Here are some examples of the breadth of our experience advocating before the federal government and our successful work with clients
Interested parties waged a protest against our client's National Park Service contract award. Garden Law assisted and worked closely with the National Park Service to defend the contract. We secured the $150,000,000 concession contract for our client.
Kevin served as lead counsel in the first federal court case establishing recreational Forest Service Term Special Use Permits as enforceable contracts. The permits create binding obligations on the United States Forest Service to allow occupancy, use, rights, or privileges on agency land. Garden Law obtained a $1,000,000 judgment for our client including attorneys’ fees.
The National Park Service made an initial decision not to award our client a concession contract in Grand Teton National Park. Garden Law challenged the Park Service decision in a successful lawsuit, which resulted in a multi-year concession contract for our client.
The National Park Service determined that our client’s infrastructure was not part of its Leasehold Surrender Interest. Garden Law challenged and won a new determination for our client. This resulted in an additional property value of approximately $600,000.
Kevin mounted a successful challenge to taxes imposed on our client’s operations on federal lands.
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When the U.S. Forest Service revoked our client’s outfitter’s permit, we challenged the decision. Garden Law got the revocation overruled, allowing our client to continue their business on forest land.
The National Park Service issued decisions to close multiple clients' existing concessions operations on the East and West Coasts. Garden Law mounted successful challenges to the Park Service decisions. We preserved the Park Service’s financial liability to concessioners, and those concessions were allowed to continue their operations on Park Service lands.
Kevin brought a lawsuit against the USDA Forest Service challenging the closure of Forest Service campground concessions during the 2013 government budget impasse. Our client's campground operations were immediately re-opened.
Our client faced a dramatic lowering of value on their concession structures on National Park Service land. Kevin brought a successful lawsuit challenging the Park Service’s method of valuation. We reached a settlement several times beyond what the Park Service wanted to pay.
When implementing a new trail classification system, the USDA Forest Service failed to obtain public comments. Garden Law advocated before the Federal District Court in Washington, D.C, on behalf of our client. As a result of our successful lawsuit, the Forest Service was bound to obtain proper public input on the new trail system, allowing increased public recreational opportunities on Forest land.
Kevin has served as counsel in numerous Court of Federal Claims and Government Accountability Office bid protests involving a wide range of government procurements, from computer services to concession contracts. He has assisted his clients in obtaining government contracts with revenues in excess of $600,000,000.
Kevin successfully settled over $12,000,000 in contract claims before numerous Boards of Contract Appeals, including:
Washington College of Law, The American University, Washington, D.C.
Juris Doctor (J.D.), 1989
The American University Law Review, 1987-1989
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Bachelor's in Arts (B.A.) Government, 1986
The Bar of the District of Columbia and the Bar of Virginia
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
The U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and its appeals court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which is the appellate court for all the federal district courts in the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
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