Senior Partner

Kevin E. Pethick
J.D.

Kevin Pethicks experience spans over a 20-year period. In 2004, Kevin joined WRS Inc., a retail developer that develops Wal-Mart anchored shopping centers throughout the southeast. At WRS, Kevin served as the Director of Development & Operations directly supporting all aspects of the company’s operations, including Development, Acquisition, Permitting & Entitlements, Zoning & Subdivision; Closings, Leasing, Property Management, and Construction. Following his time at WRS, Kevin served as business development director and general counsel for E2 Consulting Engineers, a small business with 350 employees providing engineering services to the US Department of Energy at the Savannah River Site. In this role, Kevin developed experience in the areas of government contracts, focusing his attention on a variety of small business and government contract issues, including teaming agreements, joint ventures, mentor protégé agreements, SBA rules and regulations, FAR Contracts (including prime and subcontracts and flow-down requirements), NDA’s, OCI’s, and applicable State and Federal regulations.

Key Responsibilities

Key responsibilities:

  • Contracts: staff augmentation and scope contracts,
  • FAR-based prime contracts and subcontracts
  • teaming agreements
  • consulting agreements
  • service agreements
  • mentor-protege agreements
  • LOl’s
  • non-compete agreements
  • flow-down arrangements.

Litigation Management

Supervised outside counsel and managed our response on legal issues.

Small Business Rules

Established expertise in the areas of Small Business Rules and Guidelines in order to develop competitive advantages in small business teaming strategies.

Teaming Agreements

Negotiated & prepared teaming arrangements that provided E2 maximum opportunities and competitive advantages when competing for small business contracts.

Planning, Marketing & Client Development

Developed business strategic growth plan focused on small business teaming; created marketing plans and marketing materials and networked with potential clients and partners to develop new business opportunities consistent with our strategic growth plan.

Government Proposal

Developed bid strategies for E2 proposals: acted as a Capture Manager on several proposals: and served as a contributing author and editor on most E2 proposals.

Education and Training

  • Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis, IN, Graduated Cum Laude

  • Purdue University – West Lafayette, IN

  • Industrial Management / Minor in Manufacturing Management

Professional Affiliation

  • South Carolina State Bar (Active)

  • North Carolina State Bar (Active)

  • Indiana State Bar (Inactive)

Volunteer Experience

Kevin served as a two term Elder at South Aiken Presbyterian Church (SAPC). He has organized a partnership between SAPC & Friendship Baptist Church to establish a joint mentoring ministry at Schofield Middle School, providing mentors to 25 at-risk kids, he administered the program and mentor two boys. In 2016, He arranged a similar program with the USCA Men’s basketball team and students at CIL Alternative School. In 2019, he formed a partnership between my church and a local AAU basketball team that offers coaching, tutoring and a safe after-school outlet to 50 kids. He served as a member of the Board of Directors for Megiddo Dream Station, which provides Christ-centered education & job training designed to help create self-sustaining families. He has coached his son’s recreational and travel baseball teams and his church league basketball teams every year since 2010 and served as a Cub Scout leader for 3 years.