In-House Counsel

Michael Laurence Pratt

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Los Alamos, NM 87544

Home: 281-***-****

Email: adkhw5@r.postjobfree.com

Work Experience:

Business Law Attorney, Los Alamos National Laboratory (Sep 2015 – Present) Triad National Security, LLC

PO Box 1663

Los Alamos, NM 87545

In-house counsel for private contractor responsible for operating Los Alamos National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. Counsel to company of 11,000 employees with an annual operating budget of $3 Billion responsible for stewardship of U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. Provide legal and business advice to lab leadership, scientists, engineers, and procurement professionals related to federal prime contract and negotiation, award, and administration of more than $700 Million/year in subcontracts. Legal advisor on cost accounting standards and personal and organizational conflicts of interest. Draft and negotiate nondisclosure agreements, institutional agreements and memoranda of understanding with private and governmental partners. Advise management on responses to internal and external audits.

Command Judge Advocate, Lieutenant Colonel

United States Army / United States Army Reserve (Jan 2004 – Present) United States Army Central (Third United States Army) Camp Arifjan, Kuwait

APO, AE 09306

Serve as the forward deployed legal representative for U.S. Army Central, the three-star combined force land component command for U.S. Central Command. Represent the Staff Judge Advocate for all legal activities in the forward command post. Serve as legal advisor to the Commanding General, Deputy Commanding Generals, and Deputy Chief of Staff as needed. Provide technical oversight of four subordinate legal teams located in three countries. Act as a first line, first resource to subordinate command Staff Judge Advocates.

Prior Positions: Legal Operations Detachment Deputy Commander, Team Leader, Brigade Judge Advocate, Chief of Military Justice, Trial Counsel, Legal Assistance Attorney, Administrative Law Attorney, Ethics Counselor, and Special Assistant United States Attorney.

Led a geographically distributed team of 91 legal professionals responsible for the provision of trial defense service to Soldiers throughout the western United States and the pacific. Advised military commanders and Army civilian supervisors at all levels on various matters including Military Justice, Operational Law, Administrative Law, Federal personnel law, environmental law, federal government ethics, and general regulatory Michael Laurence Pratt

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compliance. Litigated personnel cases before the EEOC, State Employment Commission, and arbitration. Provided annual ethics training and issued ethics advisory opinions regarding standards of conduct, outside activities, post-government employment, and receipt of gifts. Prosecuted misdemeanor and felony criminal cases before military courts-martial and United States District Court for Eastern District of Virginia.

Attorney-Advisor

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Jan 2008 – Sep 2015) Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center

2101 E. NASA Parkway

Houston, TX 77058 United States

Provided legal advice to Center management and workforce of approximately 3,200 civil servants on a variety of legal issues including Contract and Fiscal Law, External Partnerships, Federal Ethics and Standards of Conduct, Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act, Real Property and Environmental Law, Employment Law, and Federal Tort Claims and Litigation.

Provided advice on the competition and award of more than $2.5 Billion in Agency procurements including contracts for engineering and science services, aircraft maintenance and operations, architect-engineer services, financial and business management services, and procurement support services. Advised on the competition and negotiation of funded, unfunded, and reimbursable agreements with commercial space companies under NASA’s other transactional authority and the Commercial Space Launch Act.

Provided annual training and issued written guidance on all aspects of Federal ethics and standards of conduct. Managed financial disclosure reporting for more than 1,800 financial disclosure filers including approximately 80 Senior Executive Schedule (SES) employees.

Education:

University of Texas School of Law, Juris Doctorate University of Texas, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Master of Public Affairs Texas Tech University, Bachelor of Arts, History / Spanish U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

U.S. Army War College (currently enrolled)

Other:

Member, State Bar of Texas

DOE Q and DoD TS/SCI Security Clearances

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