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Mark R. Thomas

Mark R. Thomas

Serving Smal Federal Contractors
  • 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

Education
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law
J.D. (2007) | Law
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Honors: Ben S. Wendelken Scholar; Denver University Law Review (Business Editor)
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Air University
M.S. (1998) | Military Operational Art and Science
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Honors: Research Paper Award ("Non-Lethal Weaponry: A Framework For Future Integration")
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Troy University
MBA (1987) | Management
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Honors: Cum laude
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University of New Mexico
B.S. (1984) | Electrical Engineering
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Honors: Minors: Mathematics; Aerospace Science. US Air Force ROTC Scholarship Cadet
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Professional Experience
Managing Counsel
Reid Law PC
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Professional Associations
Colorado Bar Association  # 38996
Member
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Christian Legal Society
Legal Aid Volunteer
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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.
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Federal Bar Association
Member
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Member
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Military Officers Association of America
Member
- Current
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Colorado
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10th Circuit
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Federal Circuit
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U.S. Supreme Court
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US Court of Federal Claims
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US District Court (Colorado)
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Fees
  • Free Consultation
    Complimentary 30 minute teleconference consultation.
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
Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
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Website
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4610 S Ulster St Ste 150
Denver, CO 80237-6097
Telephone: (303) 641-9988
Fax: (303) 957-5577