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Areas of Practice
Mr. Metzger is a member of the firm's Government Contracts Practice Group. His litigation practice includes representation of companies before administrative agencies as well as civil matters in federal and state courts. He advises aerospace and defense and information technology firms on strategic business matters including international projects and sales to foreign governments.
Professional Qualifications
Mr. Metzger’s clients include prominent U.S. and international firms in aerospace, defense, information technology, professional services, software and telecommunications. He has assisted such companies in new business ventures, international sales, financing, M&A and regulatory compliance matters. Government contract-related controversies figure prominently in his extensive experience, which includes bid protests (before the GAO and Court of Federal Claims), compliance and internal investigation matters, complex claims and government disputes, cost-related controversies, and defense of actions brought under the False Claims Act. Mr. Metzger has spoken at many aviation, defense, finance, IT, telecommunications, technology and trade forums, and has authored a wide variety of legal and academic publications on diverse subjects. Mr. Metzger is ranked by Chambers in 2011 as a top government contracts lawyer (national) and by The Legal 500 in 2010 as a top telecom lawyer.
Prior to joining Rogers Joseph, Mr. Metzger was a partner at several prominent firms, including Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and most recently Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Mr. Metzger is admitted to the Bar of the State of California and the District of Columbia. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Section on Public Contracts. For the ABA Section on International Law, he serves as a Vice-Chair, Aerospace & Defense Industries Committee. Mr. Metzger is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London. His academic publications on international security topics include articles in International Security,the Journal of Strategic Studies and Indian Defence Review.
Selected External Publications
“U.S.-India Defence Cooperation: Towards an Enduring Relationship,” Indian Defence Review, Vol. 27 (2), April-June 2012
“A ‘Work in Progress’ – The Evolving U.S.-India Defense Supply Relationship,” Indian Law News (ABA Section of International Law), Vol. 2, Issue 3, Co-Authored by Sanjay Mullick, Summer 2011
“A Decade of GAO OCI Decisions – Is the Past the Prologue?”, Federal Contracts Report, 95 FCR 297, Co-Authored by Nicole Beeler, April 12, 2011
“Final DFARS OCI Rules—A Retreat From What Some Feared, A Sign Of What Is To Come?,” The Government Contractor, Vol. 53, No. 5, February 2, 2011
“A Critical Reassessment of the GAO Bid-Protest Mechanism,” Wisconsin Law Review, Volume 2007, Number 6, Co-Authored by Daniel A. Lyons, 2008
“Sarbanes-Oxley and Government Contractors: Beyond the Regulatory Burden We Knew,” The Procurement Lawyer, Co-Authored by Michael Scanlon, Winter 2006
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center,
1977
Editor, Georgetown University Law Journal
B.A., Middlebury College,
1974
Research Fellow, Center for Science & International Affairs,
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 1977-1978
Bar Admissions
California - 1978
District of Columbia - 1980
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