Robert Metzger

Robert Metzger, an attorney in private practice, heads the Washington, D.C. office of Rogers Joseph O’Donnell, PC, a firm that specializes in public contracts matters. Bob is a co-author of the 2018 MITRE “Deliver Uncompromised” Report. As a Special Government Employee, Bob served on the Defense Science Board task force that produced the 2017 Cyber Supply Chain Report. He presented at the RSA Conference in 2017 and 2018 on IoT security issues and on supply chain security at RSA Public Sector Day in 2019 and 2020. Publications in 2020 include “Cyber Safety in the Era of Cyber Warfare,” published in The SciTech Lawyer and featured on the ABA main page. Bob continues to support MITRE in cyber and supply chain security matters.

Bob is recognized for subject area leadership in cyber, supply chain and related security matters. Chambers USA 2020 ranked Bob in Band 2 for Government Contracts – Nationwide and said that he is “routinely called upon by clients in cybersecurity matters, assisting clients with high-stakes contract procurements, qui tam litigation and compliance issues.” He is described by The Legal 500 (2020) as having “developed an ‘exceptional' reputation for litigation and bid protests, as well as cybersecurity-related issues.” Who’s Who Legal (2018) described Bob as “shown by our research to be one of the leading [government contracts] practitioners worldwide” and has identified Bob as a “Global Elite Thought Leader” in 2018, 2019 and 2020 – one of five in the U.S. and 18 globally in 2020. Named a 2016 “Federal 100” awardee, Federal Computer Week cited Bob for his “ability to integrate policy, regulation and technology” and said of him: “In 2015, he was at the forefront of the convergence of the supply chain and cybersecurity, and his work continues to influence the strategies of federal entities and companies alike.”

Bob is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. Subsequently, he was a Research Fellow at the Center for Science & International Affairs (presently, “Belfer Center”) at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.