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Deitra Crawley represents corporate clients in regulatory matters, government contracts and other transactional issues in the U.S. and abroad. Ms. Crawley’s regulatory practice includes corporate compliance, government contracts, international trade, data rights protections and certifications for small businesses and veteran-owned enterprises. She navigates regulations, designs and implements custom-tailored compliance programs for small-to-medium enterprises, advises enforcement actions, performs compliance due diligence in mergers and acquisitions, and trains company personnel and third parties on compliance.

Her government contracts practice focuses on procurement, the General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule contracting, foreign governments, bid protests, government audits and investigations, claims and appeals before administrative boards and agencies, and procurement fraud claims.

Prior to joining Taylor English, Ms. Crawley was general counsel for privately held corporations in the metro Washington, D.C. area where she managed compliance, advised in contract disputes, guided companies on a wide range of international trade matters and led negotiations for a $192 million merger.

Ms. Crawley then launched an international legal and business consulting firm in D.C., and later joined a government contracts and international trade boutique law firm in Huntsville, Alabama, that focused on defense industry clients. Her legal work encompassed matters in South Africa, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, the European Union and Australia.

A cornerstone of Ms. Crawley’s practice is her ability to counsel businesses in the incubator phase in securing financing and obtaining U.S. and foreign government business partnerships.

Ms. Crawley has represented the environmental cleanup and liability interests of local governments and local communities before the Administration and Congress, particularly where base closures, nuclear sites closures and abandoned and Superfund sites exist. She has facilitated the convening of Local Redevelopment Authorities in EPA Regions 2, 4, and 6, and has served on a Local Redevelopment Authority in Washington, DC.

Ms. Crawley has made presentations on government contracts, data rights protections and international trade to the National Contract Management Association, North Alabama International Trade Association, Global Ties Alabama, Auburn University College of Business and Alabama State University College of Business.   

Memberships

Federal Bar Association, Government Contracts Section, Co-Chair, 2015

Federal Bar Association, International Law Section

Maryland State Bar Association, Business Law Section

Atlanta Bar Association

Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), 2015

Community Involvement

Leadership Fairfax, 2010

Leadership Huntsville, 2011

Global Ties Alabama, Board Member and Officer, 2011-2012, 2013-2015

Cyber Huntsville, Board of Directors, Membership Chairperson, 2013-2014

Turkish American Business Association, Representative for Alabama Congressional Districts 3, 4, and 5

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

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