Brian E. Sweeney
Principal, Law Office of Brian E. Sweeney
Professional Background
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
San Francisco, California
Special Counsel, June 2016 to April 2018
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Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. (formerly Aerojet-General Corporation)
Sacramento, California
Vice President, General Counsel, October 1999 to April 2016.
Senior Counsel, May 1997 to October 1999
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Crowell & Moring LLP
Washington, D.C.
Attorney, August 1985 to May 1997
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Professional Memberships
American Bar Association
Public Contract Law Section
Accounting, Cost & Pricing
Debarment & Suspension
Forum on Air & Space Law
Space Law: Commercial, Regulatory, and Litigation
Development
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National Defense Industrial Association
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Bar Admissions
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Maryland, 1985
District of Columbia, 1998
California, 1997
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U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals:
District of Columbia Circuit
Ninth Circuit
Federal Circuit
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Education
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The George Washington University Law School, Washington D.C.
Juris Doctor, May 1985; emphasis in Government Contracts, Environmental Law.
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Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, N.Y.
Bachelor of Arts with Honors, in Philosophy, May 1982; Phi Beta Kappa, Dean’s List,
New York State Regents Scholarship, 1978-82.
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