Marashlian & Donahue, LLC is a boutique communications and technology law firm. Our firm adheres to a simple, straightforward philosophy that is too often ignored by the mega law firms. Our philosophy is to place our clients’ best interests first. From the strategies we develop, the solutions we deliver, the relationships we build, and the fees we charge, we place ALL our clients’ best interests first.
Though most of our clients are corporations, we still treat our clients like human beings from the very top of your organization on down. Like our peers, our goal is to provide our clients with the most effective representation possible, but unlike many of our inside the Beltway and big city peers, we provide effective representation without either the wasteful overhead or the unrealistic billable hours requirements typical of our larger competitors. Our unique combination of down to earth professionalism, common sense business-savvy advice, and prudent use of resources has earned us high praise and a reputation for excellence among our loyal clients.
Our firm shares the entrepreneurial spirit that drives many of our clients’ endeavors, both here in the United States and overseas. In recognition of the global nature of communications technologies and the ever-expanding information society we now live in, our firm offers a truly unique law firm experience in order to represent and satisfy the diverse needs of our clients.
Over the years, our firm has developed a reputation as a champion of competition. This reputation comes from our understanding of, and deep respect for, our clients, who are the businessmen and women who choose to operate in such hyper-competitive markets. Our intimate knowledge of the legal, regulatory and marketplace forces which constantly challenge competitive businesses helps us address our clients’ problems and solve them with a strategic combination of legal, practical and political skills. As we proceed in a new millennium, marked by dramatic advances in technology and the expansion of international business into new markets, we are well-positioned to provide legal services that meet the changing needs of our clients on a 24/7 basis.
We provide sharply focused, cost-effective legal and regulatory counsel to businesses, entrepreneurs, and the imaginative individuals that drive the world's economy. Our uncompromising goal is to help position our clients to take advantage of competitive opportunities and ward off competitive threats so that they may provide their increasingly diverse array of traditional, advanced and hybrid communications and technology products and services to the public. But we are more than just a communications technology-oriented regulatory law firm.
The skills developed representing our core clientele are applied in our representation of a diverse base of businesses and individuals. Using a team approach, we draw upon our broad base of expertise to provide our clients with high-quality, cost-effective legal advice tailored to their particular needs. Our breadth of expertise, together with our years of experience helping emerging companies throughout their growth cycles, enables us to anticipate both future opportunities and potential challenges before they arise. We pride ourselves on becoming an extension of your corporate team and building long-term relationships based on our ability to integrate our services seamlessly into the fabric of your business.
Our attorneys are trained and dedicated to provide you with the valuable intangibles only true professionals can provide: commitment, innovative analysis, strategic thinking, and bold advocacy. Our unique brand of legal representation shows you how to master the opportunities that generate your business.
Every client, no matter how prosperous, wants to minimize the cost of legal representation without settling for second best. By eschewing the traditional high-leverage, high-billable-hour model characteristic of large firms, we are able to offer our clients top notch, big city legal representation at rates that are up to 50% lower than many of our closest competitors. In fact, our partner billing rates are less than many of our competitors charge for junior associates, and our junior associates rates are the equivalent of their paralegal rates. We should know, we’ve hired from their ranks.
We are agile enough to be extremely flexible about alternative billing
arrangements, such as flat fees, monthly retainers, and blended rates where
circumstances make such arrangements appropriate.
