAG School and has been a lecturer at the University of Virginia Law School (1992-99). He has authored more than two dozen articles in the field of government contracts.
Commendations:
Legal Times: “If there is a dean of the government contracts bar, most would agree the title goes to C. Stanley Dees.” ( November 1, 2004)
Chambers USA: Senior statesman in Government Contracts. “Stanley Dees is a ‘legend’ whose deep knowledge of the law and vast experience continues to hold sway over the marketplace.” (2005)
Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law
Civic/Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association (Public Contract Law Section Chairman, 1987-88)
- The District of Columbia Bar (Public Contracts and Litigation Division Chairman, 1976-77)
- Council of Defense and Space Industry Associations, Chairman 1991-93 and 2010
- D.C. Bar Foundation Advisory Committee
- Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, President 1978-80
Education
- LL.B., University of Virginia, 1963
- A.B., Princeton University, 1960
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Publications:
- “Availability of COFC Remedy Precludes APA Review of Dispute Over Mortgage Guarantee, Federal Circuit Holds,” The Government Contractor, Vol. 49, No. 12, Practitioner’s Comment, March 28, 2007 (co-authored with Tom Papson and Grant Rabenn)
- “The Executive Branch as Penelope: Preserving the Tapestry of Sovereign-Immunity Waivers for Suits Against the United States,” The George Washington Law Review, Vol. 71, Number 4/5, Sept./Oct. 2003
- "The Impact of Multiple-Award Contracts on the Underlying Values of the Federal Procurement System," The Government Contractor, November 6, 2002 (co-authored with Thomas Burke)
- “The Future of the Contract Disputes Act: Is it Time to Roll Back Sovereign Immunity,” The Contract Disputes Act of 1978 Twentieth Anniversary Essays/Anniversary Compendium, Public Contract Law Journal, Vol. 28, No. 4, Summer 1999
- “Beyond Diminished Value: New Challenges in the Law of Civil False Claims Act Damages,” Public Contract Law Journal, Vol. 25, No. 4, Summer 1996 (co-authored with Christopher Bouquet)