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Mark R. Thomas

Serving Smal Federal Contractors

17 years of experience
Gov & Administrative Law, Business Law, Construction Law
Colorado

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Biography

Mark R. “Hawk” Thomas is Managing Partner at The Reid Group, where he develops and counsels selected enterprises through its Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), Reid Law PC and Reid Ventures LLC. Colonel Thomas is lawyer, executive, engineer, aviator, and military officer with more than thirty years combined experience and tested leadership in technology development, federal contracting, and legal advocacy. Colonel Thomas advises, represents, and fosters entities seeking to establish, protect, or enhance their presence in government markets. His practice is exclusively tailored to guiding businesses through the legal complexities, bureaucratic barriers, technical challenges, and business decisions inherent to procurement transactions and disputes involving commercial enterprises and government agencies. Colonel Thomas provides clients with specialized counsel arising from a unique confluence of senior acquisition credentials, broad technology expertise, seasoned business acumen, and focused legal skills, together with the intrinsic synergy and superior value arising from these qualifications in a single source. An electrical engineer and flight test officer by training, Colonel Thomas’ exemplary military career included assignments as technology architect of the U.S. Air Force’s conventional weapons portfolio; the Defense Department’s future joint, interagency, and multinational war fighting capability; and the federal government’s combined nuclear command and control system. He coauthored the first joint tactical missile technology roadmap in the Department of Defense, led an unprecedented government-industry initiative to provide military launch and on-orbit support for commercial satellite systems, and spearheaded the most successful military aircraft modernization program in the United Kingdom’s recent history. Colonel Thomas later commanded the U.S. Air Force’s fledgling Space Development & Test Group, leading more t

Practice Areas

Gov & Administrative Law: Administrative Law, Election Law, Government Contracts, Government Finance, Legislative & Government Affairs

Business Law: Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Construction Law: Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation

Fees

Free Consultation
Complimentary 30 minute teleconference consultation.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Colorado
Since 2007

10th Circuit
Since 2010

Federal Circuit
Since 2010

U.S. Supreme Court
Since 2015

US Court of Federal Claims
Since 2009

US District Court (Colorado)
Since 2008

Languages

English: Spoken, Written

Professional Experience

Managing Counsel: Reid Law PC; 2007 - Current

Education

The University of Denver Sturm College of Law: J.D. (2007) | Law; 2004 - 2007; Honors: Ben S. Wendelken Scholar; Denver University Law Review (Business Editor)

Air University: M.S. (1998) | Military Operational Art and Science; 1997 - 1998; Honors: Research Paper Award ("Non-Lethal Weaponry: A Framework For Future Integration")

Troy University: MBA (1987) | Management; 1985 - 1987; Honors: Cum laude

University of New Mexico: B.S. (1984) | Electrical Engineering; 1980 - 1984; Honors: Minors: Mathematics; Aerospace Science. US Air Force ROTC Scholarship Cadet

Professional Associations

Colorado Bar Association # 38996: Member; 2007 - Current

Christian Legal Society: Legal Aid Volunteer; 2007 - Current; Activities: Pro bono faith-based legal aid at clinics in the Denver metro area, including the Denver Rescue Mission, Providence Ministries, Samaritan House, and the More Life Center.