Practices
Legal and Business Consulting
Communications
Copyright/Trademark
Intellectual Property
Wills, Trusts, Estates
Agency Representation:
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Federal Communications Commission
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Food and Drug Administration
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Environmental Protection Agency
Capabilities:
Legal and Business Consulting Practice
Viewing ourselves as business-oriented, we practice in various commercial fields to assist clients in creating, facilitating and increasing their markets for products and services. Representative clients have included publicly held companies, some international in scope, as well as smaller and new entrepreneurial companies, joint ventures and individuals, common and private carriers, and utilities. Also represented are trade associations, educational institutions and support associations, not-for-profits, charitable, foundations, and service organizations. The firm advises on and deals with matters of commercial and general business, transactional, transitional (including business succession planning/implementation), commercial real estate/leasing, government contracting, franchising, partnerships, joint ventures, legislation/government relations, issue advocacy, litigation services, business negotiations/dispute resolution, operational, and employment issues. We also counsel and advise Internet, communications and related service providers, equipment manufacturers/distributors, program and service networks/suppliers, authors, musicians, entertainers, artists, publishers and media. Mr. Pellegrin has also served as corporate counsel to various for-profit and non-profit organizations. He also functions as a financial resource facilitator.
Intellectual Property
The firm’s IP practice includes trademark, copyright, patent coordination, Internet, domain name, and computer related issues. The firm deals with contracts and disputes involving IP rights, computer and information technology (IT), regulatory compliance matters, litigation, and legislation, including matters within the purview of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Copyright Office, and U.S. International Trade Commission. We can also serve as project managers, coordinators, and/or agents in the entertainment, literary, music, artistic, publishing, media, and sports fields, as well as offering promotional services.
Communications
The firm practices before the FCC, as well as other regulatory agencies, including state Public Utility Commissions (PUCs) and local community/county franchising authorities. All facets of communications and communications entities and service providers to the communications industry are dealt with – including authorizations, modifications and transactional. Our scope of available services 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 communication facilities.
Food and Drug Administration; Environmental Protection Agency
The firm advises consultants and companies subject to FDA and/or EPA regulations on respective agency policies, issues, rulemakings, as well as compliance and transactional matters.
Wills, Trusts, Estates
We advise and assist individuals as well as clients having interests in closely held companies in establishing as well as reviewing, coordinating with Certified Public Accountants (CPAs), and making recommendations as to clients’ business succession and individual estate plans. This includes drafting and/or review of Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans (SERPs), Rabbi Trusts, Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts, and Advanced Medical Directives (AMDs).
Of Counsel Areas of Expertise and Referral Sources
Through our current Of Counsel relationship with the Fairfax, Virginia, District of Columbia, and Rockville, Maryland firm of Allred, Bacon, Halfhill & Young, PC, additional areas of expertise are available to our clients. These include: complex litigation, bankruptcy, real estate, insurance, collections, HOA/condominium associations, securities, commodities, lender liability, family/domestic relations, personal injury and medical/legal malpractice, product and pharmacological liability, trust and estate administration, elder law, corporate governance, shareholders’ rights, land use, landlord-tenant disputes, criminal, and traffic issues involving clients in the greater metropolitan Washington, DC area. We also maintain working/referral relationships with other firms across the region, as well as nationally and internationally.
Firm’s Approach to Client Matters
Our expertise and involvement with the client either on a continuous and/or as-needed basis positions us to better help define the scope of risk/reward for our clients. Alternative approaches developed help maximize and achieve the client’s potential and 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, consulting, and legal services firm can be characterized as “E to E—Entrée to Exit” and “Let Us Help You Grow Your Business.”
Practice Area Categories
Business
Formation/Establishment/Succession Planning-Implementation
Contracts (Private Business and Government)
Negotiations
Transactional (Purchase and Sale) and Transitional
Commercial Real Estate/Leasing/REITs
Operations
Franchising
Employment
International
Non-profit associations/entities
Business Succession Planning
Litigation/Legislation/Issue Advocacy
Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation/Arbitration
Intellectual Property
Trademark
Copyright
Patent and other IP Coordination
Internet, computer and information technology (IT)
Social Media, Entertainment, Literary, Music, Artistic, Sports, Publishing and Media
Project Management/Coordination, Consultancy, Agency, and Promotional Services
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Copyright Office
U.S. International Trade Commission
Government Contracting
Bids, Responses to RFPs/RFQs, Protests and Defense
Contracts and Compliance
Prime and Subcontractor Issues
Review and Appeals
Federal Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency
Regulations, rulemakings, compliance and transactional issues
Communications
Federal Communications Commission
International; Common Carrier; Broadcasting; Policy/Rule-making
Cable TV, Private Cable and Wireless, Land Mobile
License Transfers/Assignments/Transactional
Equipment Registration/Authorization/Type Acceptance/Approval
Wills, Trusts, Estates
Planning and Drafting, Establishment, Powers of Attorney, Advance Medical Directives, Review
Representative Clients
Public and Closely Held Companies; International Entities
Entrepreneurs and Start-Up Companies
Patent, Trademark and Copyright Holders
FCC Licensees and Applicants
Universities, Colleges and School Support Associations
Government Contractors and Subcontractors
Consultants (including FDA and EPA); Service Companies
Non-profit Associations, Foundations and Organizations
Authors, Musicians, Artists, Sports, Entertainment, Publishers
Educational Background/Degrees; Community Participation, Honors/Recognition/ Awards
John Pellegrin, principal in the firm, holds the highest rating (AV Preeminent) 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.
Mr. Pellegrin is involved with various business, non-profit, charitable, community and service organizations, including the Fairfax County Small Business Commission (appointed an At Large Commissioner by the Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, and currently serving as the SBC’s Chairman); MVLE, Inc. (Board and Board Governance Committee Member); Rotary Club of West Springfield (past Board Member and Vocational Services Chair; Chartering Organization Representative to local Boy Scout Troop and Cub Pack; Eagle Scout and Brotherhood Member of the Order of the Arrow); participation in Ethics Day and Leadership Day for high school students; conducting mock trials for 8th grade Honors students; Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce (former President/Chairman and Board Member), Springfield Golf and Country Club (former President and Board Member), and membership in several Chambers of Commerce through the SBC; member of the Purveyors Club.
John and his firm have been honored with a Corporate Citizen of the Year Award, Membership Award and Prism Award for Leadership by The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce, as well as a Volunteer Fairfax Benchmark 500 Award. He is the recipient of the 2017 Springfield District Community Champion Award, having been nominated by Springfield District Supervisor Pat Herrity. He has also received Rotary International’s Vocational Service Leadership Award (one of only 50 awarded throughout the world amongst 1.3 million Rotarians), and the Rotary Club of West Springfield’s President’s Award and Distinguished Service Award, among other honors. He served as President of the Chamber (2008) and on various standing Chamber committees, being recognized with the Prism, Corporate Citizenship, and Membership Awards. John has presented/chaired panels on various business/legal topics for numerous organizations, including nonprofit associations; Center for Nonprofit Success; Women’s Business Center/Community Business Partnership; Fairfax County Vendor Forum; Networking Executive Women; McLean Estate Planning Council and Northern Chapter of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (Business Succession Planning). He has also taught business/legal subjects in the Fairfax County Adult Education Program. John serves as the COR (Chartering Organization Representative) to a local Boy Scout Troop and Cub Pack, having achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, inducted into the Order of the Arrow, and serving as a former Scoutmaster.
Also Of Counsel to Allred, Bacon, Halfhill & Young, PC
Focus on the following areas:
Fields of Expertise:
Agriculture & Energy
Commercial Real Estate
Computer & Technology
Environmental
Life Sciences
Medical Devices
Telecommunications