Law360, New York ( March 18, 2013, 2:10 PM EDT) -- Andrew E. Shipley is a partner in Perkins Coie LLP's Washington, D.C., office. He is a member of the firm's government contracts practice group and has nearly 30 years of experience handling a range of matters in courts across the United States and overseas, including government and commercial contract claims, False Claims Act cases, bid protests, intellectual property disputes, products liability and government-owned contractor-operated environmental matters. In addition, he has represented clients in government and internal investigations. He founded and co-chaired the Litigation Forum for the Washington Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Association, the Washington, D.C., chapter of the American Corporate Counsel Association. He currently serves on the American Bar Association Section of Litigation's Federal Practice Task Force and is a program co-chairman for the section's Corporate Counsel Committee Annual Conference to be held in 2013....