Leonard Garner

Experience

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  USAF - Beale AFB, CA

  Nov 1996 - Jul 2001

  Chief Counsel for Contract Law, Environmental Law and Labor Law

  • Assistant Staff Judge Advocate

    Nov 1999 - Jul 2001

  • Assistant Staff Judge Advocate

    Nov 1996 - Nov 1999
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  DCMA - Denver

  Jul 2001 - Jan 2004

  Associate Counsel

  Active Duty USAF counsel assigned to DCMA - Denver, Colorado.

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  CH2M HILL

  Mar 2004 - Oct 2014

  Served as Chief Counsel, U.S. Federal Operations for CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd., a Fortune 500, US $6 Billion+ global engineering, construction and program management company; also served a dual role as Chief Counsel for CH2M HILL’s Facilities & Urban Environments market.As Chief Counsel, U.S. Federal Operations, I was responsible for providing legal support to CH2M HILL’s programs for U.S. Government clients, supporting the enterprise’s U.S. Federal initiatives, advising on enterprise risk in Federal Operations practices and policies, advising on ethics and business conduct in the performance of U.S. Federal programs, and partnering on Federal client audit and compliance issues. As Chief Counsel for Facilities & Urban Environments, I provided direct legal support to market business objectives, advise on contract and business strategy risk, provide counsel on ethics and business conduct issues, and support negotiation of agreements, claims, and disputes on market programs and projects. Show less

  • Chief Counsel - US Federal Operations

    Jan 2011 - Oct 2014

  • Business Group Counsel - Government Facilities & Infrastructure

    Jan 2007 - Nov 2013

  • Sr. Corporate Counsel

    Mar 2004 - Dec 2006
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  Gilbane Building Company

  Oct 2014 - now

  Assistant General Counsel & Vice President - Federal Programs, International - Gilbane

  Counsel and Vice President, Secretary for Gilbane's U.S. Federal operations in the performance of construction and design-build projects for the U.S. Federal Government at U.S. and international and global locations. Responsible for direct legal leadership on U.S. Federal and International program and project disputes, dispute resolution, REAs, claims, appeals, litigation management and strategy, contract formation and negotiation, legal entity formation, business operational risk and strategy, ethics and business conduct, training, and developing operational practices and policies to support compliance across multiple business lines. Lead and manage Federal Contracts team in the support of operational mission objectives, contract compliance requirements and negotiations and resolutions of contract matters. Show less