Larry Sher

Lawrence Sher (Larry) is and has been a Government Contracts Litigation Partner in Washington, DC for many years in private practice at Winston & Taylor and previously at other major law firms.

His practice involves dynamic, high-stakes regulatory and commercial disputes across a wide range of industries, principally focused on government contracts and health care. He practices before federal and state courts and agencies, Administrative Law Judges, and arbitration tribunals. His practice principally involves litigating or counseling clients to avoid litigation in Government contract disputes, bid protests, Contract Disputes Act (CDA) claims and appeals; State bid protests involving Medicaid managed care contracts; Civil False Claims Act violations and qui tam investigations and defense; Federal APA lawsuits to challenge or demand action by federal agencies; and counseling on federal regulatory, contracts, and grants compliance issues.

Lawrence has been recognized in the area of Government Contracts by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 US, 2025.  He is committed to pro-bono work and earned an Outstanding Achievement Award from The Washington Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights for his representation of a prisoner in a federal civil rights case. 

Lawrence earned a J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law, cum laude, and a B.A. in History from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.