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Mr. Marvin leads the firm's Government Contracts practice.
Mr. Marvin helps clients generate and preserve value through the identification, assessment and mitigation of risks arising in the solicitation, award, performance, and termination of procurement contracts and other types of agreements used by the government to meet its needs for goods and services, including research and development projects.
Mr. Marvin protects his clients' rights and helps them realize their expectations throughout the government procurement solicitation and award process, by analyzing draft and final solicitation provisions, by prosecuting and defending bid protests, and by negotiating and resolving issues and disputes, whether arising with the government or with the client's prime contractor or subcontractor. Mr. Marvin has extensive experience identifying, negotiating, and enhancing the value of his client's rights to intellectual property generated in the performance of government-funded projects or through independent research and development efforts. Mr. Marvin has extensive experience in the resolution of issues and disputes arising in the context of contract administration, such as contract changes, claims, and termination-related issues (e.g., termination avoidance, termination settlement proposals, and termination challenges). Mr. Marvin also advises clients in their interactions with government agencies in a variety of non-procurement matters.
Experience
Mr. Marvin has assisted clients with analytical and investigatory claims work associated with a wide variety of government projects, and has represented clients in mediation, arbitration, and litigation arising with respect to such claims.
Mr. Marvin has advised and represented clients in a wide variety of technical fields with the negotiation of intellectual property rights in technology to be developed under government-funded research and development contracts, grants, or other types of government-funded agreements.
Mr. Marvin has represented clients in bid protests before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the Government Accountability Office, and in claims before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and federal agency boards of contract appeals.
Mr. Marvin has prepared and negotiated contracts, teaming agreements, memoranda of agreement or understanding, confidentiality agreements, protective orders, and mediation, arbitration, and settlement agreements.
Seminars and Speeches
Instructor, Government Contracts Intellectual Property Institute, Thomson/West - Federal Publications Seminars, 2-day seminar presented three times per year
Speaker, Some Trends in the Allocation of Intellectual Property Rights in Federal Government Contracts, National Contracts Management Association, Northern Virginia Chapter, September 2007
Speaker, Trends in the Allocation of Intellectual Property Rights in Federal Government Contracts, Aerospace Industries Association, Intellectual Property Conference, April 2007
Speaker, Trends in the Allocation of Intellectual property Rights in Federal Government Contracts, National Contracts Management Association, Battlefield Chapter (VA), March 2007
Speaker, Issues Associated with Licensing Intellectual Property Under Federal Government Contracts, National Contracts Management Association, Cape Canaveral Chapter, January 2007
Speaker, Intellectual Property Rights Under Federal Government Contracts, National Contracts Management Association, Johnstown, PA Chapter, November 2006
Panelist, Mitigation of Risks Associated with Federal Government Support of Research and Development, Negotiating and Drafting Biotech/Pharma Collaborative Agreements Conference, San Francisco, July 2006
Presenter, What You Don't Know Can Hurt You - Legal Issues Affecting Boards and Their Members, National Catholic Educational Association 2007 National Convention, Baltimore, MD
Presenter, Making Better Board Decisions, National Catholic Educational Association 2006 National Convention, Atlanta, GA
Publications
Contract Management (July 2006), "The Role of Independent Research and Development Funds in Securing Contractor Rights to Intellectual Property"
ICFAI Journal of International Business Law, ICFAI University, Hyderabad, India (2005), "Caveat Venditor: Weighing Opportunities and Risks in the Federal Marketplace"
BNA Federal Contracts Report (Nov. 16, 2004), "Trademarks and Domain Names: Some Issues Affecting Contractors in the Federal Government Marketplace"
Momentum (February/March 2007), "Board Effectiveness Triangle Helps Boards Thrive and Survive"
Professional Associations
American Bar Association (Member, Public Contract Law Section, Past Vice Chair, Bid Protest Committee; Member, Research and Development and Intellectual Property Committee, Contract Claims and Disputes Resolution Committee)
Federal Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
Federal Circuit Bar Association
Boards of Contract Appeals Bar Association (former member, Board of Governors)
Education Leadership
Participant, Lunch with Experience, ABA Law Student Division, Washington, DC (October 2007)
Judge, ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition (conducted annually)
Judge, Gilbert A. Cuneo Government Contracts Moot Court Competition (conducted annually at The George Washington University, Washington, DC)
Civic and Cultural Involvements
Member, Board of Directors, National Catholic Educational Association (2007-present)
Chairperson, Corporate Board of Directors, Bishop McNamara High School, Forestville, Maryland (2004-2007); Chairperson, Finance Committee (2001-2004)
Co-founder and former Chairperson, Ensemble Musicians Special Interest Section and Standing Committee of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians
Awards
Listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who In America, and Who's Who In American Law.
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