Daniel B. Abrahams
Mr. Abrahams is a Partner in the Government Contracts and Wage and Hour Group of Brown Rudnick LLP.
Mr. Abrahams counsels clients in matters related to government contracts, wage and hour, and federal employee health care law.  Mr. Abrahams represents clients in federal and state courts and in arbitrations, as well as before various boards of contract appeals.  His experience includes collective and class actions, bid protests, contract claims, wage and hour audits, and compliance counseling.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Mr. Abrahams' reported wage & hour and government contracts cases include:

Matter of S4, Inc., Comp Gen. Dec. B-299817 (GAO 8/23/07)
Rome Research Corporation v. USA, case no. 1:06-cv-377 (Ct. Cl. 2007)
VT Griffin Services, Inc. v. Field Support Services, Inc., case no. AW-06-3387 (S.D. MD 2007)
Matter of James C. Trump, Comp. Gen. Dec. B-299370, (GAO 2/20/07)
Lear Siegler Services, Inc. v. Rumsfeld, 457 F.3d 1262 (Fed Cir. 2006)
Davis v. Lenox Hill Hosp., 204 WL 1926086 & 1926087 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)
FC Business Systems, Inc., Comp Gen Dec. B-278730, (GAO 3/6/98)
Custom Printing Company, Comp. Gen Dec. 275798.3 (GAO 7/9/97) 
Digital Equipment Corp. v. GSA, GSBCA No. 12891 (GSBCA 7/28/94)
Communications Technology Applications, Inc., ASBCA No. 4173 (ASBCA 6/25/92) 
Communications Technology Applications, Inc., GSBCA No. 10172-C and 9978-P (GSBCA 8/6/90)

• Co-author of Briefing Papers entitled The Service Contract Act and The Davis-Bacon Act.
• Co-author of articles “Doing Business With the Federal Government” and “Doing Business With the State of Maryland” for the ABA's Complete Lawyer Magazine and the Maryland Bar Journal.
• Co-author of Thompson’s HR Employment Forms, an on-line publication.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Former adjunct assistant professor at The George Washington University Law School, where he co-taught a course in the combined Labor/Government Contracts LLM Program entitled Federal Labor Standards. 
• Lectured widely on government contracts, construction and labor standards topics for private groups, Federal Publications Inc., the Educational Services Institute, and the George Washington University Government Contracts Program.
• Co-taught seminars entitled The Labor Requirements of the Service Contract Act; The Davis-Bacon Act; The Fair Labor Standards Act; Calculating Loss of Efficiency Claims; and Contracting for Services.

BAR ADMISSIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Admitted, District of Columbia and Maryland Bars
Admitted, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and US Court of Federal Claims 
Admitted to various US District Courts and Court of Appeals pro hac
Member, American Bar Association, Labor and Employment and Government Contracts Sections;Co-Chairman, ABA Labor and Safety Subcommittee 
Member, District of Columbia Bar Association 
Member, Maryland Bar Association

Shlomo Katz
Mr. Katz is a member of the Government Contracts Group. 

Mr. Katz practices in the areas of commercial and government procurement law and litigation, wage and hour law and construction law. Mr. Katz has significant experience in preparing, negotiating and litigating contract claims and bid protests, as well as advising clients on contract compliance, small business, subcontracting and data rights issues under government contracts. He has successfully litigated before federal, state and local courts and the Government Accountability Office and Boards of Contract Appeals.

In addition, Mr. Katz represents clients in connection with minimum wage, working time and overtime issues under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act, Service Contract Act, Davis-Bacon Act and state wage payment and prevailing wage laws. This includes conducting proactive wage-hour audits for employers as well as litigation minimum wage, overtime and wage payment claims.