Practice Areas & Industries: Holland & Hart LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

With offices throughout the Mountain West and in Washington, D.C., Holland & Hart is well positioned to assist clients in a wide range of regulatory and legislative matters. Holland & Hart's clients have long relied on the firm to help solve complex matters involving federal and state agencies and in court disputes arising from government action. Our work before federal agencies covers rulemaking, financing, and dispute resolution.

We interface with all major Congressional committees and sub-committees that have an impact on our clients' interests. In recent years, Holland & Hart attorneys have successfully lobbied Congress for legislation critical to the western coal industry, the soda ash industry and a group of small oil refiners. We are currently involved in a Congressional legislative effort on behalf of a group of coal clients.

On the state legislative front we have active legislative lobbying practices in New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming. We have excellent relations with agencies in all states in which we practice.

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We follow legislation on a day-to-day basis, monitor developments, appear and testify before committees and meet with individual legislators on behalf of our clients.

Government Contracts

Holland & Hart has a team of lawyers with extensive experience in government law. We have counseled clients on construction, environmental and regulatory issues related to classified and unclassified federal projects.

Our lawyers handle government contract disputes in multiple state courts and before a wide range of federal and state administrative agencies.

The firm provides transactional and litigation support to government contractors at all stages of the contract process, from initial negotiation and bidding through dispute resolution and agency appeals.

Holland & Hart's depth of experience can make a difference for small and large businesses interested in obtaining or expanding federal contracts. We can explain what you need to do to develop a proposal, determine whether congressional assistance makes sense, develop a pricing and legal strategy, and, if you are a small business, help you take advantage of your small business status.

Labor & Employment

Holland & Hart understands the peculiar labor problems of government contractors. These employers are subject to a number of federal statutes and regulations governing many of their labor and personnel practices, including: overtime, affirmative action, minimum wages, drug testing, prevailing wages, striker replacement and the hiring of handicapped workers and Vietnam veterans.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Every federal contractor knows how important it is to be an equal opportunity employer, and knows the potential cost if an agency concludes otherwise -- loss of the contract. Our labor and employment attorneys recognize the need to handle any employee complaints promptly and thoroughly -- and work with you to find practical solutions to thorny employment problems. We also work closely with every state and federal agency that handles employee-related issues, so we can approach any issues you have efficiently and with savvy.

Immigration

The firm assists employers in obtaining work authorization and related visas for employees under non-immigrant categories such as L-1 (intra-company transferee), H-1B (specialty occupations), E-1/E-2 (treaty trader/treaty investor), and Trade NAFTA (TN), and assist in the resolution of Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) issues. Lawyers also provide services in labor certification, permanent residence and U.S. citizenship, and immigration issues in mergers and acquisitions.

Export / Import Controls

Holland & Hart attorneys regularly advise clients on United States regulations related to exports, imports, data flow and data protection, technology transfers, anti-corruption, embargoes, and other trade sanctions. We have represented prominent multinational companies and some of Colorado's premier corporations that have faced compliance challenges under the complex regime of federal U.S. law affecting international commerce. Our expertise covers the various restrictions on imports, exports, foreign investments in the United States, and foreign corrupt practices; our services include up-front compliance work and training and, if necessary, administrative, civil, and white collar criminal defense representation to violations of these restrictions. We also help our clients decipher complex foreign regulations restricting investment by U.S. companies abroad, data flows, and other activities.

Federal White Collar Crime

Holland & Hart has assembled a team of former state and federal prosecutors with extensive business experience to lead our federal while collar crime group. The team has defended many prominent business professionals who found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. Our attorneys provide proactive legal advice to keep corporate executives and their boards out of trouble with the federal government.

Significant Government Contract Matters

• Managed contracts for the construction of a $2 million minimum custody federal prison for inmate labor force on Homestead AFB, Florida.

   

• Facilitated contracts for an $11 million education and dormitory complex for Air Force lawyers at Maxwell AFB, Alabama.

   

• Responsible for contracts to install secure software network computer system capable of switching between classified and unclassified internet sources.

   

• Responsible for managing a $50 million RFP process to privatize all utilities for the Air Force Academy from electricity system to wastewater treatment.

   

• Negotiated a $160 million contract between a client and the State of Michigan for a child support enforcement system that entails software development and deployment through 90 state field offices.

   

• Responsible for managing an RFP for a $14 million civilian flight-training program at the Air Force Academy.

   

• Filed a bid protest for a client resulting in the award of a $5 million contract with the U.S. Army.

   

• Facilitated foreign national and US citizen staffing and employment under services contract at overseas military installation.

   

• Represented contractors and subcontractors in federally funded construction and services contracts concerning OSHA compliance requirements and citations.