Mid-Level to Senior Associate Attorney or Of Counsel – Communications, Technology & Regulatory

Mid-Level to Senior Associate Attorney or Of Counsel – Communications, Technology & Regulatory Compliance and Transactional Law

Marashlian & Donahue, PLLC (“The Comm Law Group”) is actively seeking a full‑time Mid‑Level to Senior Associate Attorney or Of Counsel to join our growing regulatory, transactional, and compliance team serving clients in the communications, technology, and infrastructure sectors. The position is based in the Northern Virginia / Washington D.C. region (Tysons Corner, VA) and expects no fewer than three days per week in‑office.

We seek a professional whose natural strengths include methodical thinking, consistently high standards, comfort with complexity, strong follow‑through, and a commitment to producing polished, accurate work. You’ll work closely with partners who demand precision, clarity, and accountability—and you thrive when delivering on that expectation.

The successful candidate will bring substantive experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Identifying the correct regulatory classification for products and services (e.g., interexchange, CLEC, broadband, wireless, VoIP, reseller) and selecting optimal state/federal filing pathways.
• Preparing and submitting applications, notices, petitions, and other regulatory filings before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and state public utility commissions (PUCs).
• Structuring corporate entities, investment vehicles, and ownership regimes (e.g., LLCs, holding companies, joint ventures, private‑equity/venture‑capital‑backed structures) to align with regulatory obligations and optimize market entry or exit strategies.
• Coordinating multi‑jurisdictional roll‑outs or shutdowns of services, managing multiple agencies’ deadlines and frameworks, and advising on regulatory implications of control, ownership transfers, or reorganizations.

• Evaluate communications regulatory compliance history of target companies: FCC filings, state PUC involvement, tax/fee exposure, USF/USAC reporting.
• Prepare and execute FCC Section 214 transfer of control filings, international bidding or approvals, state notices/approvals of jurisdiction, and related regulatory reviews.
• Advise on timelines, coordination among legal/transaction teams, regulatory risks, and interplay between communications, corporate, and investment law.
• Assist clients in aligning transaction structures (equity vs. asset, membership interests, LLC units, convertible debt) with regulatory frameworks to avoid unintended obligations.

• Advising on revenue classification, sourcing and allocation for regulatory fee purposes (USF, 911, NANP, LNP, TRS, state universal service programs, interstate/state contributions).
• Building compliance frameworks: aligning operations, reporting systems, and internal controls to manage tax and fee exposure.
• Representing clients in audits or investigations from the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), state tax authorities, PUCs, or the FCC—including developing response strategies, managing document production, and supporting negotiation or litigation.
• Advising on refunds, carve‑outs, risk mitigation, planning for tax/regulatory lifecycle across products and jurisdictions.

• Perform compliance gap assessments; produce detailed written reports with recommendations for process enhancements.
• Draft internal policy manuals, training materials, governance frameworks for clients deploying new services or entering new regulatory domains.
• Work closely across legal, tax, regulatory, and operations teams to create robust compliance infrastructures with ownership, metrics, and escalation paths.
• Monitor rule makings, enforcement trends, and regulatory interpretations at the FCC, state PUCs, FTC, and translate implications for clients’ business models and processes.

• Advise clients on broadband and infrastructure deployment, pole attachments, rights‑of‑way, easements, land‑owner dispute resolution, and railroad crossings.
• Advising on utility pole attachments (both wireline and…