VanScoyoc Kelly Attorneys: Gilleece

Mary Ann Gilleece is an Attorney and Managing Director with Van Scoyoc Kelly PLLC, a newly created law firm. Van Scoyoc Kelly PLLC was formed by Stu Van Scoyoc and Kevin Kelly to provide a government blahblah

Gilleece specializes in providing advice to domestic and foreign corporations on a wide spectrum of issues related to legislative, government contract, and business matters. Gilleece is knowledgeable about the laws and regulations and internal government procedures concerning the government acquisition process. This knowledge, coupled with her experience in senior positions in the executive and legislative branches of government, enable her to assist clients in grappling with and successfully resolving complex business, legal, legislative and regulatory problems. Her approach is to negotiate a resolution to a company's problem whether that program is with the government or another contractor. She assists the company in developing a strategy that focuses on resolution and then guides the implementation of that strategy

contracts and procurement law platform that Van Scoyoc Associates, one of Washington's most distinctive government relation firms, can retain to address complex acquisition, procurement, and regulatory issues.

Direct Contact Information:

Phone: (202) 898-1639
Email: mgilleece@vsklaw.com

Gilleece's clients are concerned with defense and civilian agency matters and encompass a wide range of business activities. These clients include manufacturers of major systems as well as smaller end items and component parts and providers of professional and technical services. She has assisted all sizes of companies including large, medium, small, small-disadvantaged and 8(a) as both prime contractors and subcontractors.

Gilleece was born in Effingham, Illinois, and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1962 and attended Suffolk University Law School in Boston where she received a Juris Doctorate degree in 1972 and in that year became a member of the Massachusetts Bar. In 1982 she received a Master of Laws degree in Government Procurement Law from George Washington University. In 1991, she became a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

In 1972, Gilleece was appointed an Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She then practiced law privately. Beginning in 1977, Gilleece served for six years as Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services. She was responsible for committee functions relating to federal contracting legislation and government procurement methods.

From April 1983 to August 1985, Gilleece served as the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (Acquisition Management). As Deputy Undersecretary, Gilleece managed a senior level professional staff and served as the principal advisor to the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering in all matters concerning management and policy for the Department of Defense acquisition and manufacturing processes. She also served on the Joint Contract Administration Coordinating Council. She directed the effort to make procurement system improvements embodied in Executive Order 12352 of March 17, 1982, on Federal Procurement Reforms. As the DOD member of the OMB Executive Committee on Procurement Reforms, she recommended acquisition changes necessary to make the government contract process better. She had primary responsibility for the formulation and execution of DOD international acquisition, objectives, policies, and programs for cooperation in research, development, production, and procurement with U.S. allies.

Gilleece has held positions of responsibility with certain companies. In September 1998, the Board of Directors of AverStar, Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts, elected Gilleece to the Board. The Board also elected her to chair the Audit Committee. AverStar, Inc. developed and tested mission critical software systems for federal government and commercial customers. AverStar, Inc.'s annual revenue was about $200 million. AverStar, Inc. was sold in 2000 to Titan Systems.

Gilleece has also been active in professional associations. She was elected to the National Board of Trustees and the National Board of Directors of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), the association which is the combination of the American Defense Preparedness Association (ADPA) and the National Security Industrial Association (NSIA). She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Washington Chapter of NDIA. She was elected to the Washington Chapter of the ADPA in 1992 and served as President of the Chapter in 1996. In 1985 she was elected an honorary lifetime member of NSIA. In April 1997, Gilleece was elected to honorary life membership of Women in Defense. Gilleece also serves on the Board of Directors of the USO of Metropolitan Washington.

In March 2001, Gilleece was elected to the Board of Directors of Firearms Training Systems, Inc. (F.A.T.S.), just out of Atlanta, Georgia. FATS, which is a public corporation, is the leading worldwide producer of interactive simulation systems designed to provide training in the handling and use of small and supporting arms. She also serves on the Board of Directors of McDonald Bradley, Inc., a woman owned information technology services business founded in 1985 and located in Vienna, Virginia.