They’ve Got Next: Government Contracts Fresh Face Elizabeth Jochum

“It was serendipity,” said Elizabeth Jochum on how she found the world of government contracting.

In her first job out of college, she was working as a reporter for Government Executive, a Washington-based magazine covering government agencies. There was a restaffing, and she found herself in a new beat— government contracting— despite not having any background in it.

“It was a great life move. I became really interested in regulatory changes and the various types of litigation that can arise, and soon realized my heart was in government contracts law, not journalism,” she said.

The two areas are “similar, though. ...