Law Firms Awarded $3.6B in Government Contracts Over 10 Years

The federal government awarded roughly $3.6 billion for outside legal services from Oct. 1, 2009 to Sept. 30, 2018, more than $344 million in 2018 alone, according to a new analysis of federal contracting data by Bloomberg Law.

The Justice Department, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission were the top customers, having contracted for a total of at least $2.541 billion during the period.

Hunton Andrews Kurth proved to be the law firm with the largest sum of government contract transactions. The firm was formed by the merger of two other firms last ...