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Barbara Kinosky, Esq.

Barbara Kinosky

Areas of Practice:

  • Federal Government Contracts
  • Small Business Issues
  • Service Contract Act
  • GSA and VA Schedules
  • Compliance
  • Protests and Claims

SmartCEO's Legal Elite - Dec. 2010

Partner
bkinosky@centreconsult.com
(703) 288-2800 ext. 225

Barbara Kinosky is a partner in Centre Law Group and the President of Centre Consulting, Inc. She has over twenty years of experience in federal government contracts. Prior to establishing Centre Law and Centre Consulting Barbara was the head of a government contracts practice group at a major law firm. Barbara is a frequent author and lecturer. She oversees operations of the consulting and training practice groups at Centre.

Career Highlights:

  • Selected to SmartCEO Magazine list of top 120 attorneys for 2010.
  • Testified before Congressman Davis' Section 1423 Acquisition Reform Panel on the efficacy of performance based contracting and was quoted numerous times in the Final Report.
  • Has spoken at the Professional Services Expo, the Greater Washington Business Summit, the NCMA World Congress, the Annual SBA National Conference, the NIH Annual Contracting Symposium, the Federal Health Care Acquisition Conference the Practicing Law Institute in NYC and the ASA Staffing World Conference.
  • Won numerous protests at the GAO and obtained directed award of protested procurement for client.
  • Teaches numerous courses on all aspects of federal government contracting.
  • Consults to both Fortune 500 companies and federal government agencies on a wide variety of federal government topics including GSA Schedules compliance.

Professional Affiliations:

  • Appointed to National Contract Management Association (NCMA) Board of Advisors
  • Elected to Professional Services Council (PSC) Board of Directors
  • Selected to American Arbitration Association (AAA) Large Complex Case Panel
  • American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law, former Vice Chair of the Public Contracts and Procurement Committee
  • Federal Bar Association Government Contracts Newsletter, Former Award Winning Editor

Publications:

  • Boot Camp for GSA Contracting text book
  • Basics of Federal Contracting text book
  • Federal Contract Law text book
  • Organizational Conflicts of Interest and Ethics text book

Bar Admissions:

  • District of Columbia and Virginia

Court Admissions:

  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
  • United States Court of Federal Claims

Education:

  • JD, George Mason University School of Law, Associate Editor of the Law Review
  • BS, Florida State University