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SUBJ: SELECTION OF CHIEF PROCUREMENT LAW COUNSEL AND CHIEF TRIAL
ATTORNEY
1. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE SELECTION OF MR. RODNEY A. GRANDON AS
THE COAST GUARDS CHIEF PROCUREMENT LAW COUNSEL AND CHIEF TRIAL
ATTORNEY.  IN THIS CAPACITY, MR. GRANDON WILL SERVE AS THE SENIOR
PROCUREMENT LAW EXECUTIVE IN THE U.S. COAST GUARD.
2. MR. GRANDON HAS MORE THAN 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PRACTICING LAW
WITH A FOCUS IN PROCUREMENT LAW.  HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE
DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT FRAUD REMEDIES AND ASSISTANT DEPUTY
GENERAL COUNSEL (CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY) FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
AIR FORCE, WHERE HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT AND ASSOCIATE
DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL (ACQUISITION).  BEFORE HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE
AIR FORCE, HE WAS A PARTNER AT PATTON BOGGS, A LARGE WASHINGTON LAW
FIRM.  HE ALSO SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE ARMY FOR TEN YEARS
WHERE HE CONDUCTED CONTRACT LITIGATION AND SERVED IN A MAJOR SYSTEMS
COMMAND.  MR. GRANDON RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE FROM IOWA
STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1982 AND GRADUATED FROM DRAKE UNIVERSITY LAW
SCHOOL IN 1985.  IN ADDITION MR. GRANDON HAS A MASTER OF LAWS DEGREE
FROM THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERALS SCHOOL.  HE IS ADMITTED TO THE BARS
OF THE STATE OF IOWA, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, THE UNITED
STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS, AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
3. MR. GRANDON ASSUMED THE DUTIES OF CHIEF PROCUREMENT LAW COUNSEL
AND CHIEF TRIAL ATTORNEY ON 22 MAY 2011.  PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING
THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR SENIOR EXECUTIVE TEAM.
4. ADM BOB PAPP, COMMANDANT, SENDS.
5. NTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.