Emily P. Golchini

Associate | She/Her/Hers

Overview

Emily’s practice primarily focuses on government contracts litigation and compliance.  Her bid protest experience extends to both federal and state procurements, and her compliance practice primarily focuses on small business concerns and contractor suspension and debarments.  Emily draws upon her experience as an extern at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for the Honorable Elaine D. Kaplan.

Emily is an associate in the Government Contracts Group based in Crowell & Moring’s Washington, D.C. office.  While in law school, Emily was a Fred Lees Procurement Scholar and award recipient.  She served as the ABA Public Contract Law Student Liaison, the President of the Government Contracts Student Association, and member of the Public Contract Law Journal—where her Note placed second in the national ABA Public Law Journal Writing Competition.  

Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, she externed at the Arlington Circuit Court, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Career & Education

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    • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., honors, 2023
    • New York University, B.A., 2020
    • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., honors, 2023
    • New York University, B.A., 2020
    • District of Columbia
    • District of Columbia
    • ABA Section of Public Contract Law 
    • ABA Section of Public Contract Law 

Emily 's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.28.25

Trump’s “Cost Efficiency Initiative” Expected to Decrease Federal Contracting, Grant, and Loan Funding

On February 26, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order (“EO”), “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Cost Efficiency Initiative,” to transform federal spending on “covered” contracts, grants, and loans. The EO defines “[c]overed contracts and grants” as “discretionary spending through Federal contracts, grants, loans, and related instruments, but excludes direct assistance to individuals; expenditures related to immigration enforcement, law enforcement, the military, public safety, and the intelligence community; and other critical, acute, or emergency spending, as determined by the relevant Agency Head.”...

Representative Matters

  • Successfully protested the Department of Homeland Security’s award of a $20 million contract for software application services.
  • Represented large company in a suspension and debarment matter relating to Environmental Protection Agency violations and corresponding district court settlements.
  • Successfully defended against protest challenging the Department of the Interior’s award of a $260 million contract for influx care facilities for migrant children.
  • Advised small business on mentor-protégé programs and local transit authority’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program.

Emily 's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.28.25

Trump’s “Cost Efficiency Initiative” Expected to Decrease Federal Contracting, Grant, and Loan Funding

On February 26, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order (“EO”), “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Cost Efficiency Initiative,” to transform federal spending on “covered” contracts, grants, and loans. The EO defines “[c]overed contracts and grants” as “discretionary spending through Federal contracts, grants, loans, and related instruments, but excludes direct assistance to individuals; expenditures related to immigration enforcement, law enforcement, the military, public safety, and the intelligence community; and other critical, acute, or emergency spending, as determined by the relevant Agency Head.”...

Emily 's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 02.28.25

Trump’s “Cost Efficiency Initiative” Expected to Decrease Federal Contracting, Grant, and Loan Funding

On February 26, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order (“EO”), “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Cost Efficiency Initiative,” to transform federal spending on “covered” contracts, grants, and loans. The EO defines “[c]overed contracts and grants” as “discretionary spending through Federal contracts, grants, loans, and related instruments, but excludes direct assistance to individuals; expenditures related to immigration enforcement, law enforcement, the military, public safety, and the intelligence community; and other critical, acute, or emergency spending, as determined by the relevant Agency Head.”...