Jennifer Morris

Jennifer Morris’ practice areas include Government Contracts, Corporate Transactions, Cybersecurity, National Security, and Regulatory Compliance. Jennifer brings 23+ years of practice in the Washington D.C. metro area to her clients’ matters, including a unique 360◦ perspective from prior U.S. Government civilian, military, and commercial industry positions. Jennifer has served as a Senior Associate General Counsel in the Department of the Navy’s Office of General Counsel, as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves Judge Advocate General... (JAG) Corps., as an Honors Attorney with the Central Intelligence Agency, and as General Counsel/Deputy General Counsel with both large and small businesses.

Jennifer’s practice includes working closely with business partners to analyze and mitigate legal & business risks that stem from technology transactions and doing business with federal and state government entities. She helps her clients with government contracts, cyber-security risks & investigations, managing cyber data breach events, conducting compliance investigations & audits, advising C-Suite executives and Boards on regulatory and contractual requirements, establishing & maintaining systems of internal control, including a full spectrum of corporate policies and training, preparing companies for contractor purchasing system reviews (CPSR), software licensing, reseller and channel management, best practices for protection of intellectual property, employment law, conducting international public sector business, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), and helping clients drive growth.

Adept at analyzing internal policies & procedures, identifying risks, and proposing streamlined and creatives solutions to various aspects of business in small, mid-tier, and large multi-national corporations, Jennifer’s business experience boosts her legal practice. She excels at working as an integrated business partner, finding practical business solutions to mitigate risk and navigating the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) procurement rules and acquisition regulations, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). She has maintained an active Top Secret (TS) U.S. Government security clearance since 1998.

Jennifer’s 16+ years in-house with commercial companies provide her with a unique skillset of establishing and managing contracts and purchasing departments. This hands-on transactional and management experience dovetails with her legal practice, and she helps clients manage, administer & negotiate contracts, manage & guide contracts and purchasing professionals, write & review bids, proposals and compliance matrices to improve competitive positions, and organize and restructure contract & supply chain file management to ensure compliance. Her transactional skills quickly provide negotiation results and accelerate business growth.