Professional Qualifications

Ms. Himes has over 25 years of experience representing clients in a broad range of complex matters. She focuses her government contracts practice on national security and industrial security, cybersecurity and cyber incident response, data protection, terminations, contract disputes, bid protests, and small-business issues. She has a particular expertise in Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) matters before the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA).  She also advises on personnel and facility security clearance matters, national security investigations involving the safeguarding of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR) compliance, and matters involving the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).

Ms. Himes has litigated countless cases involving specialized federal doctrines and defenses, including federal officer removal, the Defense Base Act, the political question doctrine, combatant activities preemption, derivative sovereign immunity, and the government contractor defense. 

Ms. Himes also has extensive experience litigating access to public records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). She regularly represents clients in FOIA matters and has successfully obtained agency records in a broad range of matters. She similarly handles reverse-FOIA and state Public Records Act (PRA) 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 and Public Contract Law sections. She is also a member of NCMS, the Society of Industrial Security Professionals.

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