Ronald Quirk, Jr

Ronald E. Quirk is the Head of the Internet of Things and Connected Devices Practice at Marashlian & Donahue PLLC, located in Tysons, VA. He focuses his practice primarily on federal, state, and international administrative law, with an emphasis on regulation, adjudication, and policy. Mr. Quirk brings extensive legal experience to his current client representation. His career spans more than 25 years, including several years at AMLAW 100 firms and the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). He has successfully represented clients ranging from sole proprietorships to Fortune 500 corporations, in matters before the FCC, Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”), Department of Justice (“DoJ”), the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), the U.S. Department of Commerce, state public utility commissions (“PUCs”), international regulatory entities, and state and federal courts. Mr. Quirk’s specialties include assisting clients with telecommunications regulatory compliance and regulatory enforcement proceedings.

Mr. Quirk’s experience encompasses a wide variety of legal, regulation and policy matters. During his tenure at the AMLAW 100 firms, Mr. Quirk counseled telecommunications and information service clients ranging from solo proprietorships to Fortune 500 companies on various matters including: colocation and interconnection, radiofrequency (RF) equipment authorization, wireless licensing, Universal Service, digital transition, pricing flexibility, privacy, special access, spectrum allocation, roaming, federal preemption, E911, payphone compensation, number portability and assignment, service charges, interference, and federal state, and local siting regulations. He successfully represented his clients before the FCC and other federal agencies, as well as federal courts, and state and local government entities.

Mr. Quirk’s current client base includes radiofrequency equipment (RF) manufacturers and importers, small cell & distributed antenna systems (DAS) providers, wireless carriers, satellite & earth station operators, tower owners, voice over internet protocol (VoIP) carriers, broadcasters, and public safety entities. In addition to successfully representing his clients before the aforementioned courts and agencies, Mr. Quirk provides specialized compliance guidance, including best practices and risk assessment services.

Recently, Mr. Quirk has been instrumental in successfully representing clients in high-profile regulatory matters, such as the FCC’s STIR/SHAKEN robocall mitigation program, and Rip & Replace, in which telecommunications providers sought reimbursement for replacing equipment that the federal government deemed a threat to national security. Mr. Quirk also successfully obtained an FCC rule waiver for a major municipality, which enabled it to keep its public safety wireless licenses which the FCC had rescinded.

Mr. Quirk’s specialties include RF equipment authorization & marketing compliance, experimental licensing, small cell & DAS equipment siting, equipment leasing and purchase agreements, spectrum allocation, auctions & leasing, wireless and satellite licensing, proposal writing, rulemaking proceedings, contract review, unlicensed spectrum matters, colocation and interconnection, FCC enforcement proceedings, mergers & acquisitions, data collection & customer privacy, and state & federal Universal Service processes.