Alan Dickson (Los Angeles, 310-557-9581) is an attorney
with 36 years of experience in government and commercial
contracting and the legal issues, disputes and litigation
arising from such activities. He is a shareholder
in the 370-lawyer national firm of Epstein Becker
& Green, P.C., with offices in Los Angeles,
Washington D.C. and ten other cities. He is a member
of the State Bar of California and is admitted to
practice before all major federal courts. He regularly
handles cases in the California and federal courts,
the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the various
federal boards of contract appeals, the Small Business
Administration's Office of Hearings and Appeals,
and several other special Federal hearing offices.
He
graduated from Yale (B.A. in History, with honors),
Harvard (J.D. in Law), and the George Washington
University (LL.M. in Government Procurement Law,
with highest honors), and has pursued additional
graduate studies at the Universities of Wisconsin
and New Mexico.
Mr.
Dickson served as an Air Force attorney on both
active and reserve duty, working primarily in procurement
law, and retiring as a Colonel. His private practice
embraces a large variety of industries, issues and
proceedings, including software and computer products;
heavy equipment and components; strategic defense
studies; engineering, environmental and facilities
maintenance services; construction; aerospace; health
care; R&D; test equipment; mass transit contracting
and grants; weapons testing; prime/sub disputes;
cost allowability; licensing issues; defective pricing;
claims analysis, resolution and litigation; security
clearance issues; bid protests; conflicts of interest;
fraud investigations; teaming agreements; contract
terms and conditions; cost overruns; small business
and "8(a)" contracting; terminations;
proprietary technology; “False Claims Act”
cases; and contract and cost aspects of company
mergers.
He
is a member of the American Bar Association (and
its "Public Contract Law" and "Litigation"
sections) and the Federal Bar Association. Within
NCMA, he is a Fellow, a Certified Professional Contracts
Manager, and a former president of two local chapters,
and has received national and regional recognition
from NCMA, including the “Delaney”,
“Education” and “Outstanding Fellow”
awards. He has authored more than 50 publications
and papers, and has been a frequent speaker and
teacher on government and commercial contracting
issues and on methods of avoiding legal disputes
or at least seizing the high ground in such disputes
by what he calls “preventive contract administration”.
