Jennifer S. Zucker, Co-Chair of the Government Contracts Practice, represents clients on all aspects of procurement matters across all industries. Her experience includes high-profile bid protests, contract disputes and termination litigation, audit and cost allowability, government investigations, suspension and debarment matters, and mergers and acquisitions. She also focuses on assisting both foreign and domestic companies in navigating the complexities of Foreign, Ownership, Control and Influence (FOCI) regulations, particularly within the context of national security and classified programs.
Jennifer serves on the Board of The COMMIT Foundation, an organization that empowers service members transitioning from military service to the civilian workforce and is on the Leadership Committee of the Children’s National Hospital White Hat Gala. She is also a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. From January 2018 to January 2020, she served on the board of directors of SRC Energy, Inc., as the chair of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee.
Concentrations
•Regularly represents clients in bid protests before the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC), and federal claims. Argued before the COFC and represented clients in hearings before GAO in protest involving billions of dollars.
•Represents government contractors and subcontractors in federal courts and before various administrative forums in a broad variety of litigation matters, including contract claims and disputes before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals and COFC.
•Represents clients in connection with government investigations involving federal contracts and grants, including investigations by federal agencies, agency offices of inspector general and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
•Wide-ranging experience with the National Industrial Security Program, including the facility clearance process and negotiating foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI) mitigation instruments with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), as well as overcoming an unfavorable personnel security clearance adjudication.
•Represents clients in suspension and debarment proceedings.
•Counsel clients on the development and enhancement of ethics and compliance programs.
•Advises clients in transactions involving the acquisition of a government contractor, including assisting venture capital and private equity firms in evaluating the target company’s government business and identifying areas of risk.
•Experience negotiating a wide variety of transactional agreements, including teaming agreement, subcontract agreements and master service agreements.
Recognition & Leadership
Awards & Accolades
•Listed, Chambers USA Guide
•Government Contracts, 2024-2025
•Government Contracts: Bid Protests, 2025
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States, Government Government contracts, 2024-2025
•Named, Client Service All Star, BTI Client Service All-Stars Report, Government Contracts, 2019
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