Are you a business owner or aspiring business owner? Then this session is for you. Learn how to protect your business and your assets through this engaging and interactive session. You will have an opportunity to learn from legal experts in the field of government and commercial contracts. Our highly accomplished guides, Rebecca Pearson and Caroline Klocko, from Venable, LLP will share the “nuts and bolts” of navigating contracts and provide insight on avoiding common pitfalls in business. A light dinner will be served. 

Speakers:
Rebecca Pearson, Partner
Rebecca Pearson focuses on government contracts law. She assists clients in government contract litigation; contract award protests before the Government Accountability Office and federal courts; administrative claims before agency boards of contract appeals; representation before the Department of Justice and federal courts on civil matters involving government contractors; and civil litigation in federal courts involving government prime contractors and subcontractors. Ms. Pearson also counsels clients on matters involving contracts including defective pricing and cost allowance questions, teaming agreements, legal and regulatory compliance and ethics, and small business issues. She has significant experience with due diligence in connection with the merger and acquisition of government contractors, as well as post-transaction matters such as novations. Ms. Pearson's extensive experience as an Air Force attorney in federal litigation and client counseling, and in inter facing with other federal agencies, provides her with an invaluable "insider's" perspective and proven skills to render timely and effective assistance to clients in a wide variety of government contracts matters.

Caroline Klocko, Associate
Caroline Klocko is a member of Venable's Corporate Group in Washington, DC. Prior to joining Venable, Ms. Klocko worked at a prominent law firm where she counseled domestic and international clients on a broad range of corporate transactions, including stock and asset acquisitions, corporate formation and governance, and other general corporate matters. She also provided counsel on a wide range of advertising, sweepstakes and promotions, corporate endorsement and sponsorship, social media marketing, FTC regulatory, false advertising, technology and privacy matters. Prior to her law career, Ms. Klocko worked in the technology sector, where she worked with start-up, social media, and Internet media companies. Ms. Klocko earned her J.D. from University of Virginia School of Law, where she was the executive editor and founding member of Virginia Journal of Criminal Law. She earned her B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University.

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