Albo & Oblon, L.L.P - Arlington/Main Office.
2200 Clarendon Blvd., Ste. 1201
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 312-0410
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Albo & Oblon, L.L.P -- Fairfax County Office
6367 Rolling Mill Place, Suite 102
Springfield, VA 22201
(703) 455-0046
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Albo & Oblon, L.L.P. -- Norfolk/Hampton Roads Office
World Trade Center
101 West Main Street, Suite 435
Norfolk VA 23510
(757) 200-7900
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Albo & Oblon, L.L.P. -- Washington, D.C./Maryland Office
641 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Second Floor
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 386-7470
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 John Polk is an experienced litigator who has practiced civil and business litigation, government contracts law, and criminal law for more than 34 years, both in the federal government and in private practice. He has extensive trial court and appellate court experience and has tried over 100 cases, many of them jury trials, and has argued more than 80 appellate cases. Ninety-two of Mr. Polk's cases are in the published reports and can be found on LEXIS. He practices Government Contracts, Civil Litigation, and White Collar Crime for Albo & Oblon.
Government Contracts
Mr. Polk's government contracts experience is extensive. For almost 4 years prior to joining Albo & Oblon (August 2003 -- March 2007), Mr. Polk was the Director of the Office of Fraud Remedies for the Department of the Air Force. In that position, he managed the Air Force's program for combating fraud by government contractors, which included civil actions, criminal prosecutions, and administrative remedies, such as suspension and debarment. He was the Air Force's principal point of contact on fraud matters with the Department of Justice and with other federal departments and agencies, and he worked on many complex cases involving large defense contractors. Mr. Polk has a special expertise in issues concerning contractor responsibility. He was also the primary author of the Air Force's Fraud Remedies Reference Guide.
For almost 2 years, (July 1985 -- March 1987), Mr. Polk was an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at the Department of the Air Force. He was the principal Air Force attorney responsible for litigating bid protests arising in acquisitions of automated data processing systems, and he advised the Secretary of the Air Force on legal and policy issues concerning the formation, administration and termination of government contracts.
Civil Litigation
For over 16 years, (March 1987 -- August 2003), Mr. Polk was Of Counsel to the Washington, D.C. office of Baker & McKenzie, where he represented clients in many types of cases, with an emphasis on corporate, contract and commercial litigation, including securities fraud, corporate governance, government contracting and intellectual property. Mr. Polk also did white-collar criminal defense.
Former Prosecutor
For almost 12 years (July 1973 -- June 1985), Mr. Polk was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia. He prosecuted criminal cases and litigated many types of civil cases on behalf of the United States and its departments and agencies, including torts, civil rights, employment discrimination, and government contracts.
Mr. Polk is admitted to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia, including the federal courts in those jurisdictions.
Mr. Polk served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and attained the rank of Captain.
John W. Polk (Special Counsel): born Rochester, N.Y. October 16, 1943; admitted to bar, 1972 Virginia; 1973 District of Columbia; U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S. Court of Federal Claim, U.S. Tax Court.
Principal Author of the Department of the Air Force's Fraud Remedies Reference Guide. Special awards from NASA and the Library of Congress.
Education: Juris Doctor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1972; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1966; Bachelor of Arts, Bucknell University, 1965.
Member: Arlington Bar Association.
Reported cases: Ninety-two reported cases, including Global Advanced Technologies, Inc. v. Ross, 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 7449 (4th Cir. 2002); In re Lernout & Hauspie Secs. Litig., 2003 U.S. Dist LEXIS 405 (D. Mass. 2003); Village Lane Rentals, LLC v. Capital Fin. Group, 159 F. Supp. 2d 910 (W.D. Va. 2001); America Online, Inc. v. Huang, 106 F. Supp. 2d 848 (E.D. Va. 2000); Christian v. United States, 394 A.2d 1 (1978).
Practice areas: Civil litigation, government contracts, government contractor responsibility, business litigation, criminal law, federal criminal law, white collar crime. |
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