Krista A. Nunez

Representative Matters

Bid Protests

• Successfully represented a protestor in a GAO bid protest alleging that the Defense Logistics Agency improperly awarded a contract to an entity that, in accordance with FAR 52.209-1, was not an approved source at the time of the award, as that entity's proposal identified a CAGE code that did not match the approved source's CAGE code required by the RFP
• Represented a small business contractor in a successful pre-award bid protest at the GAO that challenged the Department of Defense's application of the Berry Amendment's domestic sourcing requirement
• Successfully represented a protester before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in obtaining a permanent injunction preventing the Department of Education from cancelling a solicitation for student loan debt collection services
• Successfully represented a protestor in a GAO pre-award bid protest challenging the terms of a Department of Interior TORP for single engine air tanker flight services in support of the Bureau of Land Management's wildfire suppression operations in the United States
• Successfully defended a GAO bid protest challenging the Army's multi-million-dollar award of a contract for shipping container gyms

Investigations and Disclosures

• Oversaw the document production and internal investigation of a government contractor in a civil False Claims Act (FCA) investigation that resulted in a settlement agreement predicated on a contract performance dispute rather than an FCA violation
• Successfully represented a government contractor in an investigation of its methods and procedures for competing and awarding work to lower-tier vendors under its government contracts. Performed internal investigation and assisted in drafting reports on the results of the investigation

Performance Disputes

• Assisted two separate government contractors in resolving contract performance disputes for work performed in Puerto Rico

Corporate Transactions

• Represented an international manufacturing company in the acquisition of several U.S.-based companies. Performed due diligence and provided guidance on active government contracts involved in the sale
• Assisted an industrial manufacturing company in executing a novation agreement

Education

• J.D. The George Washington University Law School 2017
• • Winner of the 2016 Dentons "Gilbert A. Cuneo" Government Contracts Moot Court Competition
  • Member, GW Law Moot Court Board
  • Notes editor, Public Contract Law Journal
  • Legal writing fellow, GW Law Legal Research and Writing Program
  • Judicial intern, Honorable Thomas C. Wheeler, U.S. Court of Federal Claims
  • Legal intern, Office of the General Counsel, Law Division for Acquisition and Procurement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Author, “Negotiating In and Around Critical Infrastructure Vulnerabilities: Why the Department of Defense Should Use Other Transaction Authority in the New Age of Cyber Attacks,” Public Contract Law Journal, May 2017
• B.B.A. Legal Studies cum laude University of Miami 2013

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Virginia

Court Admissions

• U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Clerk Experience

• Honorable Loren A. Smith U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Co-author, "Meeting the Definition of a Small Business Concern Checklist," Practical Law, May 2018

• Murray J. Schooner Government Procurement Scholar
• Presidential Volunteer Service Award for pro bono work during law school

Pro Bono

• Successfully represented and executed a settlement agreement on behalf of a pro bono client in a landlord-tenant dispute before the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Volunteerism

• Board member, Devenio, Inc.—a nonprofit dedicated to creating enduring opportunities for individuals with cognitive and developmental disabilities to be and be recognized as contributing members of the community