Ellie’s recent clients and cases have included representation of:

• Represented contractor in successful bid protest action with the Government Accountability Office challenging selection for a $5 billion fixed-price multiple award task order contract (MATOC) for United States / Mexico border wall work; in response, Government admitted “flaws” in its evaluation, engaged in corrective action, and reinstated client into the $5 billion MATOC.
• Represented contractor in $800 million bid protest action for United States / Mexico border wall work in El Paso, Texas region; case included parallel challenge and oral argument in the United States Court of Federal Claims implicating the national emergency declaration on the Southern Border (Proclamation 9844) and the Competition in Contracting Act’s (“CICA”) automatic 100-day stay of contract performance.
• Represented contractor in successful $200 million bid protest action for United States / Mexico border wall work in Yuma, Arizona; in response, Government agreed to take corrective action to remedy an admitted “flaw in the acquisition process.”
• Represented a HUBZone small business entity in bid protest appeal, including oral argument on cross motions for judgment on the administrative record, to the Court of Federal Claims for a $40 million project to replace an irrigation diversion weir and build a fish bypass channel in Montana’s Lower Yellowstone River.
• Represented joint venture of multinational construction firms terminated for convenience on preconstruction phase of $1.4 billion GC/CM alternative publics work project in downtown Seattle; drafted winning motion for expedited discovery and injunctive relief barring public owner’s re-procurement of GC/CM selection.
• Represented national geotechnical contractor in lawsuit over the Seattle Seawall’s $300- million GC/CM alternative public works project; case resolved with a multimillion-dollar settlement in favor of contractor client, after winning motion to dismiss in court.
  Represented international construction company in high-profile anti-harassment lawsuits in Washington and Oregon; negotiated Consent Decree after extensive motions practice and five-day Preliminary Injunction hearing.
• Represented design-build contractor at the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals for $2 million delay claim; favorably settled case after two-day ADR proceeding.