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Maria T. Browne

Partner

T 202.973.4281 Washington, D.C.
Whether it’s through infrastructure deployment or accessibility, I’m invested in helping clients bring communications services to their customers.
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Maria Browne advises and advocates on behalf of telecommunications companies before courts, the FCC, state public service commissions, and local regulatory bodies in matters related to broadband infrastructure deployment. She also advises companies concerning compliance with FCC rules (including parts 2, 5, 15, 76, and 79) as well as laws governing accessibility of communications and video programming to persons with disabilities. Maria also assists clients with other FCC regulatory matters, including commercial leased access, children’s television programming, emergency alert systems, and RF licensing requirements.

Maria provides compliance advice and represents clients in disputed cases before the FCC and other federal, state, and local regulatory agencies. She has appeared before state regulatory bodies in Connecticut, California, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Washington, D.C., Vermont, Virginia, and Florida, and helped behind the scenes in various other states.


Practice Highlights

Accessibility

Assist clients in ensuring that video programming and equipment, real time communications services (such as telecommunications, VoIP, text and email), and browsers and user interfaces are accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities to the extent required by state and federal laws, including the 21st Century Communications Video and Accessibility Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Infrastructure deployment

Review and analyze pole attachment and conduit occupancy rates, terms, and conditions and advise clients concerning the legality of such rates, terms, and conditions under federal and state laws; negotiate legally compliant pole attachment rates, terms, and conditions; advise clients concerning state and local requirements governing access to public rights-of-way and private easements; and represent clients before the FCC and state public-service commissions in disputes and rulemaking proceedings concerning pole attachment rates, terms, and conditions.

Cable

Advise clients on various FCC regulatory matters, including commercial leased access, children’s television programming, emergency alert systems, and RF licensing requirements.

Federal Communications Commission

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State Public Service Commission

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Admitted to Practice

  • District of Columbia, 1993
  • Virginia, 1992

Education

  • J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 1992
  • B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989

Memberships & Affiliations

    • American Bar Association
    • Federal Communications Bar Association
    • Women in Cable & Telecommunications
    • Volunteer, Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless
    • Team Hoyt Runner/Volunteer
    • KEEN Volunteer
    • Usher, Historic Christ Church, Alexandria, Va.
    • UVA Parents Fund Committee Member

Professional Recognition

    • Received the "John M. Davis Award," Davis Wright Tremaine, 2021
    • Awarded AV Preeminent rating by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, 2017-2019
    • Named to "Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll" by the D.C. Court of Appeals and the D.C. Superior Court, 2012-2013 
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