Professional Qualifications
Ms. Himes’ practice focuses primarily on government contracts matters and civil litigation in federal trial and appellate courts. She has over twenty-five years of experience successfully litigating cases involving a wide variety of matters, with a particular emphasis on government contracts and complex tort cases. She has significant experience in asserting such federal doctrines and defenses as federal officer removal, the Defense Base Act, the political question doctrine, combatant activities preemption, derivative sovereign immunity, and the government contractor defense.
Ms. Himes’ government contracts experience includes work before the Court of Federal Claims (COFC), the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and the Boards of Contract Appeals. She handles industrial security issues, cybersecurity matters, small business issues, terminations, contract disputes, and bid protests. She has a particular expertise in Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) matters with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA).
Ms. Himes has extensive experience litigating issues over access to public records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). She regularly works with agencies in FOIA matters and has been successful in obtaining FOIA records for clients in a variety of matters. Ms. Himes also handles reverse-FOIA and Public Records Act (PRA) state matters.
On the employment side, Ms. Himes has experience litigating employment matters and assisting clients with employment counseling.
At the appellate level, Ms. Himes has handled matters before many federal Courts of Appeals in cases involving a broad range of subject matters.
Ms. Himes is a member of the American Bar Association Litigation, Public Contract Law, and Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Sections.
Education
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
Journal of Law & Politics
B.A., College of William & Mary
Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
Maryland
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit