Mark A. Grannis

Partner

Mark A. Grannis

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Mark Grannis, one of HWG’s co-founders, helps find creative solutions to a wide variety of legal problems for his clients.

Mark has over thirty years of experience in trial and appellate litigation, regulatory advocacy, and alternative dispute resolution. He has been recognized for excellence by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and other publications. Since 2019 he has practiced only part-time, while teaching history and logic at a local high school.

Experience

Trial Litigation

Obtaining compensation for a journalist whose notes were seized in violation of the Privacy Protection Act;
Successfully defending a foreign exchange broker against a customer’s attempt to shift losses in the foreign exchange markets;
Cornering the Department of Justice into one of the largest Privacy Act settlements in history—and complete exoneration—for a client whom federal officials had publicly smeared in the government’s investigation of the anthrax attacks;
Stopping the Department of Labor from interfering with attorney-client relationships; and
Vindicating the reputations of victims of libel and slander.

Appellate Litigation

Revived a commercial real estate developer’s meritorious claims of government corruption and bad faith in contracting;
Fought for ballot access and other benefits for political parties unfairly excluded by state election procedures;
Blocked state regulatory action against companies subject to exclusively federal regulatory jurisdiction; and
Obtained reversal of a summary judgment erroneously entered against a privately owned nursing home that subsequently won over $20 million at trial.

Regulatory Advocacy

Negotiated a successful resolution of several interrelated disputes between the U.S. Department of Energy and a major appliance maker;
Pioneered development of new licensing and regulatory strategies for non-geostationary communications satellites;
Represented service providers and equipment manufacturers in administrative rulemakings on use of the radio frequency spectrum;
Advised companies and non-profit organizations on compliance with the federal “Do Not Call” rules and other telemarketing regulations administered by the FCC and the Federal Trade Commission; and
Represented terrestrial wireless infrastructure provider at international conferences addressing world-wide frequency allocations.