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 Pamela
J. Bethel (J.D., George Washington University, 1974),
Litigation Partner, is a native of Miami, Florida. She is an
honors graduate of both Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) and
George Washington University School of Law and has engaged in
the practice of law for more than twenty-five years. As a
trial attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Enforcement from 1975 through 1981, Ms. Bethel
handled federal civil enforcement actions before joining the
Fraud Section of the Department of Justice Criminal Division.
There, she successfully prosecuted major insider trading suits
and a variety of fraud cases in federal courts across the
country. In 1992, the Department of Justice recognized Ms.
Bethel for her leading role as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in
the Operation Illwind defense procurement probe. Investigating
and prosecuting more than 50 individuals and corporations for
bribery, tax and public corruption offenses, she succeeded in
bringing charges against two former top Pentagon officials and
recovered $10.3 million in corporate judgments, plus contract
concessions worth up to $15 million. Her seventeen year
government career also included representing the Department of
Housing and Urban Development in bid protests and contract
disputes.
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Since entering private practice, Ms.
Bethel has continued her involvement in complex litigation
that is often of a sensitive nature. She has regularly
represented corporations as well as individuals, handling
several cases that have received national notoriety. She
represented a Washington, D.C. bookstore in opposing
Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr’s grand jury subpoena
to produce records identifying book purchases made by Monica
Lewinsky. Ms. Bethel argued a First Amendment issue of first
impression, defeating the Independent Counsel’s claims
to unfettered access to information from the bookstore’s
records of customer book purchases. In another high profile
criminal matter, she defended the husband of
then-Congresswoman Enid Waldholtz on charges of bank fraud and
election law violations.
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Ms. Bethel has made several appearances
on national news programs such as CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and CNN
Headline News where her experience as both a prosecutor and
defense counsel allowed her to provide valuable insight on the
trials of Martha Stewart, the Washington, D.C. snipers,
Michael Jackson, as well as many other current cases and legal
issues. Transcripts from two of Ms. Bethel's appearances on
CNN may be viewed by clicking here
and here.
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Pamela Bethel
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CAROL L.
O'RIORDAN
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 Carol
L. O’Riordan (J.D., Boston University School of Law,
1983), Founder and Managing Partner, has more than fifteen
years experience in the fields of government contracts
(federal, state and municipal), construction contracts and
litigation, and complex litigation, including defense of civil
actions brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations Act ("RICO"). Ms. O'Riordan has
extensive experience in commercial construction and government
contract related matters, having represented clients
nationwide on government procurement issues from bid protests
through claims preparation, pricing, negotiations and
litigation. Ms. O’Riordan is a recognized authority and
frequent lecturer on federal and state certification programs,
including the U.S. Small Business Administration’s
8(a)BD and SDB programs and the U.S. Department of
Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
program. She is a trained arbitrator and a member of the
American Arbitration Association Panel of Neutrals
(Construction Panel and Government Contracts Panel).
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Ms. O’Riordan has been active with
numerous associations, including Associated Builders &
Contractors, Inc., National Association of Women in
Construction, Women Construction Owners & Executives, USA
(National Board Member, Associate-at-Large, 1995-96), the
ABA’s Public Contract Section, and Boston University
School of Law Alumni Association (D.C. Chapter President,
1993-95).
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Ms. O'Riordan is a member of the
Connecticut, District of Columbia, Maryland and New York bars.
She is admitted to practice before several U.S. District
Courts (for the District of Connecticut, for the District of
Columbia and for the District of Maryland), and U.S. Courts of
Appeals (for the District of Columbia Circuit and the 4th
Circuit), as well as the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. She
regularly practices before federal and state boards of
contract appeals, the U.S. Small Business Administration
Office of Hearings and Appeals, the U.S. Department of
Transportation Office of Civil Rights, and the Office of the
Comptroller General, U.S. General Accounting Office.
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Carol O'Riordan
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