Paul J. Seidman | Principal, Attorney

Paul J. Seidman is a graduate of Temple University (B.B.A. 1970) and the Georgetown University Law Center (J.D. 1973), where he served on the staff of the Tax Lawyer. Upon Graduation, he served as a law clerk to Judge Philip Nichols, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Claims (now the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) and afterwards as Assistant Counsel for Contract Claims at Naval Sea Systems Command. He served as Assistant Chief Counsel for Procurement in the Office of the Chief Counsel for Advocacy at SBA until June 1981, when he opened his office for the private practice of law.

Mr. Seidman has served as counsel in bid protests before the General Accounting Office and in Federal Court. Protests handled by Mr. Seidman have resulted in overturning a $2.5 billion Air Force requirements contract, Air Force solicitation synopsis rules, and the OFPP Policy Letters relating to audiovisual procurement. Another widely publicized case handled by Mr. Seidman resulted in the removal of restrictive legends on approximately 40,000 drawings for aircraft jet engine parts that had caused noncompetitive procurements for almost 25 years.

As a Navy lawyer he defended $200 million shipbuilding claims. As a private practitioner, he submitted and successfully resolved a consolidated claim against the Air Force under 21 contracts. He has also successfully challenged default terminations, Government defective pricing claims and proposed debarments.

Mr. Seidman has appeared as an expert witness on various procurement related issues in Congressional hearings and before the Packard Commission. He has also drafted procurement-related legislation and regulations.

His articles have appeared in the National Contract Management Journal, The Government Contractor, Yearbook of Procurement Articles, and Inc. Magazine. His recent publications include "Service Contracting in the New Millenium - Part I," Briefing Papers No. 02-11 (October 2002) and "Part II," Briefing Papers No. 02-12 (November 2002); "Maximizing Termination for Convenience Settlements," Briefing Papers No. 95-5 (April 1995); "Preparing Termination For Convenience Settlement Proposals For Fixed-Price Contracts," Briefing Papers No. 97-11 (October 1997); "How to Avoid & Overturn Terminations For Default," Briefing Papers No. 98-12 (November 1998); "The 807 Technical Data Committee - 'What's Mine is Mine and What's Yours in Mine' - The Return of Overpriced DOD Spare Parts," 36 Government Contractor Paragraph 207, p. 8 (1994); and Pocket Guide to the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (1995).  He is Co-author of the book, Representing Small Business published in 1986 by John Wiley.

Mr. Seidman was elected a Fellow by the National Contract Management Association.  He served on the Advisory Board of The Government Contractor, published by The West Group and the Data and Patent Rights Committee of the American Bar Association, Section on Public Contract Law. His biography appears in Who's Who in America.

Mr. Seidman has lectured in programs sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center, D.C. Bar, National Contract Management Association, various trade associations and the U.S. Air Force. He served on the staff of the 1980 White House Conference on Small Business.

Paul Seidman is AV-rated under Martindale Hubbell's Peer Review rating process.

The "A" signifies the highest level of legal skill, the "V" signifies "very high" adherence to professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence. 

Mr. Seidman is admitted in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit  and other Federal Courts.

*CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards