Spriggs Law Group
Areas of expertise
We’re Spriggs Law Group
By now, you understand the complexity of federal government contracting. It is more complicated than the U.S. tax code. You have realized the need for expert assistance to obtain, perform, and profit on these contracts.
This is your home.
We have been helping contractors since 1968. We have provided counseling and prepared requests for equitable adjustment, claims, negotiation, and defense of government claims. And we litigate. We know the regulations, the case law, the best practices management techniques, the risk assessment considerations, the pitfalls and landmines to avoid, the way to establish the proper relationships with contracting officers, the various ways to avoid conflicts and disputes, and how to take the issues through litigation if necessary.
In short, you have found a home for a cradle-to-grave approach to assistance with managing your federal government contracts.
And one of the arrows in our quiver is the reputation for going to trial and winning. We are known to be able to pull rabbits out of hats. We helped make and develop the case law precedent that is relied upon by the federal government tribunals. We are uniquely positioned to suggest and implement trial strategies and tactics to get through some litigation delays and produce a winner.
We are excited that you have found us.
We love what we do and look forward to serving you enthusiastically. Keep reading, and you will see more details about what we do. But just a word about why and how we do it. We don’t like running up big bills like the ones you see from those big law firms. We are indeed lean and mean. We do it because we like to be on the winning team, and dealing with this challenge is fun.
What Our Clients Say
Tommy Jackson
It is with a great deal of thanks that I met you early on in my career. You have always been clear in what you talked about to me and my colleagues, and now in my state of semi-retirement, I still read your stuff. You are still very clear and very helpful to anyone in the field. Thanks for your help in the past and your continuing to be a force in the strange world of government contracts.
Carol Barton
I like, admire and respect you. I hope that’s obvious! I don’t give public commendations lightly, or with great frequency (because they’re a reflection on one’s own reputation)–but in your case, there’s absolutely no need to hesitate.
Laura Meeks
Superbly done!
Annie Meeks
I agree with your approach! I believe we are in the right- and we have you to help prove it. So all will be well… Thanks for spelling it out so clearly!
Annie Meeks
I’ll say it one more time! We are soooooo glad we found you!!!!
Gregg Gibbons
I wanted to express my thanks and great appreciation for your outstanding representation of Recon/Optical, Inc. in the various claims brought against the U.S. Army. When I took over these matters from Ron Polasek in September 2008, I was not very familiar with the peculiar world of government contracts and litigation before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals. You have been very patient with me explaining the process in great detail and allowing me to become comfortable making decisions along the way.
Andy Gelston
This is wonderfully simple, yet thorough, outline! Though you may never use in your career, but will prove indispensible if you ever do need it. Print this one and file it away for the future, or it may become one of those things you’ll regret for not having done.
Charles Piper
I highly respect and appreciate your comment. Having read your articles on-line, I consider you one of the most knowledgeable non-Government employees on Government contracting I know.
Carol Barton
Excellent, concise discussion, and very helpful, both to the contractors who may be tasked with the preparation of REAs, and the COs who will have to review them. You should (quite literally) “write a book,” Counsel! There is a difference between understanding law and regulation, and being able to communicate its substance in intelligible English to those who need your guidance–and you consistently demonstrate that you have both skills. Thanks so much for taking the time to write these gems!
Edward Kinberg
Great comments, I don’t recall seeing such a clear and simple explanation on how to build an REA in the books and articles I have read over the years.
Robert Doerfler
William, I love your synopsized commentaries. Bobby D
Lauren Casapulla
Mr. Spriggs, I’m totally into your blog posts.
Scott Davis
Great article. It gets fun if you’re working with a contract that has defence, environmental or law-enforcement components. It’s always a good idea to keep the iceberg rule in mind when dealing with gov’t contracts.
Victoria DeCicco
Great stuff, as usual. Thank you, William; look forward to further discourse on the subject.
Marcus Hatcher
Thank you Bill. This is a great lesson for those of us with limited Part 12 experience. It is good to know that industry still has recourse when it comes to Government acts, failure to act and omissions and maybe even greater recourse with a breach of contract claim.
Tom Petruska
Bill, your comments are excellent, and I would add that a face-to-face debriefing is preferable to a letter. The COs need to answer questions within the guidelines of FAR 15.506, rather than saying “it’s clear on its face”. Small businesses want to know what the award was denied to them, and not have to file protests or FOIA requests and perhaps law suits. If the government followed the evaluation criteria exactly, the CO should not have any problem answering contractor’s questions.
John C Ulmer
Bravo to Judge David James for applying sanity to contract interpretation. And BZ to you, Bill Spriggs, for once again presenting a relevant article/issue that is of use to all of us. Always enjoy your articles.
Larry McKee
And of course Bill whose expertise, dedication and tenacity positioned the team for success. You were the key to driving and navigating the process from the time that David got involved. We wouldn’t be in this current place without your guidance on strategy. Mr. Spriggs, once again you have nailed it.
David Dixon
I have worked closely with Bill for many years. In my opinion, he is one of the brightest and most accomplished attorneys in the field of government contracts.
Client Name
Bill, thank you again for the kind words. xxxxx has been a complete victory, an outcome that even the client did not expect. We could not have handled it more prudently. It was your appellate strategy that positioned us to bring Joe and his firm into the mix at just the right time to force the right settlement with the hearing date looming. It could not have played out any better. We will certainly keep you as our go to resource on knotty government contract issues and disputes.
Stefan
I worked for Bill’s firm after leaving the staff of a congressional committee and entering private practice. I’ve always known him to be a man of impeccable character. Time and again, I’ve seen him do the right thing in a classy way. Deep experience goes a long way, but clients shouldn’t neglect the character piece of the puzzle. How a person moves through the world impacts their credibility and, ultimately, the persuasiveness of the positions they take. Beyond the outward-facing benefits of hiring a lawyer that has excellent character, it also matters for another role that a lawyer needs to fill: Confidentially counseling the client. The advice such a lawyer gives is apt to be better and more sound if the counselor is standing on terra firma in their own right.