Fred Geldon is a senior counsel in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he advises clients in connection with government contracts and compliance matters

For more than 21 years, Mr. Geldon was counsel for EDS US Government Solutions, the business unit of Electronic Data Systems Corporation (now HP Enterprise Services) that performs contracts with agencies of the United States Government. In this role, Mr. Geldon handled and supervised legal matters involving EDS’ federal government customers. He regularly represented, counseled, and trained EDS contract administrators and business units concerning all aspects of government contracts including bid preparation, bid protests, contract and subcontract negotiation, contract and regulatory interpretation, claims, terminations, compliance, organizational conflicts of interest, and disputes.

Prior to joining EDS, Mr. Geldon was a partner in private practice, where he specialized in government contracts, energy and commercial litigation. From 1983-1985, he served as Assistant Director of the Environmental and Occupational Disease Litigation section of the Torts Branch, Civil Division of the Department of Justice, where he supported the management of the nationwide asbestos litigation involving the United States. Mr. Geldon began his legal career in 1973 as a law clerk to the Honorable William B. Bryant, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Geldon is currently an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at George Mason University, and conducts frequent training sessions for the Public Contracting Institute and Federal Publications in Compliance, Organizational Conflicts of Interest, Contract Closeout, and a variety of other government contracts topics.