Joseph C. Schmelter

Representative Matters

• Advised ECS Federal, LLC in its sale to ASGN Incorporated (NYSE: ASGN) and its  acquisitions of DHA Group, Inc.; InfoReliance LLC; Oak Management, Inc.; Paradigm Technologies, Inc.; iLuMinA Solutions, Inc.; and Information Systems Worldwide Corporation (iSW); and in its sale of a significant interest to Lindsay Goldberg, LLC.
• Advised Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) in the divestitures of its electronic health records (EHR) consulting business, Digital Solutions subsidiary, Omnifluent Human Language Technology software and related business, CounterBomber Person-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices business, Disaster Recovery business, its WWR Water and Solid Waste business, and Cloudshield Technologies subsidiary
• Advised Gryphon Technologies, L.C. in its sale to CDI Government Services, Inc., a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners
• Advised Dominion Consulting, Inc. in its merger with TeraThink Corporation
• Advised Bluestone Investment Partners in the sale of its portfolio company, GAP Solutions, Inc., to System One Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Thomas H. Lee Partners

Representative Clients

• Leidos
• ECS Federal

Education

• J.D. Georgetown University Law Center 1987
• B.A. high distinction University of Virginia 1984

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Maryland
• New York
• Virginia

• The Best Lawyers in America, 2013 – 2023
• Chambers USA, Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions, Northern Virginia, 2009 – 2018, 2021 – 2022 
• ALM, Washington DC and Baltimore’s Top Rated Lawyers, 2013
• Legal 500, M&A: Middle-Market (sub-$500m), 2011
• Super Lawyers
  • Washington, DC, 2007
  • Virginia, 2006
• Washington Business Journal, Top Washington Lawyer Finalist, Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, 2005, 2008 
• SmartCEO, Legal Elite, Washington, DC, 2007
• Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Peer Review Rated