Welcome 
Promethean Legal Services is a consulting firm that has been formed to meet the needs of businesses that have not yet reached the size where it makes financial sense to hire their first in-house attorney, as well as corporate legal departments with overflow work. These businesses face the choice of sending this legal work to a law firm (and paying rates that reflect the overhead of a traditional law firm) or going without legal review (which means taking on risk). Promethean has been formed to give these businesses a third (and better) option that allows clients to purchase quality legal services from experienced senior attorneys without taking on fixed overhead.
Our Practice 
Promethean Legal Services is composed of a group of senior attorneys with many years of experience in providing practical, timely and effective legal support for their corporate clients. They have the knowledge and experience to be able to solve legal problems in an efficient and practical fashion by listening to their clients and driving the project toward a client-oriented conclusion.
With over 25 years of experience working for global corporations, David Frolio has a long and successful track record of providing practical and effective legal advice to corporate clients. For 19 years, he held a variety of positions within the BellSouth legal department working on complex corporate transactions. Following BellSouth’s acquisition by AT&T in 2006, he joined the legal department of the GSM Association, the global trade association for the mobile industry. He has extensive experience in general corporate matters, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and a wide range of domestic and international commercial contracts.
Professional Experience
2007-2014 – General Counsel, GSM Association
2003-2007 – Vice President & Associate General Counsel-Corporate Matters; BellSouth Corporation
2000-2003 – Vice President & Associate General Counsel-Commercial Operations, BellSouth Corporation
1988-2000 – Senior Corporate Counsel, BellSouth Corporation
1984-1988 – Corporate Associate, Jones Day
1982-1984 – Associate, Bryan Cave
1979-1982 – Associate, Bracewell & Giuliani
Education
Brown University, Bachelor of Arts
George Washington University, Juris Doctor Degree
David Frolio
David has over 40 years of experience working for corporate clients, both in domestic and international markets with a successful track record of providing them effective practical legal advice.
Bar Admissions
Georgia
Washington, DC
New Hampshire
With over 22 years of experience in the telecommunications industry providing legal advice enabling clients to quickly bring products and services to market, Michael White has a long and successful track record of providing practical and effective legal advice to corporate clients. During his tenure with AT&T (including BellSouth, Cingular Wireless and RAM Mobile Data) he guided his clients through an array of strategically critical business opportunities ranging from bringing the first iPhone to market, launching new businesses such as Digital Life and AT&T’s flanker brand Aio (now Cricket) to building retail and distribution channels.
Professional Experience
2006-2014 – Associate General Counsel, AT&T Mobility
2003-2006 – Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Cingular Wireless
1998-2003 – Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Cingular Interactive (f/k/a RAM Mobile Data, a BellSouth Company
1996-1998 – Senior Corporate Counsel, Labor and Litigation, BellSouth Corporation
1994-1996 – Vice President and General Counsel, RAM/BSE Communications
1992-1994 – Attorney, BellSouth Telecommunications
1984-1989 – Vice President, International Operations, Marlin Drilling a Tenneco Company
Since 1998 – Assistant Bar Examiner for the State of Louisiana
Education
University of Louisiana, Bachelor of Science in Engineering
Mississippi College School of Law, Juris Doctor Degree
Michael White
Michael is a savvy solution-driven attorney with 22 years experience in the telecommunications industry providing legal advice helping clients bring products and services to market.
Bar Admissions
Louisiana
Washington, DC
Mississippi
Jon has over 30 years of experience working with corporate, association and government clients and has held senior legal positions in each category. He focuses on building credible, fact-based strategies to solve economic regulatory and antitrust challenges, and to ensure that association and corporate clients stay in compliance with legal, lobbying and ethical requirements. He has experience both prosecuting and defending antitrust cases as well as advising corporate and association clients on efficient compliance. Jon has particularly deep experience working across the federal government in the telecom space. Jon is also well versed in day-to-day association legal matters, having served in the senior legal position at USTelecom for over ten years.
Professional Experience
1984-1994 – Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition, staff, supervisory and
management attorney roles
1994-1996 – Armstrong World Industries, Senior Antitrust Counsel
1996-2001 – BellSouth Corp., various positions including antitrust, regulatory and business counsel
2001-2007 – BellSouth Corp., General Counsel, Washington DC operations
2007-2018 – USTelecom, Senior VP Law and Policy
Education
University of Michigan, BA in Economics
University of Michigan Law School, JD
Jon Banks
Jon has over 30 years of experience working with corporate, association and government clients.
He focuses on building credible, fact-based strategies to solve economic regulatory and antitrust
challenges, and to ensure that association and corporate clients stay in compliance with legal,
lobbying and ethical requirements.
Bar Admissions
Washington, DC
The origin of Promethean
In Greek mythology, Prometheus was a Titan and a cousin of Zeus who is known principally for stealing fire from Mount Olympus and giving it to mankind. He is also known for his creativity and cleverness. Accordingly, the Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines promethean as daringly original or creative.
Services 
Promethean has access to a wide network of talented and experienced freelance attorneys with wide-ranging experiences in order to meet the needs of its clients. We can also offer management consulting or procurement services to clients as needed. Our goal is to guide its clients to make the best business and legal decisions
This same entrepreneurial spirit will guide the discussion of fees with our clients, so that we can get to a win-win situation. Fee arrangements can be structured to meet the needs of the client. Legal services can be provided on an hourly, daily or fixed fee basis.
Because of Promethean’s efficient cost structure, our fees are very likely to be significantly lower than a traditional law firm. Our attorneys typically work remotely on client matters, and where appropriate, our lawyers can work out of a client’s office on a part-time or full time basis.
Practice Areas 
The Promethean attorneys handle a wide range of legal issues and problems for their clients, as demonstrated by the practice areas listed below.
General Counsel Services
- Management of outside counsel on tax, IP and other specialized areas
- Advice on pre-litigation disputes
- Development of compliance policies
- Negotiation of employment and separation agreements
Commercial
- Review and development of commercial contract forms
- Negotiation of agreements with supply chain vendors
- Development of procurement policies
Corporate
- Formation of new business ventures
- Negotiation and closing of joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions
- Private placement
- Advice on corporate governance matters
Trade Association Practice
- Counseling on antitrust issues
- Negotiation of commercial agreements
- Exhibition agreements
- Sponsorship agreements
- Membership agreements
- Agreements with venues
- Legal support for Board and committee meetings
- Advice on corporate governance and compliance issues
Non-Profit & Tax-Exempt Organizations
- General counsel services
- Negotiation of donor grant agreements
- Structuring and negotiation of subgrant agreements
- Advice on corporate governance
- Development and implementation of compliance plans
- Negotiation of commercial agreements
Antitrust-Competition Law
- Development of antitrust compliance plans
- Antitrust risk assessments
- Advice on agency, resale and other distribution agreements
- Advice on joint ventures
Telecom/Wireless Regulatory
- FCC compliance issues
- Telecom/wireless/Internet regulatory expertise
Rationale 
Promethean’s approach combines the best elements of the law firm and in-house business models by allowing clients to purchase high quality in-house legal services, at in-house cost levels, on an as-needed/variable cost basis.
Experienced Promethean attorneys are available, generally from remote locations, to provide in-house style legal advice to a select number of clients on a priority basis. Fee arrangements are structured to meet the needs of the client; legal services can be provided on an hourly, daily or fixed fee basis. Because of Promethean’s low overhead, its fees are significantly lower than traditional law firms.
Traditional law firms generally provide high quality services, but such firms have to recover the cost of their offices, conference rooms, libraries and support staff, so the cost of their services tends to be high. In addition, smaller companies that manage their legal spend closely may not always get the prompt attention from law firms that they would like, as law firms, quite rationally, give higher priority to their larger clients with significant recurring legal needs.
The in-house counsel model avoids these drawbacks. Purchasing legal services via the in-house model is much more cost-effective, as the client effectively purchases legal services at wholesale rates. In-house lawyers also tend to be better business partners because of their knowledge of the business and the client organization and their ability to implement practical and effective solutions. Unfortunately, this approach to purchasing legal services is very “lumpy,” and it may not make financial sense for a small or medium size firm to invest in a corporate legal department. One author has posited that the threshold for a company to hire its first in-house counsel is $10 million in revenue or 250 employees.
Contact 
Registered address 66 Big Rock Road, Rye NH 03870
David Frolio
dfrolio@prometheanlegal.com
(603) 502-1455
Michael White
michael.white_atty@yahoo.com
(404) 502-0737