Mona focuses her practice on all aspects of government contracts, grants, co-operative agreements, cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs) and other transaction agreements (OTAs). Mona counsels government contractors on a broad range of legal issues, including regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, bid protests, claims, litigation, investigations and grant funding disallowances. Mona’s practice regularly involves subjects related to federal procurement law and complex regulatory issues. This includes cost allowability issues under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) cost principles, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) non-compliance issues, cost and pricing issues, domestic preference requirements, cybersecurity, responding to and preparing for government audits and disputes under government contracts, subcontracts and supplier contracts. She regularly assists emerging companies and non-traditional government contractors enter the government marketplace. She also advises clients on complex national and international privacy and information security issues.

Prior to joining Akin, Mona was an associate in the government contracts group at another large, Washington, D.C. law firm. Before that, Mona was a legal extern at the U.S. Department of State and at the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. She earned her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, where she served as the executive editor of the American University International Law Review.