Robert K. Huffman represents defense, health care and other companies in contract matters and in disputes with the federal government and with other contractors. Mr. Huffman has extensive experience litigating contract and related issues in the Court of Federal Claims, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the federal district courts, and the Federal Circuit and other federal appellate courts. He also represents clients in bid protests.
A major part of Mr. Huffman’s practice involves helping companies defend against investigations, prosecutions and civil suits alleging fraud and false claims. He has represented clients in over a dozen False Claims Act qui tam suits. He also represents and advises companies in connection with parallel criminal proceedings and the suspension and debarment, tax, insurance and employment issues associated with fraud/false claims investigations and litigation. Mr. Huffman is a chair of the Procurement Fraud Committee of the ABA Section of Public Contract Law, and he speaks and writes extensively on False Claims Act issues.
Mr. Huffman also represents and advises companies in intellectual property matters involving government contracts, grants, CRADAs and other transactions. He has extensive experience with the government contract rules relating to intellectual property, including government patent rights, technical data rights, rights in computer software and the rules applicable to intellectual property in the acquisition of commercial items and services. He has served as a chair of the Research and Development/Intellectual Property Committee of the ABA Section of Public Contract Law, and he also serves on the Advisory Council of the Federal Circuit.
Mr. Huffman received his B.A. in 1969 from Harvard College and his J.D. in 1973 from Stanford Law School. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Mr. Huffman’s published works include “GSA Trade Agreements Act Certification: An Ambush For Commercial Providers” (The Procurement Lawyer, Spring 2006); “Expert Witnesses in False Claims Act Cases” (The Government Contractor, Jan. 23, 2002); “The Civil False Claims Act” (West Group Briefing Papers, Sept. 2001); “Is There A Case?: A Defense Counsel’s Perspective” (CLE International Conference on Qui Tam Litigation, March 2001); and “The Perils of Parallel Civil and Criminal Proceedings: A Primer” (The Health Lawyer, March 1999).
Mr. Huffman has been recognized as a leading lawyer in 2010 by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of government contracts.