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Spriggs & Hollingsworth Co-founder William Spriggs Leads Group of Six to Join Buchanan's Government Contracts Practice

Posted on: Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 11:45 CDT

WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC announced today the addition of six attorneys from Spriggs & Hollingsworth -- including its co-founder William J. Spriggs -- to the firm's Government Contracts Practice. Spriggs joins as chair of the practice, where he will be joined by his long-time partner David J. Taylor. Katherine A. Allen, David B. Dixon, Kathryn V. Flood and Rachel W. McGuane will also join the practice as associates.

"This addition is important for us in three ways," explained Thomas L. VanKirk, Buchanan's CEO. "We have strengthened our Government Contracts Practice, added significant talent to our Litigation Practice and achieved one of the firm's strategic goals of expanding its Washington, D.C., presence with excellent lawyers."

Spriggs adds, "Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney provides our group with the practice diversity and national reach that affords us enormous growth potential. I couldn't be more enthusiastic about our decision to join this firm."

Spriggs co-founded litigation boutique Spriggs & Hollingsworth in 1982 and has practiced in all areas of government contracts and federal claims litigation. Taylor, who has been in private practice for nearly four decades, concentrates in government contracts, complex civil litigation, construction, international commercial and trade law, antitrust, communications and technology law. Allen, Dixon, Flood and McGuane have provided government contract litigation support for Spriggs' and Taylor's significant client base.

About Spriggs

Spriggs has practiced for more than 40 years in all areas of government contracts and federal claims litigation, counseling at both the prime and subcontractor levels. He handles bid protests and claims arising under all types of contracts and has tried numerous cases involving proprietary data and trade secrets. He also has represented corporate clients in toxic tort litigation, primarily advancing claims against the government on behalf of former asbestos-containing product manufacturers.

Spriggs has written and lectured on various issues in government contracts law, including changes and terminations. He served as editor of the National Contract Management Journal from 1975 to 1983. He also served as a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps.

About Taylor

Taylor primarily counsels clients and litigates in the area of government contracts, with particular emphasis on bid protests, requests for equitable adjustment and claims, compliance programs, and contract terminations and close-outs. He has counseled a variety of both large and small businesses and not-for-profits on the full range of federal procurement issues. He has litigated many cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the GAO, the Boards of Contract Appeals and various agencies. He is an advocate of and very experienced in alternative dispute resolution techniques.

About the Firm

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC has more than 450 attorneys and government relations professionals practicing throughout the United States, with multiple offices in California, Florida, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, as well as offices in Delaware, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

SOURCE Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

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