Jonathan Marashlian

Current

Partner at Helein & Marashlian, LLC, The CommLaw Group

Past

Telecommunications Attorney, Partner at The Helein Law Group
Attorney at Helein & Associates, P.C.
Law Clerk, Local Markets and Enforcement Group at MCI

Law Clerk, Legal & Industry Affairs Division at National Telephone Cooperative Association

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Education

George Mason University School of Law
University of Richmond

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Connections

111 connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

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Jonathan Marashlian’s Summary

Provide legal counsel & regulatory services to long distance, competitive local exchange and wireless clients regarding matters before the FCC and state regulatory agencies across the nation. As the Head of The Helein Law Group's Regulatory Practice, I am responsible for coordinating and managing staff and attorneys and guiding the firm's clients through the maze of state and federal regulatory requirements, including the coordination, management and execution of regulatory filings associated with a full range of corporate and regulatory transactions, from the routine to the highly complex.

Jonathan Marashlian’s Specialties:

Experience includes: federal (FCC) and nationwide state (PUC/PSC/Secy of State) regulatory, transactional, and advocacy; wireline & wireless transfers/assignments of control; telecom taxation issues; telecommunications licensing and tariffing; customer base and asset sales; regulatory reporting and compliance

Jonathan Marashlian’s Experience

Partner

Helein & Marashlian, LLC, The CommLaw Group

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Legal Services industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

Mr. Marashlian has applied his extensive knowledge of the telecommunications and information and advanced communication technology industries to assist clients with regulatory compliance, transactional, litigation & regulatory defense matters before the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") and state regulatory agencies across the nation. He counsels clients in all aspects of state and federal regulatory matters as well as the impact regulation and operating in an incumbent-dominated industry have on competitive businesses of all sizes, from start-ups to established providers.
Telecommunications Attorney, Partner

The Helein Law Group

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

January 2002 — December 2006 (5 years)

- Represent competitive telecommunications and enhanced services providers before the FCC and state agencies.
- Universal Service Fund expert; compliance & defense.
- Obtain FCC and state authorizations for local, long distance, international, operator and pre-paid telecom services; draft, prepare, file and maintain telecommunications tariffs; advise clients on state and federal regulatory developments.
- Prepare and file spectrum license assignment, partitioning, and transfers of control applications.
- Experienced in state and federal rules regarding slamming, cramming and telemarketing.
- Negotiate settlements of IXC-IXC and IXC-LEC contractual and billing disputes, including FCC mediations.
- Contract review, negotiations, drafting.
Attorney

Helein & Associates, P.C.

(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

1998 — December 2001 (3 years)

- Research, prepare and manage the prosecution of routine and complex regulatory filings associated with the full panoply of corporate transactions, including: transfers of control and assignments of authorization, FCC 214 discontinuances, and asset and customer base transfers.
- Created, market and manage firm’s telecommunications Compliance & Reporting practice.
- Developed, manage, author and edit articles for firm’s electronic regulatory law bulletin.
- Represented law firm and affiliated entities/services at various trade shows and industry events, including:
ASCENT Spring 2001(May 2001) and Fall 2003 (Nov. 2003) Conference & Exhibition; CompTel/ASCENT Spring 2004 Show (Feb. 2004); Speaker, National Telecommunications Credit Association (Nov. 2003); Competitive Carrier Regulatory Summit 2001; SUPERCOMM 1999 (Atlanta, GA, June 1999); Progress & Freedom Foundation Seminars; various FCBA Seminars and Luncheons.
Law Clerk, Local Markets and Enforcement Group

MCI

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

October 1997 — April 1998 (7 months)

- Analyzed FCC NPRMs, Orders and other actions affecting MCI, local telephone markets and local competition;

- Evaluated and responded to Section 253 preemption petitions and other formal complaints;

- Assisted staff by developing, researching, and augmenting arguments included in regulatory filings and drafted comments, formal complaints, and other filings.
Law Clerk, Legal & Industry Affairs Division

National Telephone Cooperative Association

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

May 1996 — October 1997 (1 year 6 months)

- Interpreted FCC and court decisions affecting rural telephone companies and drafted several comments in dockets arising out of the Telecommunications Act of 1996;

- Researched and wrote on a broad array of legal and administrative issues for weekly newsletter (“The Washington Report”) and award winning monthly trade publication (“Rural Telecommunications”);

- Helped resolve legal and administrative concerns of the association and its members.

Jonathan Marashlian’s Education

George Mason University School of Law

JD , Communications Law/Administrative Law , August 1995 — May 1998
University of Richmond

BA , Political Science/Spanish , August 1990 — May 1994