Maynard Cooper & Gale is pleased to announce that Michael W. “Mike” Rich has joined Maynard Cooper’s Government Solutions Practice as an Associate in the Firm’s Huntsville office. Rich is an experienced litigator with 5 years of experience handling commercial litigation matters with a focus on federal procurement and service contracts, construction contracts, and employment litigation. Rich’s work in the field has earned him recognition by Mid-South Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” in the area of Business Litigation. Prior to the start of his legal career, he served as a Judicial Clerk for the Honorable S. Thomas Anderson of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Rich graduated summa cum laude from The University of Alabama School of Law where he was Acquisitions Editor and Managing Board Member for the Alabama Law Review. He earned his B.A. in Economics from The University of Oklahoma.

Maynard Cooper’s Government Solutions group assists clients operating in the defense, technology, and space industries in navigating the appropriate legal and regulatory regimes at the federal, state, and local levels. Our attorneys, some of whom are former military officers or government attorneys, have the specialized understanding and experience to address the full spectrum of regulatory challenges and market opportunities that our clients face in these dynamic industry sectors. Clients include a wide variety of government contractors and subcontractors, both defense and non-defense, ranging in size from large businesses to small. In addition, as a full-service law firm, we are able to address an array of other critical legal concerns for our clients.