Tyson Arbuthnot
Gayle M. Athanacio
Thomas D. Blanford
Ann M. Blessing
Robert J. Breakstone
Dennis J. Callahan
Thomas H. Carlson
Walter S. Chen
Jeffery M. Chiow
Charlie Y. Chou
Robert C. Goodman
Dennis C. Huie
Allan J. Joseph
Suhani Kamdar
Lauren B. Kramer
Mark J. Linderman
Christine S. Liyanto
James Robert Maxwell
Joseph C. McGowan
Patricia A. Meagher
Suzanne M. Mellard
Robert S. Metzger
Alexis J. Morris
Roland Nikles
Neil H. O'Donnell
Robert M. Osier
Sharon Ongerth Rossi
D. Kevin Shipp
Aaron P. Silberman
Renée D. Wasserman
Margot Wenger
Alan J. Wilhelmy
Paul M. Zieff


Walter S. Chen
Associate

Areas of Practice

Mr. Chen is a member of the Government Contracts, Retail Industry Trade Regulation and Environmental Law Practice Groups.

Professional Qualifications

Mr. Chen’s practice focuses on government contracts litigation and retail trade regulation. 

Mr. Chen has experience with bid protests and contract disputes at both the federal and state level.  Mr. Chen also advises clients on a variety of contract management and procurement issues such as Defense Priorities and Allocation System, Buy America, and Anti-Kickback Act requirements, among others.

In addition, Mr. Chen counsels retailers on compliance with RCRA hazardous waste management and California’s Medical Waste Management Act, as well as compliance with federal and state statutes and regulations affecting their operations and sales of particular products.

During law school, Mr. Chen served as a staff editor of the Review of Law and Social Change.  He has also been involved in the Asian-American community, having founded an Asian affinity group at a prior law firm and served previously as the social chair of the NYU Asian-Pacific American Law Students Association.

Education

J.D., New York University School of Law, 2007

B.A., Cornell University, School of Arts and Science, 2001
Cum Laude

Bar Admissions
California - 2007





Practices
Government Contracts
Retail Industry Trade Regulation
Environmental Law



Contact

Robert Dollar Building, 10th Floor
311 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 415.956.2828
Fax: 415.956.6457
wchen@rjo.com