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Edward T. Waters, Esq.

Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP

• Managing partner of the Washington, D.C., law firm of Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP, and has served in that capacity since 2003, having joined the firm in 1992
• Practice includes representing a wide variety of federal grantees including nonprofit organizations, city and county governments, colleges and universities, and many others as well as their associated trade associations
• Lead litigation counsel on numerous matters in federal court and before many administrative bodies including, most frequently, the HHS Departmental Appeals Board
• Lead litigation counsel in the first successful effort to reverse the termination of a Head Start grant in 1996 and has appealed countless cost disallowances to the DAB and other federal agencies
• Spoken about federal grants issues before many groups, including the District of Columbia Bar, the National Head Start Association, the National Association of Community Health Centers, the State of Maryland, USDA Office of Inspector General and HUD
• Fellow of the American Bar Association and was president of the National Grants Management Association, 2003 to 2007
• Can be contacted at 202-466-8960 or [email protected]