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Kayleigh Scalzo

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Washington +1 202 662 5133

  • About
  • Representative Matters
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  • About

    Ranked by Chambers USA among government contracts practitioners, Kayleigh Scalzo represents government contractors in bid protests and other high-stakes litigation matters with the government and other private parties. She has litigated bid protests in a wide variety of forums, including the Government Accountability Office, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, FAA Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition, federal and state agencies, and state courts.

    Kayleigh a co-chair of the American Bar Association Public Contract Law Section’s Bid Protest Committee. She is also a frequent speaker on bid protest issues.

    Kayleigh maintains an active pro bono practice focused on immigration issues and gender rights.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Practices and Industries
  • Representative Matters
    • Bid protests in a variety of forums:
      • Won GAO protest overturning $600 million contract awarded by the Department of Labor for pharmacy benefits management services (2020).
      • Won defense of two GAO protests, a COFC protest, and a Federal Circuit appeal protecting $40 billion contracts awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Community Care Network (2019-2020).
      • Won protest defense of multi-billion-dollar Medicaid managed care contract against multiple protests in Kansas state court (2018).
      • Won protest defense of $170 million contract awarded by the Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (2019).
      • Won protest defense of $100 million biometrics contract awarded by the Department of Homeland Security (2018).
      • Won protest defense of Department of Veterans Affairs contracts valued at up to $7 billion (2017).
      • Won protest before the FAA’s Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition, obtaining relief through mediation (2017).
      • Won protest defense of $500 million pharmacy benefits manager contract in California state court (2017).
      • Successfully defended $50 million sole-source contract extension to air combat services contractor (2017).

    • Other litigation and disputes matters:
      • Successfully represented company in challenging a termination for cause by a state agency, resulting in a conversion to a termination for convenience (2020).
      • Successfully overturned debarment through Administrative Procedure Act challenge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (2017).
      • Through motions practice, won a complete voluntary dismissal of a veiled bid protest brought in district court (2015).
      • Advised leading defense contractor on a multi-million-dollar prime-subcontractor dispute in connection with a NATO contract (2015).

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2011
        • The George Washington Law Review, Editor-in-Chief
        • With Highest Honors
        • Order of the Coif
        • 2011 ALI-ABA Scholarship and Leadership Award (member of the graduating J.D. or L.L.M. class who best represents a combination of scholarship and leadership)
        • Harold H. Greene & Joyce Hens Green National Security Law Moot Court Competition, First Place Team, 2011
    • Brown University, A.B., 2008
        • magna cum laude
        • Phi Beta Kappa
        • Honors in International Relations
        • Samuel C. Lamport Prize (best thesis on international understanding with an emphasis on cooperation and tolerance)
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • New York
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
    • U.S. Court of Federal Claims
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Bruce M. Selya, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 2012 - 2013
    Pro Bono
    • Obtained asylum for a West African man who suffered persecution in his native country based on his sexual orientation.
    • Represents a Central American woman seeking asylum based on persecution suffered in her native country.
    • Represented two female soldiers challenging the now- defunct Army policy excluding women from combat assignments.
    Accolades
    • Chambers USA, Government Contracts (2021-2023)
    • Law360, Government Contracts "Rising Star" (2020)
    • Washington DC Super Lawyers, Government Contracts "Rising Star" (2018-2021)
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
    • American Bar Association Public Contract Law Section

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