RUTH G. TIGER
rtiger@saltmanandstevens.com

Current Practice

Ruth Tiger is a principal in the law firm of Saltman & Stevens, P.C. where she has focused on natural resources and government contracts law since entering private practice in 1984. She had previously worked at the Defense Supply Service-Washington, an agency of the Department of Defense and at the Helicopter Association International. Her practice emphasizes government contract counseling, claims preparation, negotiation, litigation and appropriations law. She has represented local governments and government contractors in a variety of industries from hazardous waste disposal service providers to makers of prosthetics to National Park Service and campground concessioners. Ms. Tiger has counseled and represented clients in their dealings with numerous civilian and military agencies. She regularly represents forest products industry clients regarding timber sale bidding procedures and bid protests, log export and substitution restrictions, contract compliance and disputes, small business set-aside program and size status issues, and compliance with environmental statutes and regulations. Ms. Tiger also represents clients involved in grand jury investigations and in administrative suspension and debarment proceedings. She has appeared on behalf of numerous clients before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States District Courts, the Government Accountability Office, the Boards of Contract Appeals, the Department of Agriculture’s Office of Hearings & Appeals, the Small Business Administration's Office of Hearings & Appeals, and other federal agency administrative tribunals in connection with government contract claims and bid protests.

Professional Memberships

Ms. Tiger is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland. She is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association and its Government Contracts and Litigation Division, and the American Bar Association and its Environment, Energy, and Resources and Public Contract Law Sections. She is also a member of the National Contract Management Association where she served as a member of the small and small disadvantaged business working group. Ms. Tiger also serves on the Dickinson College Washington D.C. Regional Cabinet.

Professional Activities

Ms. Tiger has made presentations before several industry groups and is the editor of Legal Briefs, a publication by Saltman & Stevens, P.C. that provides information concerning recent case law, congressional activity, and other developments of concern to those who enter into contracts with the federal government, with an emphasis on the forest products industry. Ms. Tiger is also the editor of Federal Concessions Contractor, a publication that provides information concerning recent developments of interest to federal concessioners. Ms. Tiger co-authored Attorney Fees and Expenses Under the Equal Access to Justice Act in Government Contract Claims Cases, Contract Management, Vol. 34, No. 5 (May, 1994).

Education

Bar Admissions

Ms. Tiger is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court of International Trade, and all Maryland state and District of Columbia courts.