Jay is a litigator and former Co-Chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Government Contracts and Public Procurement practice, with 46 years’ experience in the field. Clients from the aerospace, technology, and healthcare sectors seek his representation in all facets of government procurement law—from bid protests to complex claims and disputes through suspension and debarment. He also has an extensive practice in related issues, such as civil fraud and qui tam False Claims Act (“FCA”) actions. Quoting from a source, Chambers USA called Jay: “The best litigator in the country on government contracts and related matters.”

Mr. DeVecchio’s litigation successes include a defendant’s jury verdict in a $480 million FCA case in which he was trial counsel; prevailing in one of the largest defective pricing appeals tried to date; enjoining the Department of Defense for an improper debarment; winning the leading case on latent defects in government contracts; and achieving victory in the Eleventh Circuit's decision on false claims immunity for Medicare contractors. He has more than 50 reported decisions.

Since 2005, Jay has been named a leading national practitioner in Government Contract Law by Chambers USA. He similarly has been named a Top Washington Lawyer in Government Contracts by both The Washington Business Journal and The Washingtonian. Jay has been a guest instructor at the University of Virginia, the George Washington University Law School Government Contracts Program, and the American University Washington College of Law. He conducts seminars on diverse subjects including claims, disputes, terminations, and data rights and has written extensively on all these topics.