Fernand A Lavallee

Fernand A Lavallee

also known as Fernand Lavallee, Fern Lavallee

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Rating: 9.9

Licensed for 36 years

Government contracts Lawyer at Washington, DC
Practice Areas: Government Contracts

51 Louisiana Ave., N.W., Washington, DC

About Fernand

Practice Areas

1

Practice Area

Government Contracts 100%

All aspects of federal, state and local procurement law matters and international commercial transactions. Special focus on Intellectual Property in government contracts. Regularly litigate high technology issues and government contracts cases before various federal and state courts and bring protests and claims before the Civilian or Armed Services Boards of Contract Appeals, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Small Business Administration (SBA).

37 years

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Licenses

Licensed in District of Columbia for 34 years

State: District of Columbia

Acquired: 1991

Good Standing

No misconduct found

Licensed in Virginia for 36 years

State: Virginia

Acquired: 1989

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Jones Day

51 Louisiana Ave., N.W., Washington, DC, 20001

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Experience

Rating:  9.9 (Superb)

Honors

2026

Platinum Client Champion, Martindale-Hubbell®

2025

Platinum Client Champion, Martindale-Hubbell®

2024

Platinum Client Champion, Martindale-Hubbell®

2023

Platinum Client Champion, Martindale-Hubbell®

2022

Platinum Client Champion, Martindale-Hubbell®

2021

Platinum Client Champion, Martindale-Hubbell®

2020

Platinum Client Champion, Martindale-Hubbell®

2019

Platinum Client Champion, Martindale-Hubbell®

2018

Selected to Washington, D.C. SuperLawyers List 2018-2020, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters)

2018

Platinum Client Champion, Martindale-Hubbell®

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Leading National Practitioner, Government Contracts, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business

N/A

"AV" Peer-Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell®

Work Experience

2003 - 2014

Partner, DLA Piper LLP (US)

1997 - 2003

Partner, Venable

1988 - 1996

Associate, Venable

Associations

American Bar Association

Member

Sample of Legal Cases

Protest of Kasseburg Canine Training Center, B-417459.1

Successful

Protest of Knowlogy Corporation, B-416208.3

Successful

ARxIUM, Inc. v. United States, 136 Fed. Cl. 188 (2018)

Successful; Permanent Injuction Obtained Against the Dept. of Defense

Federal Builders LLC - The James R. Belk Trust, B-409952, B-409952.2

Successful

Air Force Suspension/Debarment Action

Successful. Secured a "No Further Action" letter for the client.

Talend Ruling, US Customs and Border Protection ("CBP"), Advisory Ruling HQ H192146

Successful

Bilfinger Berger AG Sede Secondaria Italiana v. U.S., 97 Fed.Cl. 96 (2010)

Successful; Injuction Obtained Against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Bilfinger Berger AG Sede Secondaria Italiana v. U.S., 97 Fed.Cl. 96 (2010); 94 Fed.Cl. 389 (2010)

Successful; Obtained injunction against U.S. Department of Defense

Protest of American K–9 Detection Services, Inc., B- 400464.6, 2009 CPD ¶ 107

Successful; Protest Sustained

American K–9 Detection Services, Inc., B- 400464.6, 2009 CPD ¶ 107

Successful

York Building Services, Inc.; Olympus Building Services, Inc.—Costs, B- 282887.10, B- 282887.11, 2000 CPD ¶ 141

Successful; Recovered Legal Fees for Protest

Protest of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., B- 260514, 95-2 CPD ¶ 121

Successful.

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., B-260514, 95-2 CPD ¶ 121

Successful

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Education

1988

College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1985

Georgetown University

A.B.

Speaking Engagements

2026

Pub K Government Contracts Annual Review 2026

Panelist, Intellectual Property in Government Contracts

2026

2026 Orlando Government Contracts Week

Briefing on the European Union (EU) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act and Guidance on Artificial Intelligence from the U.S. Government and States

2025

Pub K Government Contracts Annual Review 2025

Panelist, Intellectual Property in Government Contracts

2025

34th Annual Hilton Head Government Contracts Week 2025

Presenter, Briefing on the European Union (EU) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act and Guidance on Artificial Intelligence from the U.S. Government and the States

2025

2025 New York City Bar Intellectual Property Institute

Panelist, Intellectual Property Implications Surrounding Artificial Intelligence, "Humans in the Loop: What They Can and Can't Be Asked to Do"

2024

XXIII Congress of the Société Internationale de Droit Militaire et de Droit de la Guerre

Panel on Artificial Intelligence, Military Procurement Law and Considerations of National Security and Cooperation with Allies

2024

Pub K Government Contracts Annual Review 2024

Panelist, Intellectual Property in Government Contracts

2024

FPS Government Contracts Week

Co-presenter, Briefing on the New EU AI Act & AI Guidance from the U.S. Government (and States)

2024

American Bar Association, Public Contract Law Section Intellectual Property Committee, October Meeting

Panelist, Intellectual Property License Valuation Issues [in Federal Government Contracts and Agreements]

2024

ABA Cybersecurity Legal Task Force Meeting

Panelist, Intersections of GenAI and Cybersecurity: Reckoning and Responding to the Risks, AI and Legal Ethics

2024

2024 Federal Publications Seminars Government Contracts Year in Review

Artificial Intelligence (AI): President Biden's Executive Order and Proposed Regulations; The European Union's New Legislation; and Big Tech's New Interest in Government Contracting

2023

Thomson Reuters Government Contracts Year-in-Review Conference

Intellectual Property in Government Contracts - Maintaining and Maximizing Competitive Advantage through IP in Federal Contracts and Other Major Legislative, Regulatory and Case Law Developments in 2022

2023

Defense Industry Initiative (DII) Best Practices Webinar

Panelist, Look Before You Leap! Measures to Validate Compliance with Cybersecurity Requirements in Federal Contracting

2022

Thomson Reuters Government Contracts Year-in-Review Conference

Intellectual Property in Government Contracts - “Validation” challenges, Enforcing Software and Data Licenses Against the Government, Data Accession Lists (“DALs”), and Other Major Legislative, Regulatory and Case Law Developments in 2021

2022

ABA Section of Public Contract Law, ABA 2002 Annual Meeting

Moderator, Follow the Money: Betting on the Next Generation of GovTech

2022

2022 Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Technical Data Rights Forum

Moderator, Panel on Specially Negotiated Licenses (SNL)

2021

West Thomson Reuters Government Contracts Year-in-Review Conference

Intellectual Property in Government Contracts – Evolving Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software; and Other Major Legislative, Regulatory and Case Law Developments in 2020

2021

PubK Government Contracts Annual Review

Panelist, Intellectual Property in Government Contracts

2020

Thomson Reuters Government Contracts Year-in-Review Conference

Intellectual Property in Government Contracts – Negotiating Intellectual Property in Other Transaction Agreements: and Major Legislative, Regulatory and Case Law Developments in 2019

2020

Lorman Education Services Webinar

Co-Presenter; Understanding the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA) and Commercial Contracting (Truthful Cost or Pricing Data Act)

2020

Jones Day Webcast

Moderator, Cyber Supply Chain and the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC): Concerns, Considerations, and Practical Solutions

2020

Installment in the Get FAR Sighted In 2020 Webinar Series

FAR Part 17, Special Contracting Methods

2020

Installment in the Get FAR Sighted in 2020 Webinar Series

FAR Part 39, Acquisition of Information Technology

2020

Biocom Q3 IP Committee Meeting

Patents, Life Sciences and the Bayh-Dole Act: Forty Years and Marching On

2019

West Thomson Reuters Government Contracts Year in Review Conference

Intellectual Property in Government Contracts - Rights in Patents, Technical Data and Software in Federal Contracts and Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs): Major Legislative, Regulatory and Case Law Developments in 2018

2019

PubK Group Annual Review

Panelist, Cybersecurity and Intellectual Property in Government Contracts

2019

2019 NCMA World Congress

OTAs and Intellectual Property: Hot Topics and New Developments

2018

The Foundations for Federal Information Technology (IT) Acquisitions

The Foundations for Federal Information Technology (IT) Acquisitions (Session 1): The FAR and DFARS Guidance

2018

The Acquisition of Federal Information Technology (Session 3)

Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), The CUI Registry, Unclassified Controlled Technical Information (UCTI), Covered Contractor Information Systems, Covered Defense Information (CDI), Cyber-Incident Reporting Requirements and Practical Pointers

2018

The Acquisition of Federal Information Technology (Session 2)

The Acquisition of Federal Information Technology: A Deeper Dive

2018

The Acquisition of Federal Information Technology

The Acquisition of Federal Information Technology (Session 4): NIST SP 800-53 and NIST SP 800-171: Technical Requirements and Practical Guidance on What They Mean to Contractors

2018

The Acquisition of Federal Information Technology

The Acquisition of Federal Information Technology (Session 6): What U.S. Contractors Need to Know About European Cybersecurity and Privacy Regulations (and IT Case Law Developments)

2018

Fourth Annual PubKGroup Year-In-Review FY 18/19

Moderator, panel on Intellectual Property, Information Technology, and Cybersecurity

2018

American Bar Association (ABA), Public Contracts Law Section (PCLS), Bid Protest Committee, April Meeting

Panelist, Oral Advocacy in Bid Protests: A Discussion of Oral Arguments at COFC and Hearings at GAO

2017

West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference

Intellectual Property in Government Contracts - Segregation and Reintegration Data, Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA), Proposed Changes to the Bayh-Dole Act Regulations and Other Developments

2017

Third Annual PubKGroup Year-In-Review FY 17/18

Panelist, Intellectual Property, Information Technology, and Cybersecurity in Government Contracts

2017

Emerging Legal Challenges in the United States and India; Conference for the Visiting Delegation of Lawyers from India

Panelist, Intellectual Property Rights under U.S. Government Contracts

2017

23rd Annual Federal Procurement Institute

Panel Moderator, Cross-Currents: Navigating Federal IP Waters

2016

New York City Bar Association, Copyright and Literary Property Committee

IP Issues to Consider When Doing Business with the Federal Government

2016

Cybersecurity in Government Contracts Institute

Basics of IT Acquisition and Contracting - Hardware, Software, Open Source Products & Services, Cloud Computing and Continuous Monitoring Platforms

2016

AIA/NDIA Technical Data Rights Forum

Moderator, Panel Discussion: Data Rights and Software Integration - Strange Bedfellows?

2016

ABA Spring Meeting

Panelist, Cybersecurity Due Diligence in M&A Transactions

2016

31st Construction SuperConference

Panelist, Building in the Safe Zone: Deconstructing Cyber Risks - Addressing Cyber Security in the Construction Industry

2016

2nd Annual PubKLaw Government Contracts Year-in-Review FY 16/17

Moderator, Panel on Intellectual Property, Information Technology and Cyber security in Government Contracts

2015

First Annual PubKLaw Annual Government Contracts Review FY15/16

Intellectual Property in Government Contracts

2015

Federal Circuit Bar Association Webcast

IP Under Attack

2015

2015 Cybersecurity Institute in Government Contracts

Cybersecurity in Government Contracts

2014

Webinar: Government Technology Investment Agreements; An Easier Way to Work with Government Funding

Intellectual Property in Government Contracts; Other Transaction Agreements/Technology Investment Agreements

2014

Panel: Building a Bigger Tent for Technology Innovation; The Government is More Creative than You Think Contracting with the Department of Defense; Other Transactions

2014

Hacking the Government - How to Get Your First Customer Winning Government Contracts

2014

6th Annual Advanced Forum on DCAA Audits

DCAA AUDIT CASE STUDIES AND Q&A: How to Deal with Different Audits Scenarios and Practical Tips to Effectively Manage the Process

2013

Roundtable Program at New York City Bar Development of Intellectual Property under Federal Contracts

2013

NCMA Cape Canaveral Chapter November Meeting

Intellectual Property in Government Contracts: 5 Things Every Prime and Sub Needs to Know

2013

DLA Piper GovCon Executive Series

"The Impact of Sequestration on Contractors: Challenges and Strategies"

2013

American Bar Association Annual Meeting, August 2013

Panelist, "Putting Theory into Practice: Mock Negotiation of a Data Rights Issue Post-Award"

2013

Aerospace Industries Association 2013 Data Rights Forum

Moderator, Panel on "Commercial Software Licensing – A discussion of software terms and conditions commonly deemed 'inconsistent with federal procurement law'"

2012

Webcast, WestLegalEdCenter

"Other Transactions Authority"

2012

40th Annual Government Contract Symposium

"The Open Systems Architecture Guide: Implementing a New Paradigm in the Allocation of Rights in Data and Software?"

2011

NCMA

"Advanced Intellectual Property Issues in Government Contracts"

2011

1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on Public Procurement

Socio-Economic Programs in Public Procurements: Are Preferences Fair and Effective for All?

2009

37th Annual Government Contract Symposium

"Intellectual Property in Government Contracts"

2008

Webcast, CLE

"Purchasing Law-Effective Negotiations: Structuring the Deal"

2007

45th Annual Aerospace and Defense Contract Management Conference

"Protecting the Crown Jewels: The Recent Changes in Government Data Rights"

Publications

2026

Jones Day Commentary Unintended Consequences: GAO Report Questions Impact of Exercising March-In Rights for Drug Pricing

2026

Jones Day Alerts HHS Signals Policy Direction to Accelerate Adoption of AI in Clinical Care

2025

Jones Day Alerts NIST Updates Its Privacy Framework to Address AI

2024

Jones Day Alerts The Department of Defense Proposes the Much-Anticipated CMMC 2.0

2023

Jones Day Alerts Commerce Publishes Proposed Rule Setting Conditions for Use of CHIPS Funding

2023

Jones Day Alerts OFCCP Extends Deadline and Opens Door for New Objections to Disclosure of EEO-1 Data

2022

Jones Day Alerts New Security Rules for Organizations Supplying Software to the Federal Government

2022

Jones Day Alerts Commerce Releases CHIPS Act Strategy

2022

Conference Briefs, Thomson Reuters Government Contracts Year in Review Conference for 2021 Co-Author, Intellectual Property in Government Contracts - “Validation” challenges, Enforcing Software and Data Licenses Against the Government, Data Accession Lists (“DALs”), and Other Major Legislative, Regulatory and Case Law Developments in 2021

2016

West Government Contracts Year-in-Review Conference, covering 2015 Intellectual Property in Government Contracts [Rights in Computer Software], Conference Briefs

2015

West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference, covering 2014 Intellectual Property in Government Contracts, Conference Briefs

2014

West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference, covering 2013 Intellectual Property in Government Contracts [New DFARS Rule on Safeguarding Unclassified Controlled Technical Information], Conference Briefs

2013

American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Section of Public Contract Law Program Materials Licensing Commercial Software to the United States Government: What's Consistent with Federal Law and Satisfies Users' Needs?

2013

West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference, covering 2012 Intellectual Property in Government Contracts [Significant Changes in Technical Data and Software Licenses], Conference Briefs

2012

Commercial Law and Practice Course Handbook Series, Practising Law Institute, Government Contracts 2012 Technical Data in Federal Government Contracts: Striking the Balance Between the Government's Needs and Contractors' Proprietary Interests

2012

West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference, covering 2011 Intellectual Property in Government Contracts [Top 20 IP Issues], Conference Briefs

2012

Routledge Publishing Chapter Author, The Applied Law and Economics of Public Procurement, Sept. 2012, edited by Prof. Gustavo Piga and Dr. Steen Treumer

2011

Aspatore Books, Thomson Reuters Inside the Minds: The Impact of Recent Changes in Government Contracts, 2011 ed.

2011

West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference, covering 2010 Intellectual Property in Government Contracts [DFARS Part 227 Proposed Re-Write], Conference Briefs

2010

West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference, covering 2009 Intellectual Property in Government Contracts [Top 30 IP Issues], Conference Briefs,

2009

West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference, covering 2008 Intellectual Property in Government Contracts [IP Primer], Conference Briefs

2008

West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference, covering 2007 Intellectual Property in Government Contracts [FAR Part 27 Re-Write], Conference Briefs

2007

West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference, covering 2006 Intellectual Property in Government Contracts [Rights in Patents], Conference Briefs

2007

American Bar Association, Section of Public Contract Law, Fall Meeting "Protecting Company Confidential Information When Selling Commercial Computer Software And Technical Data To the Federal Government," Reaching New Heights in the Development and Use of Intellectual Property in Government Contracts

2006

West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference, covering 2005 Intellectual Property in Government Contracts [Technical Data], Conference Briefs

2005

West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference, covering 2004 Intellectual Property in Government Contracts [Copyrights], Conference Briefs

2004

West Government Contracts Year in Review Conference, covering 2003 Intellectual Property in Government Contracts [Software], Conference Briefs

2003

Public Contract Law Journal Fear and Loathing of Federal Contracting: Are Commercial Companies Really Afraid to do Business with the Federal Government? Should They Be

1997

Government Contracts Program Joint Ventures, LLCs, and Teaming Arrangements

1996

Federal Publications Cooperative Agreements and Other Transactions: A Concise Primer

Languages

English

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