Overview
Tyler Evans focuses his practice on assisting clients in resolving complex US government contracting issues. He has significant experience in contract negotiations, and regularly represents government contractors in the defense and life sciences industries. Clients turn to Tyler for assistance with research and development contracting, non-traditional agreements, intellectual property, negotiations, flow-down requirements, small business issues, sourcing restrictions, costs, and compliance.
He has assisted multiple clients with negotiations and ongoing performance considerations relating to work with the US Departments of Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, Energy, and Defense in connection with health and military preparedness, including with respect to countermeasures for significant threats like COVID-19, Ebola, Zika, MERS-CoV, Smallpox, Monkeypox, pandemic influenza, and radiation events. He has also assisted many companies, both in and outside the United States, in negotiating and performing research and development contracts with various US government agencies relating to defense technologies and other areas of life sciences contracting, like diagnostics and antimicrobial resistance.
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
- Hon. Marian Blank Horn, US Court of Federal Claims, 2012-2013
Areas of Work
Representative Matters
Recent Representations
- Advising developer of AI-driven sensors and drones in negotiating multiple prototyping and demonstration contracts, as well as on related intellectual property frameworks.
- Negotiated and advised clients on more than $13 billion in government contract awards for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.
- Advised major defense company on data marking and trade secret protection policies.
- Represented multiple organizations in achieving positive outcomes in investigations of loans under the Paycheck Protection Program.
- Advised major government contractor in copyright infringement litigation involving computer software.
News & Publications
Client Alerts
Final Build America, Buy America Guidance Published:
September 13, 2023
By: Paul R. Hurst, Amba M. Datta, Tyler Evans, Caitlin Conroy, Anna Menzel
Publications
The Pros and Cons of the Senate's DOD Data Rights Plan
Law360
September 6, 2023
By: Tyler Evans, Anna Menzel
First to File
July 28, 2023
By: Amba M. Datta, Tyler Evans, Paul R. Hurst, Patrick F. Linehan, Caitlin Conroy, Anna Menzel, Joshua Dupre, Rose Beattie, Kane Smith
Client Alerts
No TikTok on Government and Contractor Devices
June 16, 2023
By: Amba M. Datta, Tyler Evans, Paul R. Hurst, Caitlin Conroy, Anna Menzel
Publications
Proprietary Markings Still of Limited Use to Gov't Contractors
Law360
February 15, 2023
By: Tyler Evans
Publications
Moderna Ruling Misses On 'Products Sold To US Government'
Law360
November 17, 2022
By: Tyler Evans
Publications
Law360 Publishes Article by Tyler Evans on New Rules for Large US Government Contractors
Law360
August 12, 2022
By: Tyler Evans
Press Releases
Steptoe Adds Partner Tyler Evans to Growing Government Contracts Group
August 1, 2022
Events
Webinars
HHS/ASPR Preparedness Initiatives
January 18, 2024
Speakers: Tyler Evans, Tanima Sinha, Adey Pierce
Noteworthy
- Law360, Rising Star, Life Sciences (2021)