Since joining Williams & Connolly LLP, Ed Reddington has worked primarily in the fields of criminal law, products liability and tort defense, and litigation and investigations with a national security component including government contracts and bid protests. However, his experience and interests have not been limited to those fields. He has also represented corporations and individuals in other types of general civil litigation including breach of contract disputes, breach of fiduciary duty cases, fraud claims, and securities litigation. In addition, he has worked on various internal investigations, represented individuals in Congressional investigations, and participated in alternative dispute resolution including mediations and arbitrations.

A representative sampling of his experience at the Firm includes: the representation of a privately-held corporation in fraud and breach of fiduciary duty litigation against a former officer and director in which Mr. Reddington obtained summary judgment for that corporation and successfully defended that outcome on appeal; the representation of a foreign national in multi-district Antiterrorism Act and Alien Tort Claims Act litigation; and the representation of a former senior DOD official in Congressional investigations and civil Bivens litigation relating to U.S. policy during the global war on terrorism. Mr. Reddington also has represented a major pharmaceutical company in multi-district products liability litigation, a major engineering and construction company in federal and state criminal investigations and collateral civil proceedings that resulted in a complex global settlement agreement, and a number of large government contractors in potential bid protests at both the state and federal levels.

Mr. Reddington’s practice also has a significant international component. His international experience includes the conduct of FCPA and other internal investigations in multiple jurisdictions including Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and South America; the successful representation of a U.S. defense contractor in a breach of contract dispute involving an overseas joint venture with another contractor; and the representation of multiple foreign nationals and foreign closely-held corporations in U.S. litigation and collateral activities overseas.

Before joining Williams & Connolly, Mr. Reddington served on active duty in the U.S. Army for over fifteen years, first as a pilot, and subsequently as a judge advocate. As a JAG officer, he gained considerable criminal trial experience as both a prosecutor and a defense counsel, where he handled serious felony-level cases including homicide investigations, attempted murder, aggravated assault, sexual assaults, child pornography and molestation, armed robbery, and drug distributions. He also served as a civil litigation attorney with the Army’s Litigation Division, where he was appointed as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney defending the United States and its employees in wrongful death, medical malpractice, and Constitutional tort suits in federal court. In these roles, he gained significant litigation experience, first-chairing dozens of bench and jury trials, as well as representing the government and individual clients in numerous administrative hearings.

Prior to leaving active duty, he earned an LLM in Military Law from the Army’s Judge Advocate General’s School with a specialization in Government Contracts. Mr. Reddington continues to serve as a reserve judge advocate and has taught federal litigation and advocacy as an adjunct professor at the JAG School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Mr. Reddington graduated from West Point in 1991 and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1998. He resides in Virginia with his wife, Courtney, and their two children.