John J. Fausti , Esq., Partner

Over the past twenty five years, John J. Fausti has been in private practice in Washington, D.C. specializing in government contracts, exports, aviation regulatory matters, and litigation. In July 1992, Mr. Fausti opened his own law firm. Prior to that time, Mr. Fausti was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Bogle & Gates where he served as the Client Relations Coordinator of the firm's Government Contracts Practice Group.

Mr. Fausti is experienced in all phases of government contracts from contract formation, including bid protest cases before the Government Accountability Office ("GAO") and the federal courts, negotiation of contract changes, extensions and terminations, negotiation and trial of contract claims, small business size protests, fraud and abuse investigations, audits of multiple award schedule ("MAS") contracts and debarment proceedings. Mr. Fausti tried and won the largest bid protest in the history of the General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals. Sterling Federal Systems, Inc., GSBCA No. 10381-P. He also holds the distinction of trying and winning the third largest bid protest at that same forum. Both protests concerned multi-million dollar procurements involving highly complex cost and technical issues.

Mr. Fausti is privileged to represent the National Association of Aircraft & Communication Suppliers ("NAACS"), an organization of one hundred and twenty small businesses representing a broad spectrum of the aviation community. NAACS members include: (i) spare parts distributors who supply aircraft parts to the U.S. and friendly foreign military services; and (ii) companies approved by the Department of Defense ("DoD") and the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") to manufacture parts for installation in military and commercial aircraft. Mr. Fausti has worked extensively representing clients before numerous DoD offices (including the Defense Logistics Agency and the Defense Reutilization & Marketing Service); the FAA; the Department of Transportation Inspector General's office; the U.S. Attorney's offices; the General Services Administration; the State Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls; the U.S. Customs Service; the Small Business Administration; various other Federal agencies and the U.S. Congress; and the District of Columbia Contract Appeals Board.

Mr. Fausti received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University in 1977 and his law degree from Hofstra University School of Law in 1980 where he served as an editor of the Hofstra Law Review. Following law school, Mr. Fausti served as a judicial clerk to the Hon. Mastin G. White, Trial Judge of the U.S. Court of Claims (now the U.S. Court of Federal Claims), where he assisted at trial and in drafting decisions on government contract claims brought by government contractors. Mr. Fausti is a former National Director of the National Contract Management Association ("NCMA"). He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and the State of New York. He is a member of the bars of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; the U.S. District Courts for both the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; and the Supreme Court of the United States of America. Mr. Fausti is also a member of the ABA's Public Contract Law Section's Bid Protest Committee.