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Counsel, Naval Facilities Engineering Command The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) is the Navy’s real estate and construction agent. It also is responsible for most of the Navy’s shore-side environmental and conservation program. NAVFAC provides facilities construction and operation and maintenance services; environmental services encompassing environmental planning, compliance, cleanup, pollution prevention, and cultural and natural resources; base realignment and closure (BRAC) services; acquisition, management and disposal of real property outside of BRAC; public utility services; acquisition and maintenance of military family housing; procurement of construction and transportation equipment; and oceanographic engineering services. The NAVFAC Office of Counsel is composed of approximately 90 attorneys, nine at headquarters and the remainder at various field activities in the U.S. and at several overseas locations (Naples, Italy, Yokosuka, Japan, and Guam). Legal practice at most offices is centered on one or more of three core areas: acquisition of facilities and services through contract; land use; and environmental law. For example, NAVFAC attorneys defend against contract bid protests before the General Accounting Office, advise clients on the adequacy of Environmental Impact Statements, and assist in negotiating the transfer of closed Navy facilities to local government redevelopment authorities. In addition, almost all offices provide legal advice concerning fiscal law, civilian personnel law, and ethics. Field attorneys are either generalists or specialists, depending upon the size of the office and the nature of the legal practice there. At headquarters, the attorneys specialize in the core practice areas. Two trial teams totaling eight attorneys focus on litigation involving contract disputes before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals. However, any of NAVFAC’s attorneys may find themselves working closely with a United States Attorney’s office or the Department of Justice on a case in Federal Court affecting NAVFAC’s interests. For additional information on NAVFAC and the Counsel for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, go to www.navfac.navy.mil. This web page was last updated on Sunday, September 26, 2004; at 2:16:50 AM

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