Nicole Owren-Wiest is a partner at Crowell & Moring with nearly 20 years’ experience representing aerospace, defense, professional services, IT, and emerging technology companies in all aspects of federal government procurement. Ms. Owren-Wiest has significant experience in the areas of government contract cost accounting, cost allowability, the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), Truthful Cost or Pricing Data, and business systems audits. Ms. Owren-Wiest regularly represents contractors in connection with claims preparation and negotiation, terminations for convenience and default, and litigation of contract disputes before the courts and boards of contract appeals, and in bid protests.