Jessica Aldrich advises clients on complex national security, defense, regulatory compliance and government contract matters, including bid-protests, size protests, internal investigations and government ethics rules.

Ms. Aldrich’s work has involved investigating and responding to federal agency enforcement actions. In litigation, she has represented clients in bid protests and size protests at the Government Accountability Office and the Small Business Administration Office of Hearings and Appeals. Ms. Aldrich advises clients on a wide range of government contract, ethics, and compliance matters including helping clients navigate complex transactions before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). In corporate transactions and public company representations, Ms. Aldrich has performed due diligence on both buyer and seller-side in connection with government contractor acquisitions.

Prior to joining the firm in 2019, and while attending law school part-time, Ms. Aldrich was a legal analyst for the World Bank Office of Suspension and Debarment and the Integrity Vice Presidency and a teaching assistant for an International Anti-Corruption course at Georgetown Law.

Prior to law school, Ms. Aldrich worked for seven years as an IT project manager and program manager for General Dynamics Information Technology where she specialized in internal compliance, Lean Six Sigma, change management, proposal writing and business development in addition to running projects and programs for the FDA, HHS and DHA.