Danielle is a go-to advisor for communications and technology companies on a broad spectrum of complex domestic and international regulatory compliance, licensing, policy, and transactional matters, particularly entities providing broadband internet access and voice services in novel ways.
Clients seek out Danielle’s strategic counsel on matters at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and regulatory constraints. She regularly partners with them to cut through red tape and find solutions. She is also nationally recognized for her work in public funding programs to end the digital divide, such as the Universal Service Fund and similar programs. Danielle has counseled clients in this area from program inception to wind-down, and has significant audit defense and enforcement experience. Entities across the telecommunications ecosystem seek her practical counsel, from tech companies deploying new technologies (such as IoT), traditional telecommunications network operators, and MVNOs.
Prior to joining Mintz, Danielle was a senior corporate counsel with an emerging LEO satellite provider of internet access services, where she led its global telecommunications legal compliance team. Earlier, Danielle was a partner at a national Am Law 100 law firm for more than a decade, where she held several leadership positions, including: Chair, Communications Practice Group; Chair, Products Counseling Team; and Member, Executive Committee.
Danielle also served as Co-Chair of the Wireline Committee of the Federal Communications Bar Association.
News & Press
Mintz Welcomes TechComm Member Danielle Frappier
January 15, 2025
Mintz is pleased to announce that Danielle Frappier has joined as a Member of the Technology, Communications & Media (TechComm) Practice in the firm’s Washington, DC office. A communications and technology regulatory lawyer with nearly 25 years of experience, Danielle has represented entities across the telecommunications ecosystem, focusing on the intersection of new technologies and traditional regulatory schemes and broadband funding programs.
Involvement
- Member, Federal Communications Bar Association