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Bill Colwell, 48, assistant general counsel of Northrop Grumman, died Sunday of cancer. The expert in government contracts, who used to work for Boeing and Wiley Rein, had been on the Federal Circuit Bar Association board. He was married to…
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Robin Colwell, who worked for FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly before going to the House Communications Subcommittee as a key staffer. "Bill Colwell was a wonderful person, a devoted father, and the best partner imaginable for my former chief of staff, Robin," O'Rielly said Monday. Colwell's also survived by twin daughters, a brother, and his mother and grandmother. Funeral Mass is Friday at 11 a.m. at St. John the Beloved in McLean, Virginia, followed by a reception at the Columbus Club of Arlington.