Chris DeLong

Chris is a partner in Dorsey’s Government Solutions and Investigations Practice Group. Chris represents clients in bid protests and related litigations and appeals, government contract disputes, False Claims Act litigation, other government enforcement actions and investigations, and complex civil litigation. Chris relies on his experiences as a judicial law clerk and as a US Marine which give him unique insight into the bureaucratic machinery of government.

Chris has first-chaired litigated matters at trial and has experience managing the entire life cycle of a litigation, from developing the legal strategy, investigating the facts, drafting pleadings, briefing and arguing dispositive motions, conducting discovery, negotiating settlements, and presenting effective advocacy at trial.

Chris is also committed to pro bono work and represents clients with criminal appeals in the Minnesota appellate courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and appeals of denials of veteran’s benefits before the Board of Veteran’s Appeals and the Court of Appeals for Veteran’s Claims.

Before joining Dorsey, Chris clerked for Justice G. Barry Anderson of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Chris is also a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, serving from 2007 to 2012 as a Korean Cryptologic Linguist.