Bailey McHale

Associate

Bailey is an associate in VLMG’s Bay Area office. Her practice focuses on resolving contract disputes, construction claims, and complex litigation in federal and state courts. She routinely advises contractors on public and private projects, specifically in breach of contract disputes, mechanics lien foreclosure actions, and enforcement of payment and performance bonds. Bailey also has experience with government contracts litigation including bid protests and claims before the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC). She worked on agency-level protests, contract and grant terminations, regulatory compliance, corporate due diligence, and small business determinations. She represented clients in federal government investigations, corporations conducting internal investigations, and individuals under criminal investigation.

Bailey received her J.D. from The George Washington Law School in Washington, D.C. with a concentration in government procurement law. While in law school, Bailey served as Senior Articles Editor for the Public Contracts Law Journal published by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Public Contract Law. She also served as a legal extern for the United States Court of Federal Claims where she gained experience in bid protests and Contract Disputes Act (CDA) claims.

PUBLICATIONS

• Co-Author: “Court of Federal Claims Deems Itself “De Facto Forum” for Other Transaction Agreement Protests”, Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report (July 2025)
• Co-Author: “Federal Court Finds Project Labor Agreement Mandate Unlawful”, Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report (April 2025)
• Co-Author: “President Trump Rescinds Biden Administration Federal Contractor Minimum Wage”, The Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement (March 2025)