About the Law Office

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In 2008, after serving for nearly 14 years as a government contracts lawyer in a large law firm, Christopher C. Bouquet opened his own law practice in Alexandria, Virginia. The mission of his practice is to:

• help ease the burdens of government contracts law on corporations and individuals
• help companies prosper and create jobs through effective compliance with legal requirements governing the performance of their government contracts
• provide the highest quality services to my clients in a cost-effective manner
• serve the cause of justice under the law for the poor and needy, especially the homeless and the unborn.

Mr. Bouquet is an experienced businessman and government contracts lawyer. After college, he spent 11 years as a businessman, first serving as Assistant to the President of a company in Salem, Virginia, and later as a Project Manager and Director of Government Operations for a government contractor in McLean, Virginia. 

While serving as a government contractor, he attended night school and received MBA and JD degrees. After law school, he served for nearly 14 years as a government contracts lawyer in McKenna Long & Aldridge’s (MLA’s) Washington, DC office and as a pro bono lawyer for the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. 

In 2008, he opened his own law practice in Alexandria, Virginia, so that he could be closer to home, church, and community and offer existing and new clients more cost-effective access to his expertise. Throughout Mr. Bouquet’s career, he has been devoted to understanding his clients’ needs and providing leadership to develop and implement effective strategies to meet these needs.

In the practice of government contracts law, Mr. Bouquet has counseled businesses in numerous industries on how to effectively comply with a wide array of government contracts laws and regulations. For example, he has extensive experience working with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions and contract clauses concerning:

• pricing of proposals
• cost accounting and disclosure
• intellectual property rights
• terminations
• submission of representations and certifications in connection with proposals
• “flow down” of FAR clauses to subcontracts
• streamlined acquisitions of commercial items
• domestic content of supplies
• contract funding
• small business contracting programs.

In addition, Mr. Bouquet has:

• drafted over $50 million in contract claims against various government agencies
• drafted pleadings and briefs and taken and defended depositions in support of the litigation of government contract cases
• litigated bid protests at the Government Accountability Office
  conducted fact-finding and prepared case assessments and presentations in support of numerous internal investigations for companies concerned about possible violations of the Truth in Negotiations and civil False Claims Acts
• helped new and long-time government contractors with the development, implementation, and oversight of comprehensive government contracts compliance programs.

As mentioned above, in connection with his experience with subcontracts and teaming agreements, Mr. Bouquet has reviewed and participated in the drafting of standard commercial terms. Essentially, aside from the flow down of government contract terms, these subcontracts are commercial contracts. Like any other commercial contract, they are subject to state law. As part of his work on these contracts, he has been involved in issues such as

• warranties
• indemnities
• intellectual property
• term and termination
• ordering procedures
• limitation of liability
• ordering procedures

Mr. Bouquet’s work in the field of government contracts has involved many types of products and services in a wide range of industries. For example, in his 30-plus years in government contracts, he has worked on matters involving

• aircraft carrier-based attack planes
• biodefense research and development
• biological weapons countermeasures
• bombers
• construction and maintenance of utilities on military bases and
• federal facilities
• data communications
• database storage
• defense electronics
• military cargo systems
• military helicopters
• military space technology
• missile defense
• munitions
• particle physics
• pest control services
• pharmaceuticals research and development
• point-of-sale technology
• public health preparedness
• publishing
• semiconductors
• software development
• space exploration
• steel industry
• vehicle maintenance

• “The U.S. Domestic Manufacturing Requirement of the Bayh-Dole Act: an Interpretative Approach and Analysis”, Les Nouvelles, the journal of the Licensing Executives Society International, June 2024, (co-authored with Gillian M. Fenton)
• “Waivers of the U.S. Domestic Manufacturing Requirement of the Bayh-Dole Act to Support Global Supply Chains” , Les Nouvelles, the journal of the Licensing Executives Society International, June 2024, (co-authored with Gillian M. Fenton)
• “Defense Contract Audit Agency Shines Spotlight on Lobbying Costs,” The Procurement Lawyer, Winter 2009
• “Government’s Proposed New Rules For Contractor Compliance and Ethics Include Mandatory Disclosure Requirement,” Service Contractor, Winter 2008 (co-authored with Frederic Levy and Michael Scheininger)
• “Two Important New Rules Affect Service Contractors,” The Procurement Lawyer, Spring 2007 (co-authored with Richard B. Oliver)
• “BRAC: Friend or Foe?” Service Contractor, Spring 2005 (co-authored with Steve Sorett)
• “Project BioShield Act of 2004: Dawn of a New Industry?” The Procurement Lawyer, Spring 2005 (co-authored with Frank Rapoport and Scott Flukinger)
• “Back to the Future: Trends in Procurement Fraud Investigations,” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, April 2005 (co-authored with Frederic Levy)
• “Biodefence: New Opportunities for Canadian Industry and Policy Leaders,” FrontLine, March/April 2005, (co-authored with Scott Flukinger)
• “Legal Requirements for Insurance for Contractor Employees Working Abroad,” Linkage, Summer 2004 (co-authored with Raymond S.E. Pushkar)
• “War Risk Insurance Alert: Legal Requirements and Issues on Insurance for Contractor Employees Working Abroad,” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, March 2004 (co-authored with Raymond Pushkar)
• “A New Approach To Influencing Federal Outsourcing Decisions,” The Government Contractor, August 2001 (co-authored with C. Stanley Dees)
• “Beyond Procurement Contracts: Opportunities for High-Technology Partnerships with the Federal Government,” National Contract Management Journal, 1996 (co-authored with Michael T. Janik)
• “Beyond ‘Diminished Value’: New Challenges in the Law of Civil False Claims Act Damages,” Public Contract Law Journal, 1996 (co-authored with C. Stanley Dees)