{"id":49,"date":"2019-01-18T18:34:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T18:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcguirewoods.com\/services\/industries\/defense-national-security-government-contracting\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T05:41:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:41:48","slug":"aerospace-and-defense","status":"publish","type":"industry","link":"https:\/\/www.mcguirewoods.com\/services\/industries\/aerospace-and-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Aerospace &amp; Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id49_d11749-dc{margin-top:-80px;}.kb-row-layout-id49_d11749-dc > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id49_d11749-dc > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id49_d11749-dc > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 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Our team leverages the expertise of McGuireWoods\u2019 full-service Government Contracts practice, Corporate Group, as well as our nationally recognized Government Investigations &amp; White Collar Litigation and Labor &amp; Employment Departments and Data Privacy &amp; Security practice. 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.kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column49_0b5932-27 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column49_0b5932-27{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column49_0b5932-27 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:32px;padding-left:32px;flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column49_0b5932-27 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column49_0b5932-27\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_fc65de-51, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_fc65de-51[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_fc65de-51\"]{margin-bottom:30px;font-size:1.25rem;font-style:normal;color:#003b5c;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_fc65de-51 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_fc65de-51[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_fc65de-51\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_fc65de-51 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_fc65de-51[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_fc65de-51\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading49_fc65de-51 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_fc65de-51\">Strategically anchored in the Washington, DC, area, our team includes former senior officials from the Department of Justice \u2013 a deputy attorney general and head of DOJ\u2019s National Security Division, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps litigators, military service members who have extensive operational and technical experience with defense systems, and senior lawyers possessing active high-level clearances.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_3e09f1-7c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_3e09f1-7c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_3e09f1-7c\"]{margin-bottom:30px;font-size:1.25rem;font-style:normal;color:#003b5c;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_3e09f1-7c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_3e09f1-7c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_3e09f1-7c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_3e09f1-7c img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_3e09f1-7c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_3e09f1-7c\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading49_3e09f1-7c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_3e09f1-7c\">Through our breadth of work for a range of clients, from top defense contractors and energy companies to technology firms to small businesses, our experience covers the full range of legal issues raised throughout these critical industries, including: &nbsp;internal, government, and congressional investigations; protests, claims, and subcontract-related litigation; procurement and export control counseling; mergers and acquisitions; employment litigation and investigations, including in the False Claims Act arena; and cybersecurity counseling and breach response. McGuireWoods\u2019 attorneys represent clients before nearly every agency and forum of interest to these industries, including the Department of Defense, Department of Justice, General Services Administration, Government Accountability Office, Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_f7f7cb-da, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_f7f7cb-da[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_f7f7cb-da\"]{margin-bottom:30px;font-size:1.25rem;font-style:normal;color:#003b5c;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_f7f7cb-da mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_f7f7cb-da[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_f7f7cb-da\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_f7f7cb-da img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_f7f7cb-da[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_f7f7cb-da\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading49_f7f7cb-da wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_f7f7cb-da\">The &nbsp;Aerospace &amp; Defense team is supported by McGuireWoods\u2019 full-service Government Contracts practice, which leverages strong defense and national security credentials to provide services across the spectrum of the procurement process. Our capabilities include government contract investigations and enforcement matters, supported by McGuireWoods\u2019 nationally recognized White Collar and Government Investigations Group; defense and intelligence contract negotiations and counseling; procurement counseling; DCAA and other audit assistance; government contract claims; bid protests; False Claims Act matters; and cybersecurity counseling and export control counseling. This team has significant experience at both the federal and state level, and in working with both prime contractors and subcontractors including related disputes.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_bfe3a8-17, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_bfe3a8-17[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_bfe3a8-17\"]{margin-bottom:30px;font-size:1.25rem;font-style:normal;color:#003b5c;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_bfe3a8-17 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_bfe3a8-17[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_bfe3a8-17\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_bfe3a8-17 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_bfe3a8-17[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_bfe3a8-17\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading49_bfe3a8-17 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_bfe3a8-17\">Further, our Aerospace &amp; Defense lawyers include members of McGuireWoods\u2019 nationally recognized Labor &amp; Employment Department, with substantial experience on significant employment litigation, including discrimination claims and issues arising out of the theft of confidential or proprietary information, as well as investigations for top defense contractors, including in the False Claims Act arena. Our labor and employment team, which includes a former Deputy Director at OFCCP, also assists clients with Service Contract Act compliance, wage and hour matters, the full range of compliance audits enforced by the OFCCP (including affirmative action audits), and compliance with other recent government policies impacting employee management.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_2e2526-7c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_2e2526-7c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_2e2526-7c\"]{margin-bottom:30px;font-size:1.25rem;font-style:normal;color:#003b5c;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_2e2526-7c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_2e2526-7c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_2e2526-7c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_2e2526-7c img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_2e2526-7c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_2e2526-7c\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading49_2e2526-7c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_2e2526-7c\">The Aerospace &amp; Defense team also includes experienced members of our Corporate Transactions Practice. This Group includes senior corporate lawyers with active security clearances and substantial experience handling significant transactional matters, including energy and classified services government contracts and buy- and sell-side mergers and acquisitions involving defense and national security companies and assets.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_5289b5-56, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_5289b5-56[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_5289b5-56\"]{margin-bottom:30px;font-size:1.25rem;font-style:normal;color:#003b5c;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_5289b5-56 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_5289b5-56[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_5289b5-56\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_5289b5-56 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_5289b5-56[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_5289b5-56\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading49_5289b5-56 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_5289b5-56\">Finally, the Aerospace &amp; Defense team is skilled in cybersecurity and data privacy issues, with BTI Consulting naming McGuireWoods a \u201cLeading Cybersecurity Law Firm.\u201d Our Data Privacy &amp; Security lawyers have deep experience in the development, procurement and use of cyber tools and platforms and other sensitive technologies and services. We regularly counsel clients on cyber risk assessments, compliance obligations (<em>e.g.<\/em>,&nbsp;NIST, GDPR), data management practices, and 24\/7 incident response and remediation. Our Data Privacy practice group works with the Aerospace &amp; Defense team to address the unique needs of our government contractor clients.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id49_14a553-35 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id49_14a553-35 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id49_14a553-35 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:var(--wp--style--global--content-size);padding-top:64px;padding-bottom:64px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id49_14a553-35 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id49_14a553-35 > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-right:32px;padding-left:32px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id49_14a553-35 > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-top:40px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-left:20px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id49_14a553-35 alignfull wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top kb-theme-content-width\">\n<style>.kadence-column49_74b137-33 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column49_74b137-33 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column49_74b137-33 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column49_74b137-33 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column49_74b137-33 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column49_74b137-33 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column49_74b137-33{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column49_74b137-33 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column49_74b137-33 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column49_74b137-33\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_0d93f1-dc, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_0d93f1-dc[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_0d93f1-dc\"]{margin-bottom:50px;font-size:3rem;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_0d93f1-dc mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_0d93f1-dc[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_0d93f1-dc\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_0d93f1-dc img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading49_0d93f1-dc[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_0d93f1-dc\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading49_0d93f1-dc wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading49_0d93f1-dc\">Team Leaders<\/h2>\n\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);\" class=\"wp-block-mgw-people-content-selector\" data-layout=\"featured-grid\"><div class=\"wp-block-mgw-people-content-selector__grid grid-posts grid-posts__2\">\n<article class=\"wp-block-mgw-people-card grid-card c-card c-card-people post-1271 people type-people status-publish hentry practice_tax-strategic-risk-corporate-compliance practice_tax-congressional-investigations practice_tax-government-contract-investigations-enforcement practice_tax-political-campaign-finance practice_tax-false-claims-act-investigations practice_tax-government-contracts practice_tax-government-investigations-white-collar-litigation practice_tax-anti-corruption\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-card-people__profile-img\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcguirewoods.com\/people\/s\/todd-r-steggerda\/\" aria-label=\"Todd R. Steggerda\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcguirewoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/steggerda-todd-1-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Todd Steggerda\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcguirewoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/steggerda-todd-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcguirewoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/steggerda-todd-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mcguirewoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/steggerda-todd-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mcguirewoods.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/steggerda-todd-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"c-card-people__content exc-org\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"c-card__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcguirewoods.com\/people\/s\/todd-r-steggerda\/\">\n\t\t\t\tTodd R. Steggerda\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"c-card-people__role\">\n\t\t\t\tPartner\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"c-card-people__buttons\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"c-card-people__button js-people-email-button\" data-email=\"tsteggerda@mcguirewoods.com\" aria-label=\"Email Todd R. Steggerda\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon icon-email\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"?vcard=1271&amp;nonce=7d1c8d4a38\" class=\"c-card-people__button\" aria-label=\"Download Todd R. Steggerda vCard\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon icon-card-profile\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"print-only\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"tel:+1-202-857-2477\" aria-label=\"Call Todd R. Steggerda\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tT: +1 202 857 2477\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:tsteggerda@mcguirewoods.com\" aria-label=\"Email Todd R. Steggerda\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttsteggerda@mcguirewoods.com\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/article>\n\n<article class=\"wp-block-mgw-people-card grid-card c-card c-card-people post-72976 people type-people status-publish hentry practice_tax-business-litigation practice_tax-false-claims-act-investigations practice_tax-trials practice_tax-product-liability-mass-tort practice_tax-government-investigations-white-collar-litigation practice_tax-appeals-issues practice_tax-anti-corruption\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-card-people__profile-img\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcguirewoods.com\/people\/s\/michael-e-scoville\/\" aria-label=\"Michael E. 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Scoville\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"c-card-people__role\">\n\t\t\t\tPartner\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"c-card-people__buttons\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"c-card-people__button js-people-email-button\" data-email=\"mscoville@mcguirewoods.com\" aria-label=\"Email Michael E. Scoville\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon icon-email\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"?vcard=72976&amp;nonce=7d1c8d4a38\" class=\"c-card-people__button\" aria-label=\"Download Michael E. Scoville vCard\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon icon-card-profile\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"print-only\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"tel:+1-206-336-5188\" aria-label=\"Call Michael E. Scoville\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tT: +1 206 336 5188\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:mscoville@mcguirewoods.com\" aria-label=\"Email Michael E. Scoville\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmscoville@mcguirewoods.com\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/article>\n\n<article class=\"wp-block-mgw-people-card grid-card c-card c-card-people post-101060 people type-people status-publish hentry practice_tax-environmental-litigation practice_tax-product-liability-mass-tort practice_tax-business-litigation\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-card-people__profile-img\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcguirewoods.com\/people\/r\/todd-w-rosencrans\/\" aria-label=\"Todd W. 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