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Steven L. Reed is a partner in the Atlanta, Georgia and Washington, DC offices of Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP. He joined Smith Currie in 2007 and opened the firm’s Washington, DC office in 2008. Prior to this he was an Administrative Judge, Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) where from 2000-2006, he mediated, otherwise resolved, or adjudicated 136 appeals involving all types of contracts awarded by the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, NASA, the U.S. Postal Service, the Department of Justice, the Washington Metro bus and rail system, and the Panama Canal Commission. During 1994-2000, as an Administrative Judge with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Board of Contract Appeals (ENG BCA) and from 1988-1994, as a Hearing Examiner with the ENG BCA, Mr. Reed’s docket included 225 appeals addressing matters related to the Corps’ Civil Works program (locks, dams, navigation, and flood prevention), the Washington Metro rail system, the Panama Canal, and Saudi Arabian military facilities and foreign military sales transactions.