Overview

Tyler’s practice focuses on all aspects of government contracting from procurement through performance. He regularly represents government contractors in litigation matters, including litigating bid protests at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Court of Federal Claims (COFC); filing and responding to contract claims; prosecuting claim appeals at the different Boards of Contract Appeals; and litigating subcontractor dispute issues. Tyler also counsels and assists government contractors on contract and regulatory compliance matters involving the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), agency supplemental acquisition regulations, and Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations. In addition, he also advises contractors and subcontractors on a broad range of government contract matters, including teaming agreement negotiations, subcontract formation and performance issues, organizational conflicts of interest (OCIs), ethics and procurement integrity laws, government and internal investigations, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) compliance issues, and suspension and debarment proceedings.

Experience Highlights

  • Assisted Fortune 100 contractor prepare and submit a damages claim under an Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for project cancellation, resulting in a settlement worth more than 90% of submitted claim amount within months of submission and despite USACE denying similar claims by other contractors and an adverse Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals decision in a related matter

  • (GAO; COFC) — Assisted in numerous GAO and COFC protests involving high-value contract awards by multiple Defense and Civilian Agencies.

    • (GAO) – Lead associate on successful defense of protest at GAO challenging the award of a $300 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to client for operations and management services support of FEMA’s Office of the Chief Information Officer.
    • (GAO) – Lead associate on successful defense of a protest at GAO challenging a $200 million contract award to client for project management and intelligence support for a well-known national security program, which included successfully convincing GAO to dismiss many of the protester’s initial grounds prior to the production of the Agency Report
    • (COFC) – Lead associate on the successful protest of the Department of Education’s alteration of the terms of the RFP’s scope of services for the second phase of the Department’s procurement to transform its financial services environment, which resulted in Judge recommending the Department take corrective action
    • (COFC) – Lead associate on the successful protest and injunction of the U.S. Department of Education’s unreasonable attempt to cancel a solicitation for debt collection services for the federal student loan program
    • (GAO) – Lead associate on two separate, successful protests challenging the awards of Unified Program Integrity Contractor (UPIC) Task Orders by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid to client’s competitors
    • (GAO) – Lead associate on successful protest challenging the award of a significant contract by the Army to our client’s competitor for intelligence support services in Afghanistan
  • (CBCA) – Lead associate representing a Private Collection Agency in litigation against the Government for unpaid performance bonuses, which resulted in favorable settlement for client

  • (CBCA) – Represented a Medicare Administrative Contractor in litigation against the Government for multiple cost claims based on differing interpretations of the federal Cost Accounting Standards (assisted)

  • (D.Md.; AAA) — Lead associate representing government contractor in multiple proceedings involving the Maryland Health Insurance Exchange, including prime/subcontractor litigation in Federal District Court in Maryland and arbitration before the American Arbitration Association, resulting in favorable arbitration settlement for client

  • Lead associate representing defense contractor investigate and respond to allegations of violations of the Procurement Integrity Act (PIA) during the course of an ongoing procurement, which resulted in a positive outcome and eventual contract award for our client

  • (E.D. Va) – Represented defense contractor in investigation and litigation of trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, and breach of fiduciary duty claims against former employee

  • (ASBCA) — Lead associate on several Contract Disputes Act (CDA) appeals collectively worth tens of millions of dollars for a major Defense Logistics Agency contractor

  • Represented government contractor before the Department of the Air Force suspension and debarment official and negotiated withdrawal of notice of proposed debarment (assisted)

  • Conducted internal investigations to assess allegations of misconduct, potential exposure, and any appropriate disclosures or corrective actions for major government contractor (assisted)

  • Assisted government contractor with responding to subpoena from the Office of Inspector General (OIG)

Credentials

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2011 (Order of the Coif; Editorial Board, Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law)
  • University of Virginia, B.A., with distinction, 2008

Admissions

  • Virginia
  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Courts for the District of Maryland and Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims

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Recognitions

  • Legal 500 U.S., Government: Government Contracts, 2019–2025; “Rising Star” in Government: Government Contracts, 2019–2024; “Leading Associate” in Government: Government Contracts, 2025; “Next Generation Partner” in Government: Government Contracts, 2026
  • Selected to the Washington, D.C. Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers® (Thomson Reuters), 2021 and 2022
Insights

Client Alerts

CMMC Phase II Requirements Are Suspended: What Defense Contractors Need to Know

On July 13, 2026, the Department of War (DoW) announced that it was immediately suspending Phase II of its Cybersecurity …

July 16, 2026

July 16, 2026 • 5-minute read

Events

Alexander Canizares, Jamie Tabb, and Tyler Robinson presenting ACC NCR Webinar

On June 24th at 2:00 p.m. ET, Alex Canizares, Jamie Tabb, and Tyler Robinson along with Kimberly Hyde of BAE …

June 24, 2026

June 24, 2026 • 1-minute read

Client Alerts

A New Two-Step Dance: Supreme Court Decision Complicates Relief for Government Grant and Contract Terminations

Organizations challenging an agency’s termination of a grant or government contract based on an allegedly illegal government policy need to master a two-step dance, according to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.

August 26, 2025 • V&E Supreme Court Update Published by Westlaw Today, Thomson Reuters, October 2025

August 26, 2025 • 10-minute read

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Client Alerts

Trump Executive Orders: Key Developments for Government Contractors

Change and uncertainty are among the words that come to mind when describing the government contracting industry in the early days of President Donald Trump’s second administration.

May 12, 2025 • V&E Government Contracts Update

May 12, 2025 • 12-minute read

Biden Administration Raises Minimum Wage for Federal Government Contractors As Congress Mulls $2 Billion Infrastructure Plan Background Image

Event Recaps

CMMC – What All Companies Need to Know About the New Federal Requirements

Vinson & Elkins, Gray Analytics, and keynote speaker Stacy Bostjanick of the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Chief Information Officer discussed the new CMMC program.

April 24, 2025

April 24, 2025 • 1-minute read

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