Current Practice

Alan Saltman is a senior principal in the firm of Saltman & Stevens, P.C. His practice is focused in the areas of litigation, government contract and appropriations law, providing advice to clients in both the public sector and a wide variety of industries on matters involving, among other things, contract solicitation and award, contract compliance, claims strategy and quantification, and issues relating to the availability of appropriations. In addition to having had dealings with a wide variety of federal agencies (both civilian and military), he has extensive experience as lead counsel in complex litigation cases. Among other things those cases have included bid protests and claims before the Boards of Contract Appeals, the United States Government Accountability Office, the United States Court of Federal Claims and the United States District Courts. He has successfully argued numerous cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as well as other federal courts of appeal and administrative forums.

Professional Memberships

Mr. Saltman is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Massachusetts. He is a member of the Federal Bar Association, the Bar Associations of the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Boards of Contract Appeals, as well as being a member of the Public Contract Section of the American Bar Association. He is a thirty-five year member of the National Contract Management Association.

Professional Activities

Mr. Saltman has written and lectured extensively on a wide variety of topics and has made numerous presentations before the National Contract Management Association, Federal Bar Association, and other organizations including the American Apparel Manufacturers Association, the National Park Hospitality Association and the American Forest Resource Council. He is the author of Breach of Contract: The Comptroller General, the Boards, the Courts and the All-Disputes Clause, 7 Public Contract Law Journal 123 (1974); Roscoe-Ajax: Staking the Ground In Between: The Government’s Right to Counterclaim, Public Contract Newsletter, Vol. 10, No. 2 (1975); Estoppel Against the Government: Have Recent Decisions Rounded the Corners of the Agent's Authority Problem in Federal Procurements?, 45 Fordham Law Review 497 (1976); The Government's Liability For Actions Of Its Agents That Are Not Specifically Authorized: The Continuing Influence of Merrill And Richmond, 32 Public Contract Law Journal 775 (2003); and Must Profits Made in Transactions Involving Late-Delivered Goods be Deducted from the Injured Party's Breach Damages? If Not, What Impact Should Late-Delivered Goods Have?, 78 St. John's Law Review 131 (2004). He is a contributor to Legal Briefs, a publication of Saltman & Stevens, P.C. highlighting new developments in government contract law with particular emphasis on those matters affecting the timber industry and Federal Concessions Contractor, a similar publication highlighting new developments in concessions law. Mr. Saltman is also an Adjunct Professor at Boston College Law School.

Education and Professional Qualifications