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Anand V. Ramana

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Anand Ramana is a Litigation Shareholder in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. Office, and is also a Member of the Firm’s Pro Bono Committee.

Mr. Ramana resolves a wide variety of business and other civil disputes for his clients. He has significant first-chair trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts around the nation, with a particular focus in the District of Columbia and Virginia tribunals. As lead counsel, Mr. Ramana has tried nearly 20 jury and bench trials to judgment, and argued 10 appeals.

While he handles disputes for all businesses, Mr. Ramana dedicates a large portion of his practice to litigation on behalf of, and many times between, government contractors. He is a leading authority on proposal teaming and post-award subcontracting issues. Over the course of his career, he has successfully tried or otherwise favorably resolved employment, trade secret, restrictive covenant, contract, and business tort cases. He also has significant experience litigating disputes in the energy, financial services, consumer, and real estate industries.

Mr. Ramana also represents foreign companies, governments, and individuals in litigation in American courts. He is well-versed in the legal nuances that foreign parties, witnesses, and evidence present in American litigation. Indeed, he has substantial experience in helping European and Middle Eastern clients and executives understand, navigate, and prevail in the American legal system.

Mr. Ramana devotes a significant segment of his career to his pro bono practice. His pro bono successes include securing a writ of habeas corpus for the release of an innocent man serving time in prison on the eve of his unlawful deportation, forcing the return of two kidnapped children secretly taken to Saudi Arabia, and obtaining a reversal of immigration judge’s deliberate disregard of integral portions of the record to reach a decision to deport a persecuted man. More recently, he helped supervise a large pro bono team that obtained a historic $8 million civil judgment in a nationally-recognized anti-human trafficking suit against a cult based in Kansas.

He was named to “Virginia Legal Elite,” Civil Litigation by Virginia Business from 2014-2016 and was named a “Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters in Washington, DC (2013-2015) and Virginia (2009-2011).

Anand V. Ramana

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Education

  • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2003
  • The George Washington University, M.A., 1999
  • University of Michigan, B.A., 1997

Anand V. Ramana

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Bar Admissions

  • Virginia, 2003
  • District of Columbia, 2004
  • New York, 2020

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Affiliations

  • Member, Virginia Bar Association
  • Member, District of Colombia Bar Association
  • Chairman, Issues Committee, Loudoun County Democratic Committee, 2006

Anand V. Ramana

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Anand V. Ramana

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Anand V. Ramana

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Experience

* Some matters undertaken while at previous law firms

INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES

  • Lead trial counsel representing a human trafficking survivor in a case against an African nation and two of its former diplomats to the United States
  • Lead trial counsel representing Emeriti company in defense of a breach of contract case in Virginia
  • Lead trial counsel representing Belgian oil and gas transportation company; successfully forced the release of aircraft sale rights seized by the U.S. government
  • Lead counsel representing the CEO of a large Canadian satellite communications company in proceedings for foreign discovery under 28 U.S.C. § 1782
  • Lead counsel representing Emeriti company, securing dismissal of a breach of contract claim brought by Afghan company
  • Represented a large Romanian telecommunications company in the successful defense of a judgment enforcement in federal district court
  • Represented a major international governmental organization in an application for foreign discovery under 28 U.S.C. § 1782
  • Represented large American banking institution defending depositions sought against its employees based in India
  • Chief author of Vedder Price’s monthly newsletter, Lex Americana: Transnational Litigation in American Courts

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

  • Lead trial counsel representing a NASA prime contractor in a dispute over termination of a subcontractor during prime contract performance
  • Lead trial counsel representing an Alaska Native Corporation government contractor in a fraudulent transfer case against a judgment debtor and co-conspirators
  • Lead trial counsel representing non-profit foreign aid administration organization challenging U.S. Agency for International Development to prohibit foreign aid to Palestinian construction company
  • Lead trial and appellate counsel in Schmidt v. FCT Enterprises, LLC, 3 F.4th 95 (4th Cir. 2021), securing total victory in defense of WARN Act and FLSA claims against government contractor client
  • Lead trial counsel in CGI Federal, Inc. v. FCi Federal, Inc., 295 Va. 506 (2018), Virginia’s seminal case on fraud in the inducement of teaming agreements
  • Lead appellate counsel in Navar v. Federal Business Council, 291 Va. 338 (2016), Virginia’s seminal case on the enforceability of teaming agreements
  • Lead trial and appellate counsel representing Virginia government contractor in defense of breach of stock options case
  • Represented Canadian corporation in successful Freedom of Information Act claim challenging the U.S. Air Force release of its bid pricing data to a competitor

OTHER NOTEWORTHY CASES

  • Lead trial counsel representing the sellers of a California steel company in an arbitration against purchasers over purchaser’s failure to pay adjusted price and other payments after closing
  • Represented Senate-confirmed political appointee witness in high-profile sexual harassment case against international consulting firm
  • Lead trial counsel representing captain of the top-ten GWU men’s rowing team suing his university to reinstate team to varsity status after abruptly cutting it
  • Lead trial and appellate counsel representing major agribusiness intelligence company in Freedom of Information Act case against the federal government to compel the release of information related to farmland owners and uses
  • Lead trial and appellate counsel representing a survivor of human trafficking in successful defense of defamation claims arising out of client’s interview with Megyn Kelly on The Today Show
  • Lead trial counsel representing power plant company in successful dismissal of contract claim by a large national gas company against power plant in a Virginia federal court
  • Lead counsel representing national door distributor in federal court defense of the public release of its confidential financial data
  • Lead appellate counsel in 4700 Conn 305 Trust v. Capital One, N.A., 193 A.3d 762 (D.C. 2018), the District of Columbia’s seminal case on “super priority liens” in residential foreclosures
  • Lead counsel representing a mother securing the return and custody of two toddlers kidnapped and taken to Saudi Arabia
  • Lead appellate counsel in Bank of New York Mellon v. Nagaraj, 220 Md. App. 698 (2014), securing reversal of erroneous trial court judgment vacating a residential foreclosure
  • Lead trial and appellate counsel in Richardson v. Capital One, N.A., 544 Fed. App’x 3 (D.C. Cir. 2013), affirming district court dismissal of borrower’s claim that client miscalculated a refund under rarely used “Rule of 78s” prohibition statute, 15 U.S.C. § 1615
  • Lead trial counsel representing developer in Virginia jury trial of breach of contract against purchaser who reneged on agreement
  • Court-appointed lead appellate counsel in Elliott v. Department of Agriculture, 596 F.3d 842 (D.C. Cir. 2010), representing a FOIA requester seeking release of documents from the federal government
  • Lead trial counsel representing Virginia state government in securing dismissal of First Amendment claim brought by homeowners against Arlington County for permitting an affordable housing development near a church
  • Represented major American internet service provider in Breakman v. AOL, LLC, 15 A.2d 219 (D.C. 2011), D.C.’s en banc panel case on standing requirements under the D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act
  • Lead trial and appellate counsel in Nextel WIP Lease Corp. v. Saunders, 276 Va. 509 (2008), representing national telecommunications company in suit over communication tower rights on private property