Team Member Profile
Amanda Z. Sin is an Associate at Fluet, representing, advising, and counseling clients on government contracts matters within the firm’s Government Contracts Practice.
As part of her practice, Ms. Sin has experience representing heavy construction general contractors and sureties in government contracts disputes against state and federal entities, as well as in subcontractor-prime contractor disputes. She also advises clients on contract claims pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulations, including requests for equitable adjustments, litigation under the Contract Disputes Act, the False Claims Act, and other federal and state procurement laws. She has experience handling complex discovery motions practice and efforts. Prior to joining Fluet, Ms. Sin was an Associate at another mid-sized law firm, where she specialized in government contracts litigation. During law school, Ms. Sin interned with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel in the Investigation & Prosecution Division.
Ms. Sin earned her Juris Doctor, with Honors, from The George Washington University Law School, where she concentrated in Government Procurement Law. She was a staff member and published Note author for the Public Contract Law Journal.
Ms. Sin holds a Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, in Peace, War & Defense with an additional major in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa. During her undergraduate studies, she served as a research assistant on the Dauber-Robinson Research Consulting Team, assessing extremist organizations’ propaganda.
In her free time, you can find Ms. Sin spending time with her husband and two dogs, training at the gym, or tending to her backyard vegetable garden.
Representative Matters
- Represented multi-national tunneling joint venture in dispute against state government involving construction delays, differing site conditions, and defective specifications.
- Represented surety in payment bond dispute regarding work performed on a subsea liquefied natural gas pipeline on a U.S. military installation.
- Advised surety in qui tam False Claims Act proceeding.
Experience
- Associate, Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP
Education
- J.D., The George Washington University Law School, with Honors
- B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Summa cum laude
Certifications, Licenses, + Awards
- District of Columbia Bar (application pending)
- Virginia Bar
- U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court: Western District of Virginia
Memberships + Community Involvement
- Military Spouse J.D. Network
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association