Ira E. Hoffman

Ira E. Hoffman is a Partner in Rimon’s Washington, D.C. office. For more than 30 years, Mr. Hoffman has been advising clients on government contracts and international law, and, more recently, on cybersecurity law and policy.  He has represented clients in bid protests before the GAO, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the FAA’s Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition (ODRA), and in size protests before the SBA and its Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA).  He has also represented clients in a number of Federal and State courts; in agency investigations conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA), Small Business Administration (SBA), Department of Justice (DOJ), Customs & Border Protection (CBP), and Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC); and in internal investigations concerning small business size status and/or eligibility for socio-economic preferences, and compliance with U.S. export controls (ITAR, EAR and OFAC sanctions).

Mr. Hoffman has also taught and continues to teach courses on small business contracting and subcontracting and other government contracts and international contracting for the Public Contracting Institute (PCI).  He was also the Editor of The Annotated Export Administration Regulations Desk Reference (West 2010-13); and has authored or co-authored articles on various government contracts and export controls issues, and on cyber law and policy.  Previously, Mr. Hoffman taught courses in International Trade Law and European Union Law as an adjunct professor at the George Mason University School of Law.  He also served as a member of the Governor’s International Advisory Council (appointed by the Governor of Maryland); as Counsel to the Vice Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission; as Counsel to the Israeli Ministry of Defense Mission to the U.S.; and as a Court Law Clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.  Mr. Hoffman earned his J.D. degree (cum laude) from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was an editor on the Law Review; an M.Sc from the London School of Economics, where he also taught; and a B.A. from the University of Michigan.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• “Small Business Contracting and Subcontracting,” PCI/George Mason University Masters Academy (Aug. 22, 2022)
• “Small Business Contracting and Subcontracting,” PCI/George Mason University Masters Academy (Dec. 8, 2021)
• “Domestic Sourcing Requirements,” PCI/George Mason University webinar (Sept. 2, 2021)
• “Classified Contracting and Privacy Issues,” PCI/George Mason University webinar (Jan. 28, 2021)
• “Small Business Contracting and Subcontracting,” PCI/George Mason University Masters Academy (Nov. 6, 2020)
• “Cracking Open OTAs (Other Transaction Authorities),” PCI webinar (July 15, 2020)
• “Limitations on Subcontracting, FAR 52.219-14,” PCI webinar (July 15, 2020)
• “Rules and Strategies for Entering the U.S. Homeland Security & Cyber Markets,” PCI/Merage Institute seminar (Jan. 20, 2020)
• “Small Business Contracting and Subcontracting, PCI/George Mason University Masters Program (Nov. 11, 2019)
• “Domestic Sourcing: Buy American Act/Trade Agreements Act/Berry Amendment,” PCI Webinar (May 22, 2018)
• “Small Business Contracting & Subcontracting,” PCI’s Masters Academy on Best Practices (Feb. 13, 2018)
• “Security Clearances,” PCI Webinar (Jan. 18, 2018)
• “Small Business Contracting & Subcontracting,” PCI’s Masters Academy on Best Practices (Dec. 6, 2017)
• “Small Business Contracting & Subcontracting,” PCI’s Masters Academy on Best Practices (Aug. 9, 2017)
• “Small Business Contracting & Subcontracting,” PCI’s Masters Academy on Best Practices (Apr. 28, 2017)
• “Cyber Law and Policy,” George Washington University Strategic Cyber Operations Master’s Program (Apr. 4, 2017)
• “ITAR/EAR/OFAC & Export Controls Reforms,” PCI Seminar (Mar. 28, 2017)
• Moderator, “Cyber Threat Intelligence: Moving Beyond Compliance,” FireEye Government Forum (Mar. 15, 2017)
• “Small Business Prime/Subcontracting & Teaming,” PCI Virtual Class (Feb. 7, 2017)
• “Small Business Set-Asides,” PCI Virtual Class (Jan. 31, 2017)
• “Entering the U.S. Cyber & Homeland Security Markets,” Merage Institute seminar (Jan. 24, 2017)
• “Small Business Formation and Affiliation Issues,” PCI Virtual Class (Jan. 17, 2017)

PUBLICATIONS

• If Information Sharing Is Such a Good Thing, Why Aren’t More Companies Doing It?, 3 U.S. Cybersecurity Magazine 9 at 87 (Fall 2015)
• The Problem of Attribution in Cyber Attacks: the Sony Example, 3 U.S. Cybersecurity Magazine 3 at 54 (Spring 2015)
• After Target: A Cultural Sea Change in the C-Suite, Financier Worldwide Expert Briefing (Jan. 2015)
• International Cooperation in Combating Cyberthreats: The U.S.-Israel Example, 2 U.S. Cybersecurity Magazine 5 at 30 (Fall 2014)
• S. Law and International Cooperation in Combating Cyberthreats, 31 Computer & Internet L. No. 4 at 15 (Apr. 2014)
• The (Slowly) Evolving Landscape of Security Clearances in the Cyberworld After Snowden, 2 U.S. Cybersecurity Magazine 2, 56 (Spring 2014)
• The Annotated Export Administration Regulations Desk Reference (editor, West 2010-2013)
• Recent Trends and Future Challenges for Government Contractors, Inside the Minds: The Impact of Recent Changes in Government Contracts (Aspatore 2011)
• New Compliance Issues and Requirements in Government Contracting, Inside the Minds: Government Contracts Compliance (Aspatore 2011)
• International Compliance: Mitigating Risk in FCPA and Other Cross-Border Transactions (co-author with Jacob Frenkel), 43 Md. Bar J. No. 4 at 33 (July/Aug. 2010)
• Export Controls and Economic Sanctions, (co-author), 42 Int’l Law., 301 (2008)
• Blowing the Whistle on Terror Funding, Baltimore Sun, 21A (Sept. 2, 2005)