Mona Adabi, Associate Government Contracts

Mona Adabi

Associate

Areas of Focus

Mona Adabi, Associate Government Contracts

Mona Adabi

Associate

madabi@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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  • Advises government contracts clients undergoing corporate transactions, including assignment and novation, change-of control, False Claims Act, small business recertification, supply chain issues, past performance rules, foreign ownership implications, export controls, aviation regulations, cybersecurity, and labor requirements spanning the aerospace, professional services, information technology (IT), health care, and defense and security industries.

Mona focuses her practice on all aspects of government contracts, grants, co-operative agreements, cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs) and other transaction agreements (OTAs). Mona counsels government contractors on a broad range of legal issues, including regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, bid protests, claims, litigation, investigations and grant funding disallowances. Mona’s practice regularly involves subjects related to federal procurement law and complex regulatory issues. This includes cost allowability issues under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) cost principles, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) non-compliance issues, cost and pricing issues, domestic preference requirements, cybersecurity, responding to and preparing for government audits and disputes under government contracts, subcontracts and supplier contracts. She regularly assists emerging companies and non-traditional government contractors enter the government marketplace. She also advises clients on complex national and international privacy and information security issues.

Prior to joining Akin, Mona was an associate in the government contracts group at another large, Washington, D.C. law firm. Before that, Mona was a legal extern at the U.S. Department of State and at the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. She earned her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, where she served as the executive editor of the American University International Law Review.

Languages
  • Farsi

Education
  • J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, 2018

  • B.A., Georgia State University, cum laude, 2015

Bar Admissions
  • District of Columbia

Affiliations and Public Service
  • Multilateral affairs extern, Office of Regional Policy Coordination, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Organizational Affairs.
  • Legal intern, Judicial Services Office, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
  • Volunteer, Kashi Atlanta, 2012–2014.
Speeches and Publications
  • Co-presenter, “All Things Government Contracts,” Thompson Hine Startups Streamlined Podcast Series, May 2023.
  • Presenter, “Practical Advice for Antitrust and Privacy Compliance in the Biden Era,” Thompson Hine Webinar Series, March 2, 2021.
  • “U.S. Government Issues Software Security Procurement Guidance,” Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report, December 2022.
  • “Forthcoming Federal Procurement Revisions Focus on Achieving Environmental Goals,” Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report, September 2022.
  • “How A New DOD Rule Improves Commercial Item Acquisitions,” Law360, July 2022.
  • “Issues for Government Contractors and the Private Sector Under the Cybersecurity Executive Order,” Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report, October 2021.
  • “INSIGHT: How Federal Contractors Can Prepare for Coronavirus Disruptions,” Bloomberg Law, March 2020.

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