ZohraTejani

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Zohra helps client companies bring cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions to government customers.


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Zohra advises technology companies of all sizes, from seed-stage startups to global household names, on the legal strategies needed to grow in the public sector. She helps clients pursue and structure government opportunities, protect intellectual property when innovating with or contracting with the government or prime contractors, and navigate procurement, cybersecurity, and compliance requirements. She also helps clients negotiate and close technology transactions with federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government customers, as well as the defense industrial base and other prime contractors.

Built over more than two decades in house and in private practice, Zohra’s practice sits at the intersection of government contracts and technology law. Early in her career, Zohra worked at the forefront of software licensing and e-commerce during the inception of the commercial internet. After 9/11, she shifted her focus to helping technology companies bring innovation to government: a mission-driven throughline that continues to shape her work today. Zohra understands how technology products and business models work, and she knows the federal, state, and local procurement rules that govern how they are sold, licensed, and protected; she is fluent in both.

Zohra works with cutting-edge companies and their emerging technologies across the commercialization spectrum. Her clients represent innovators across technologies and tech sub-sectors: defense innovation, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, advanced manufacturing, autonomous systems and robotics, hardware and sensor technologies, cloud and SaaS, cybersecurity, and data infrastructure, as well as civic tech, ed tech, legal tech, smart cities, and other mission-focused markets. She helps them protect intellectual property and data rights, structure government-funded innovation, and navigate the cybersecurity, national security, and supply chain requirements that shape public-sector growth and innovation.

Clients look to Zohra as a trusted advisor who brings sound judgment and commercial perspective to complex procurement and regulatory issues, helping them evaluate their options, manage risk, and move forward with confidence.

  • JD, Georgetown University Law Center
  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia