The professional staff of the Law Offices of John D. Pellegrin, P.C. has several decades’ experience in business/corporate, Intellectual Property, communications, and related legal fields, providing full business legal and related services.
Business Practice
Viewing ourselves as business-oriented, we assist in various commercial fields to assist clients in creating/facilitating and increasing their markets for products and services.Representative clients include publicly held companies, some international in scope, as well as smaller entrepreneurial companies, new and joint ventures and individuals. Also represented are educational institutions, educational support associations, non-profit charitable, foundations and service organizations, as well as utilities. The firm advises on and deals with matters of commercial and general business, transactional, commercial real estate/leasing, government contracting, franchising, legislation/government relations, litigation services, business negotiations/dispute resolution, operational, and employment issues. We also counsel Internet, communications and related service providers, equipment manufacturers/distributors, program and service networks/suppliers, authors, musicians, artists, entertainers, publishers and media.
Intellectual Property
The firm’s IP practice includes trademark, copyright, patent referral and coordination, Internet, domain name, and computer related issues.The firm deals with contracts and disputes involving IP rights, regulatory compliance matters, litigation, and legislation, including matters within the purview of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, U.S. Copyright Office, and U.S. International Trade Commission.We also respectively act as literary, music, artistic, publishing and/or media agents for specific clients. Communications The firm practices before the FCC, as well as other regulatory agencies, including state PUCs and franchising authorities.All facets of communications and communications entities and service providers to the communications industry are dealt with – including authorizations, modifications and transactional.This includes broadcast, cable television, common and private carriers, microwave, PCS, cellular, paging, SMR, equipment and experimental authorizations, as well as policy and political communications matters before various government agencies. We also serve as expert witnesses in these fields, and assist clients in their efforts to secure and maintain their communications and related facilities. Wills, Trusts, Estate Practice We advise and assist individual clients and clients having interests in closely held companies, in establishing and reviewing their Succession Planning, Establishment, Powers of Attorney and Estate Plans. Of Counsel Areas of Expertise & Referral Sources Through our Of Counsel relationship with Moran Monfort, P.L.C., additional areas of expertise are available to our clients.These cover complex litigation, bankruptcy (including creditors’ rights), construction law, and mechanics’ liens issues for those clients in the greater metropolitan Washington, DC area.We also maintain working/referral relationships with other firms, both nationally and internationally. Firm’s Approach to Client Matters Our expertise and involvement with the client either on a continuous and/or an as-needed basis positions us to better help define the scope of risk/reward for our clients and alternative approaches help maximize the client’s potential and achieve the client’s goals.This also helps clients budget for and control legal fees and costs, while allowing them to quickly and cost effectively establish and expand their operations.Our practice philosophy and approach as a full business service firm can be characterized as “E to E—Entrée to Exit” and “Let Us Help You Grow Your Business.” John Pellegrin, principal in the firm, holds the highest rating (“AV”) from Martindale Hubbell – the international law directory.He is admitted to practice in Virginia, District of Columbia, New York, various federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.He holds a B.S.B.A. degree in Management from Georgetown University and a Juris Doctoris degree from Fordham University School of Law.He is a member of various business, non-profit, charitable, and service organizations, including the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce and West Springfield Rotary Club, serving or having served in leadership, committee chair, and/or Board positions in several. He and his firm have been honored with a Corporate Citizen of the Year Award, Membership and Prism Award for Leadership by The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce, as well as a Volunteer Fairfax Benchmark 500 Award.He has served as President of the Chamber (2008) and its Board (2005-2011), and previously served as President and on the Board of the Springfield Golf & Country Club. He currently serves on the Boards of MVLE, West Springfield Rotary Club, and Executive Advisory Board of Networking Executive Women. He has been appointed a Commissioner to the Fairfax County Small Business Commission, and has presented/chaired panels on various business/legal topics for numerous organizations, including nonprofit associations, the Center for Nonprofit Success and the Women’s Business Center/Community Business Partnership, as well as taught business/legal subjects in the Fairfax County Adult Education Program. Practice Area Categories Business Formation/Establishment Contracts (Private Business & Government) Negotiations Transactional (Purchase & Sale) Real Estate/Leasing Operations Franchising Employment Litigation Intellectual Property Trademark Copyright Patent Referral & Coordination Internet Media/Entertainment; Literary Agent U.S. Patent & Trademark Office U.S. International Trade Commission U.S. Copyright Office Literary, Music, Artistic, Publishing & Media Representation Government Contracting Bids, Responses to RFPs/RFQs, Protests & Defense Contracts & Compliance Prime and Subcontractor Issues Review & Appeals Communications International Common Carrier Broadcasting Cable TV, Private Cable & Wireless Transactional Federal Communications Commission Wills, Trusts, Estates Succession Planning, Establishment, Powers of Attorney, Review Of Counsel Areas of Expertise Complex Litigation Bankruptcy (including creditors’ rights) Construction Law & Mechanics’ Liens Representative Clients Public & Closely Held Companies Start-Up Companies International Companies Entrepreneurs Patent, Trademark & Copyright Holders FCC Licensees & Applicants Universities & School Support Associations Government Contractors & Subcontractors Consultants & Service Companies Non-profit Associations, Foundations & Organizations Authors, Musicians, Artists, Entertainers, Publishers & Media Also Of Counsel to Moran Monfort, P.L.C.
