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By Adam M. Eichelberger, Attorney at Law, Owner of Eichelberger Defense & Public Policy LLC
Indiana is now home to the world’s leading Silicon Crossroads Microelectronics Hub. Indiana is also home to a federally funded clean hydrogen hub, a growing federally funded BioWorks initiative and continuing Defense-related programs. (Did you know Indiana has one of the largest Naval bases in the world?) All told, over 1 billion in new federal spending is coming to Indiana in military research & development, artificial intelligence, microelectronics fabrication & manufacturing, and radiation hardening — money that will flow out to small and large businesses alike.
And this innovation ecosystem continues to need lawyers who understand the basics of federal programs. We need lawyers who know how to spell OTA and FAR. Attorneys to help create teaming agreements, partnerships, nondisclosure agreements and other documents between government agencies, contractors, academia and others.
The Indianapolis Bar Foundation presents: OTAs and Other Federal Contracts
IndyBar is proud to present our second of three CLEs focused all around on answering your questions on how to practice with contractors and government entities and all the spaces in-between on federal programs. Come learn the basics of Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs). Learn how they’ve helped Indiana and how to help your clients understand what is and is not permissible under an OTA or other type of “unusual” grant/contract.
Keep the attorneys in Indiana
While this CLE is the second in a series, you do not need to have attended the first to get value from this. Come join us, and instead of sending this work to D.C. attorneys, keep the business within the Hoosier State and be on the forefront of economy-changing developments.
You could be the attorney to help Hoosier innovators turn out the next SR-71 Blackbird. The next microwave oven. The next wave of revolutionary microelectronics that usher in another massive burst forward in the post-Industrial Revolution. You could be the adviser on the next Skunk Works (the program that created the SR-71 Blackbird and the Stealth Fighter) or the next wave of the space program.
Your clients need someone who can explain what an SBIR is, what an STTR is, what a FAR-based contract is, and what is an OTA? This CLE will help you understand this environment, the funding that is coming to Indiana, and how to position your clients to best leverage the coming situation.
A CLE for every business attorney — why send to D.C. attorneys what we can do here?
Whether you are small, solo, government, BigLaw or other, this CLE is for you. Why? You need to understand the basics. Not everything is litigation. Much of this work is just understanding how to structure yourself. Understanding why your client might want to be an 8(A) or a WOSB, or an Alaskan Native business. Understanding the SBA.
Come join us!
For solo & small practitioners: How to help your clients structure their businesses to win work, such as understanding what set-asides are (8(A), WOSB and a soup of other acronyms) and the importance of matchmaking and partnering with other contractors; the importance of federal budget cycles and knowing when to advise your clients that funding may be coming available; getting in on the ground floor of what will be a growing area of practice in Indiana, especially for transactional work, but eventually through inevitable litigation.
For business attorneys of all sizes: Understand how to read a federal contract; know what the difference is between FAR-contracting and non-FAR contracting; new ways to help your clients understand how to work with the federal government; what sources of law you should start to become familiar with.
For attorneys of all types: Understand what federal Programs of Record are; understand how the various different contracting vehicles are used; learn the (wide-open) industry secret of how to work an idea into a federal program.•
Adam Eichelberger is the owner of Eichelberger Defense & Public Policy LLC, where he provides legal services in national security law, international business law and general business law. Eichelberger is an active member of IndyBar’s Government Practice Section.
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