David P. Metzger practices in the area of government contracts. His practice concentrates on all aspects of federal government contracting law, including litigation, bid protests, claims, and contract administration issues.
Metzger has prosecuted and defended a large number of bid protests before the Government Accountability Office (GAO), agencies, the Court of Federal Claims, and other forums. He has defended terminations for default, prosecuted claims before the Boards of Contract Appeals, initiated and defended suits in the federal district courts involving government prime contractors and subcontractors, and brought appeals on behalf of small businesses before the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) of the SBA.
Metzger has drafted and litigated teaming and joint venture agreements, advised clients on a wide variety of statutes and regulations affecting government contracts, and handled matters involving audits and investigations, A-76 challenges, commercial items, flow-down clauses, government contracts compliance, cost and pricing, employment, enhanced use leasing and privatization, extraordinary contractual relief, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, GSA Schedules and Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), intellectual property and technical data rights, past performance, performance-based contracting, licensing, research consortia, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and other small business programs, suspension and debarment, technology transfer, trade secrets, and other issues. Metzger has successfully defended cost and pricing and executive compensation disputes with the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), dealt with Inspectors General, and resolved allegations of fraud and wrongdoing before the Department of Justice.
He is a past president of the Boards of Contract Appeals Bar Association (BCABA). He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the BCABA, and Chairman of the BCABA’s Executive Policy Forum. He serves as the current chair of the General Counsel’s Committee of the Professional Services Council and a member of the Board of Directors of the Small Business Technology Coalition. Metzger is also a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Law School and serves as co-chair of the ABA Public Contract Law Section Special Committee on ADR.
Metzger is a member of the Virginia, District of Columbia and Wisconsin Bar Associations, and admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, Court of Federal Claims, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and numerous federal district courts.
Prior to entering private practice, he served for four years on Capitol Hill as an Administrative Assistant to a U.S. Representative and as Staff Director to the House Subcommittee on Energy, Environment, Safety and Research. He also served for four years as Director for Innovation and Procurement Policy at the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Metzger received his B.A., with honors, in 1970 and his J.D. in 1974 from the University of Wisconsin.