ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Terrence M. O'Connor, LL.M., is Director of Government Contracts for the law firm of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP, in McLean, Virginia. He has practiced government contract law for more than 40 years. After graduating from Notre Dame Law School, he began practicing law as a federal attorney at the National Capital Planning Commission in Washington, D.C., and later moved to the Appalachian Regional Commission.
After 15 years as a federal attorney, Mr. O'Connor went into private practice as a government contract litigation attorney. He has tried government contract cases before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and various boards of contract appeals (BCAs), including the ASBCA and the CBCA as well as some of its predecessors: the GSBCA, DOTBCA, AGBCA, IBCA, and VABCA. Mr. O'Connor has also litigated government contract protests before the Government Accountability Office (GAO). He received his Master of Laws (Government Procurement) degree from The George Washington University Law Center.
His publications include Understanding Government Contract Law and Federal Procurement Ethics: The Complete Legal Guide. He is coauthor of The Federal Contract Answer Book, now in its third edition. He also writes a monthly column on recent court, GAO, and BCA decisions for the Federal Acquisition Report. Since 1985, he has been an instructor for Management Concepts, teaching classes such as Advanced Federal Contract Law, Construction Contracting, and Federal Real Property Lease Law. He has also conducted training sessions for the National Contract Management Association.
