Carl Vacketta has more than 40 years of experience in government contracts law, including pre-award and post-award counseling on supply, service, and construction contracts with federal, state, and local government agencies and public transit authorities. He has represented companies selling information technology, telecommunications equipment, and professional and technical services to the government. He has in-depth experience in GSA's Multiple Award Schedule Contract (MASC) program; due diligence reviews to support mergers and acquisitions; termination disputes; socioeconomic obligations; and small business acquisition matters. He also has led teams of attorneys, accountants, and engineers in the investigation and preparation of multimillion-dollar claims for major shipyards, aerospace, power generating, electronics, and telecommunication companies.

In Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, the respected English research firm Chambers & Partners cites Mr. Vacketta in the top tier nationally in the area of Government Contracts. In 2007, Chambers commented on his "thoughtful, considered" work and the high level of respect he has earned; in 2008, it noted that he has "a prominent national and international reputation" and "is esteemed for his skills in matters relating to contract formation and administration." Mr. Vacketta, Chambers said, "is regarded as a luminary by his peers."

He is also named in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his government contracts practice. In 2005, Mr. Vacketta was named a member of the Legal Elite by Washington SmartCEO magazine. In 2004, Legal Times named him to its short list of the top practitioners of government contracts law in the Washington, DC area.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Vacketta served in the US Army Judge Advocate Corps as a captain teaching government contract law.

Członkostwo

• District of Columbia
• Illinois
• United States Court of Federal Claims
• United States Supreme Court

Memberships

• Editor in Chief, Public Contract Law Journal, Section of Public Contract Law, American Bar Association
• Fellow, American Bar Association, Section of Public Contract Law
• Fellow, National Contract Management Association
• Advisory Board, The Government Contractor (West Group, 1992 to present)
• American Bar Association, Section of Public Contract Law (Council Member, 1979-1982; Secretary, 1978-1979; Vice Chair, Commercial Products and Services Committee, 1998-present)
• Past President, Board of Visitors, College of Law, University of Illinois
• Academic Member, National Association of Purchasing Management
• Bar Association of the District of Columbia
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association

Publikacje

• "An Effective Compliance Program: A Necessity for Government Contractors Under IDIQ Contracts and Beyond," Public Contract Law Journal, Volume 37, Number 3 (Spring 2008)
• "Government Contracts," Chapter 27 in Commercial Contracts: Strategies For Drafting And Negotiating (Aspen, 2003)
• "Lessons from the Commercial Marketplace," Public Procurement Law Review, February 2002
• "Federal Government Contract Overview,” FindLaw.com (1999)
• “Other Transactions,” Briefing Paper (March 1998)
• “Commercial Item Contracts: When is a Government Contract Term or Condition Consistent with ‘Standard’ or ‘Customary’ Commercial Practice?” 27 Public Contract Law Journal 291, (Winter 1998)
• “GSA’s MAS Explosion,” The Government Contractor (August 1997)
• “Obtaining Payment from the Government’s ‘Judgment Fund,” Briefing Paper ( February 1997)
• “Technology Transfer,” Briefing Paper (November 1994)
• “Recovery of Legal Costs,” Briefing Paper (November 1993)
• “Constructive Change Orders/Edition III,” Briefing Paper (December 1992)
• Default Termination, Federal Publications, Inc. (1991 & Supp. 1999)
• “Convenience Termination: Selected Problems,” Briefing Paper (November 1990)
• “The ‘Government Contractor Defense’ in Environmental Actions,” Briefing Paper (December 1989)
• “Option Clauses,” Briefing Paper (December 1988)
• “Security Requirements in International Transactions,” Briefing Paper (December 1987)
• “Procurement Reforms of the 99th Congress,” Briefing Paper (December 1986)
• “The Price Reductions Clause,” Briefing Paper (December 1985)
• “Government Rights in Technical Data,” Briefing Paper (December 1984)
• “Settlement and Release,” Briefing Paper (December 1980)
• “Contract Disputes Act of 1978,” Briefing Paper (April 1979)
• “Claims Investigation and Preparation,” Briefing Paper (August 19780
• “A Government Contractor’s Right to Abandon Performance,” 65 Georgetown Law Journal 27 (Oct. 1976)
• “Equitable Adjustment under Government Contracts,” Government Contracts Monograph No. 3, George Washington University (1975)

Seminars

Mr. Vacketta is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he has taught government contract law since 1973. He also has lectured at conferences and conventions for the University of Virginia Law School, Pennsylvania State University, the American Bar Association (1979, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1996, 2000, and 2003), the Federal Bar Association, the National Contract Management Association (1978-1990, 1993, and 1996), and Federal Publications, Inc./West Group (1978-2002).