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E. Sanderson Hoe

Senior Of Counsel

Washington +1 202 662 5394

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    Sandy Hoe has practiced government contracts law for more than 45 years.  His expertise includes issues of contract formation, negotiation of subcontracts, bid protests, the structuring of complex private financing of government contracts, preparation of complex claims, and the resolution of post-award contract disputes through litigation or alternative dispute resolution.  His clients include major companies in the defense, telecommunications, information technology, financial, construction, and health care industries.

    For several years, Sandy also practiced telecommunications regulatory law, appearing before numerous state public utility commissions in hearings to open the local exchange markets for new entrants under the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

    For many years, he has been active in the Public Contract Law Section of the American Bar Association, where he was an author of the section’s original publication of “Subcontract Terms and Conditions.”  From 1999 to 2011, Sandy co-chaired the Section’s committee on Privatization, Outsourcing and Financing Transactions and from 2005 to 2008 served on the Section Council.  Prior to his service in the ABA, for six years he was on the Steering Committee of the Section on Government Contracts and Litigation of the District of Columbia Bar, including three years as co-chair.

    Areas of Expertise

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    • Litigation counsel to an energy company in dispute with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the pricing of a privatized cogeneration facility at Fort Drum, New York.  Litigation resulted in a multimillion dollar judgment for contractor.
    • Litigation counsel to two major defense contractors in a dispute over profit and fees owed to the contractors following weapons system contracts terminations for convenience.
    • Counsel to a major defense contractor in structuring transactions to provide more than three billion dollars of private financing to support manufacture and delivery of fighter aircraft to foreign governments under the Foreign Military Sales program. 
    • Litigation counsel to a contractor in GAO and COFC bid protests of award for privatized military family housing at West Point.
    • Counsel to a major aircraft manufacturer in structuring long-term lease agreements and private financing for multiple new mid-air refueling tankers for the U.S. Air Force.

    • Counsel to a major ship builder in structuring a transaction to finance, build and long-term charter five military prepositioning ships for the U.S. Marine Corps.
    • Counsel to clients on daily basis on government contracts compliance issues.
    • Counsel to Ronald Reagan Inaugural Committee in 1980-1981.

    Areas of Expertise

  • Credentials
    Education
    • Cornell Law School, J.D., 1973
    • Colby College, B.A., 1969
        • cum laude
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Federal Claims
    • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
    Pro Bono
    • Counsel to the Government of Liberia in the drafting of a new procurement code and implementing regulations.
    • Participant in U.S. Department of Commerce program to build public procurement capacity in the governments of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
    • Participant in Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School program, meeting and lecturing in China on Public Private Partnerships.
    • Section 809 Advisory Panel on Streamlining and Codifying Acquisition Regulations, Outside General Counsel.
    Accolades
    • Washington DC Super Lawyers, Government Contracts (2013)
    • Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll (2011)
    • Washington Business Journal, Government Contracts “Top Washington Lawyer" (2009)
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • Adjunct Professor of Government Contracts Law, The George Washington University Law School 
    • American Bar Association, Public Contract Law and Litigation Sections
    • American Bar Association, Public Contract Law, Council Member and Nominating Committee
    • The District of Columbia Bar, Government Contracts and Litigation Section
    • National Council for Public Private Partnerships, President 
    • National Defense Industrial Association
    • Public Contracting Institute, Chairman of the Board

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