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Office · Opened 1979
Washington
Regulatory, investigations, and employment counsel, a short walk from the agencies that generate the work.
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Marlowe & Sterling LLP1330 Adams Court NW, Suite 700Washington, DC 20036United States
The Washington office opened in 1979 for a single client and a single problem: an energy company that had discovered, three weeks before a filing deadline, that nobody in its organization could explain its own reporting position. The office has spent the forty-six years since doing versions of that work.
Forty-one lawyers practice here, concentrated in regulatory counseling, government and internal investigations, and employment. The office runs the firm's investigations protocol — the standing procedure for how privilege, document preservation, and witness interviews are handled from the first hour of a matter, before anyone knows how large it will become.
Washington also houses the firm's public interest secondment program, which places two associates each year with legal services organizations for six-month terms at full salary.
Practices here
What the Washington office is instructed on.
Regulatory & Investigations
Internal and government investigations, enforcement defense, and the controls that prevent the next one.
Employment & Executive Counsel
Senior transitions, restrictive covenants, workplace investigations, and the employment side of transactions.
Disputes & Arbitration
Litigation and international arbitration in matters where the outcome changes the business.
Real Estate & Infrastructure
Development, investment, and financing across logistics, data centers, and energy assets.
People
Lawyers in Washington.
Representative Matters
Work run from Washington.
20252026
A multi-agency inquiry into sanctions screening at a payments platform
Three authorities, three timetables, and a screening system that had been correctly designed and incorrectly configured.
- Regulatory & Investigations
- Financial Services & Funds
A contested chief executive departure at a listed asset manager
A departure that had to be announced, a covenant that had to be enforced, and a business that had to keep its clients through both.
- Employment & Executive Counsel
- Corporate & Transactions
Contact Washington
Reach the office directly.
Call +1 (202) 555-0168 during Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time, or write to washington@marloweandsterling.com. Describe the matter in general terms and name the parties involved so a conflicts check can be run before anything substantive is discussed.