Terrence M. O'Connor is Special Counsel to the law firm of Albo & Oblon, L.L.P. in Arlington VA for government contract issues. A graduate of Notre Dame Law School, he served as a government attorney from 1971 to 1985. He then went into private practice advising government contractors and litigating government contract cases before the various Boards of Contract Appeals, the Government Accountability Office, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In 1985, he also began teaching government contract courses for Management Concepts, which continue to today. In 1991, he received his Master of Laws (Government Procurement Law) degree from the George Washington University Law Center.
For more than 25 years, he has written the "Recent Decisions" column for the Federal Acquisition Report. He has also authored several books published by Management Concepts, including Understanding Government Contract Law and Federal Contracting Answer Book.