Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of government contracts program director Karen Thornton and Judge Jeri Somers (Chair of the U.S. Civilian Court of Contract Appeals (CBCA)), and of course the student-contestants and many moot judges from the U.S. procurement community, the memorable 2020 Arnold & Porter Government Contracts Moot Court competition was able to proceed online. The finalists:
Amanda McDowell (JD’21, GWLaw) & Justin Baird (JD’21, GWLaw), CloudCrane Corporation
v.
Gabriella Paez & Rita (JD’21, GMU Law) & Regelbrugge (JD’21, GMU Law), U.S. Government
We hope you will tune in to watch these exceptionally skilled and polished advocates argue the topical issues in this Other Transaction Authority case of first impression on
Tuesday, March 24, at 6pm
via livestream: https://stream.meet.google.com/stream/ed5f3e0f-d57e-46b7-a189-e1137206ef6e
Please help us spread the word to create a large virtual audience for this important event!
Our presiding judges will be Kyle Chadwick (Judge, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals), Timothy McIlmail (Judge, Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals), and Beverly Russell (Judge, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals).
The student bios are below:
• Justin Baird is a 2L at GWLaw, where he is a member of the Public Contract Law Journal and treasurer of the Corporate and Business Law Society. He will join Foley & Lardner as a summer associate.
• Amanda McDowell is a 2L at GWLaw, where she was recently appointed Editor in Chief of the Public Contract Law Journal. She is currently a law clerk at DLA Piper and will join Crowell & Moring as a summer associate.
• Gabriella Paez is a 2L at the George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School, where she is a member of the Trial Advocacy Association and the Moot Court Board, as well as an articles editor on the GMU Civil Rights Law Journal. She is currently an intern at the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
• Rita Regelbrugge is a 2L at the George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School, where she is a member of the Trial Advocacy Association and the Moot Court Board, as well as Editor in Chief of the Journal for Law Economics and Policy. She is currently a judicial intern at the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals. She will divide her summer as a summer associate at Wiley and Pillsbury.
