Dow Lohnes Explained

Firm Name:	Dow Lohnes
Headquarters:	Washington, D.C.
Num Offices:	3
Num Attorneys:	140
Revenue:	$95,500,000
Date Founded:	1918
Company Type:	PLLC
Dissolved:	2014 – merged with Cooley LLP^[1] ^[2]

Dow Lohnes PLLC was an AmLaw 200 American law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C.,^[3] founded as Dow, Lohnes & Albertson in 1918.^[4]

In 1928, Fayette B. Dow encouraged his partner Horace Lohnes to investigate the regulation of radio transmitters under the newly-established Federal Radio Commission, and the potential to develop a clientele engaged in broadcasting.^[5]

Fred W. Albertson represented FM radio pioneer Edwin Armstrong, as well as Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. He and Lohnes built the firm's practice of representing companies with interests in both television and radio.^[6]

By 1990 the firm had 200 lawyers.^[7]

Dow Lohnes Sports and Entertainment LLC was established in 2003 as a division within Dow Lohnes PLLC.^[8]

In January 2014, Dow Lohnes merged with Cooley LLP.^[9]

Offices

• Atlanta
• Norman, Oklahoma
• Washington, D.C.

Notable partners and employees

• Fayette B. Dow – founding member, former general counsel of the National Petroleum Association, Western Petroleum Refiners Association, and American Petroleum Institute.
• Horace L. Lohnes – founding member.
• Fred W. Albertson – founding member.
• Bernard Long – former member, former Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., and Principal Attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (now Internal Revenue Service).

External links

• Dow Lohnes website

Notes and References

1. News: Cooley law firm to absorb D.C.-based Dow Lohnes. The Washington Post.
2. Web site: Cooley LLP expands in Washington, D.C. with Dow Lohnes lawyers. 2020-07-07. www.bizjournals.com.
3. http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/PubArticleTAL.jsp?id=1202494336963/ "The Am Law 200 2011"
4. News: Planes Collide over Cobb County. December 15, 2011. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. April 6, 1998.
5. . Final Rites Held for Horace Lohnes . Broadcasting Telecasting . Washington, DC . January 3, 1955 . 68.
6. Web site: Broadcasting+Cable: Obituaries. August 3, 2021. nexttv.com.
7. News: Torry. Saundra. Congress's Revolving Door and the Question of Ethics. https://archive.today/20130131162224/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72634501.html?dids=72634501:72634501&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+03,+1990&author=Saundra+Torry&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Congress's+Revolving+Door+and+the+Question+of+Ethics&pqatl=google. dead. January 31, 2013. December 15, 2011. The Washington Post. December 3, 1990.
8. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/12/new-nfl-tv-deals-could-hurt-smaller-cable-channels.html "New NFL TV deals could hurt smaller cable channels"
9. News: Cooley's DC office to grow following Dow Lohnes merger. February 6, 2014. WhosWhoLegal. November 25, 2013.