Trinette Chandler
About Trinette Chandler
Ms. Chandler is Of Counsel at Riley Trade Law PLLC. She serves as a trusted advisor to its clients by applying skills learned in 20 years of working in complex, high-visibility Federal contracts as an attorney, on-site Federal contractor, and procurement consultant. She leverages the legal, business, and technical expertise gained while leading, winning, managing, and providing legal advice to Department of Defense (DoD), national security, healthcare, and space sector procurements each worth $500M+ at several of the largest defense contractors in the Nation. Ms. Chandler holds a Top Secret security clearance.
What Sets Trinette Apart
She especially enjoys working with small businesses such as those that are designated as Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), 8(a), Woman-Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs), and Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) firms to help them navigate a competitive and often overwhelming government and commercial contracting landscape.
Experience In Advising Clients
Ms. Chandler has experience in advising clients on matters such as:
- Achieving Regulatory Compliance
- Establishing and Monitoring Acquisition Support and Governance
- Advising on Procurement Transparency and Integrity
- Conducting Investigations (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Anti-Bribery)
- Analyzing the Cost-Benefit Value of Bid Protests
- Reviewing Proposals for Legal Sufficiency/Bid Protest Viability
- Negotiating Performance Disputes
- Mitigating Organizational Conflicts of Interest
- Mediating Disputes Between the Prime and Sub
- Executing Joint Ventures and Teaming Agreements
- Conducting Small Business Compliance and Size Appeals
Education
- The George Washington University School of Law, LLM – Government Procurement Law, 2017
- Managing Editor of the Public Contract Law Journal
- American University Washington College of Law, JD, 2002
- Deans Fellow, Innocence Project, Myers Law Scholar
- Carnegie Mellon University, Bachelor of Science – Technical Writing (Engineering Track),
Minor – Medical Writing, 1994 - Dean’s List, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), President of Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
Publications and Speaking
- Speaker and Legal Advisor, HUBZone Council National Business Conference (2015, 2016, 2017)
- Speaker and Legal Webinar Host, HUBZone Council Small Business Speakers Series (2015, 2016, 2017)
- Author, “The Federal Contracting Small Business Set-Aside Program: Examining the Paternalistic Governance Structure that Creates Unnecessary Barriers to Entry for Some Types of Set-Aside Firms, While Simultaneously Removing Those Same Obstacles for More Politically Favored Set-Asides” (2017)
- Speaker, Northern Virginia Black Women’s Business Conference (2018)
Professional Affiliations
- Member, D.C. Bar Government Contracts and Litigation Section
- Member, D.C. Bar Administrative Law and Agency Practice Section
- Member, American Bar Association Public Contract Law Section
- Member, National Contract Management Association
- Member, Association of Proposal Management Professionals
