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Welcome
to our Law Services section where we provide a comprehensive directory
of legal resources
for entrepreneurs searching franchise assistance.
Our law links are
recommended for prospective franchisees. It is generally recommended to
meet with a law professional when considering a franchise purchase. This
is a time when you should consult with a professional who will work in
your best interest, and is qualified to review, comment and negotiate
on your behalf.
Legal
Assistance
Joseph
Adler
Legal Counsel for Franchisors and Franchisees.
Joseph Adler has dedicated his professional life to becoming a top business
lawyer. His expertise in franchise, licensing and distribution law enables
him to provide insight and guidance on the business of franchising, including
on matters involving commercial agreements, leasing, licensing and intellectual
property. Joseph is also a Trade-Mark Agent who assists his clients to
file, prosecute, maintain, and protect trade-marks around the world.
contact at: jadler@hofferadler.com
Astor
Weiss & Kaplan
Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel, LLP, provides a complete range of expert
legal services to our clients by providing high-quality excellent service
while controlling legal expenses. As a mid-size firm, Astor Weiss Kaplan
& Mandel, LLP, is uniquely positioned to provide legal expertise and
also maintain personalized relationships with our clients. The goal of
the firm's experienced attorneys is to solve our clients' legal issues
in a cost-effective and highly competent manner.
(www.astorweiss.com)
Bartko,
Zankel, Tarrant & Miller
Our franchise and business law groups represent start-up and mature companies
in all sectors and implements strategic plans for domestic and international
expansion, funding, distribution and licensing.
(www.bztm.com)
Cohen,
Gettings & Dunham
Corporate, Business Transactions and Franchise practice including entity
formation, corporate matters, capital finance, equity incentive plans,
stock purchase agreements, employment agreements, mergers and acquisitions,
commercial transactions, professional practice formations and dissolutions,
lending and other financing transactions, franchise registrations, preparation
of franchise offering circulars, franchise compliance, and franchise litigation.
(www.cohengettings.com)
Dinsmore
& Shohl
Dinsmore & Shohl's Franchise & Distribution Practice Group consists
of highly experienced attorneys who are involved in all aspects of franchising
and distribution throughout the United States and abroad. We routinely
advise new and established franchising companies (public and private)
on the preparation of their offering circulars and state registrations
and on a host of other legal issues affecting the development, preservation
and growth of their franchise and distribution businesses. The group combines
the talents of attorneys experienced in franchise and distribution law
with other attorneys specifically experienced in the areas of trademark
and copyright, antitrust law, litigation, employment law matters and commercial
real estate development.
(www.dinslaw.com)
Ice
Miller Donadio & Ryan
Franchise sales account for nearly one-third of retail sales in the United
States. Franchising offers the franchisor a method of expansion into a
chain operation without the capital requirements necessary for the ownership
of an integrated system. Our lawyers are experienced in representing clients
in designing marketing systems which conform to the complex federal and
state laws regulating franchising.
(www.imdr.com)
Locke
Liddell & Sapp
Locke Liddell's franchise and distribution practice encompasses all legal
and business aspects of franchise, licensing, and distribution arrangements.
We analyze legal issues from a global perspective embracing both legal
and business considerations. We achieve solutions that promote enterprise-wide
benefits. Our Franchise and Distribution Team provides legal services
to United States clients with domestic and international activities and
investments, and to foreign-based clients with interests in the United
States. We also litigate franchising and licensing disputes.
(www.lockeliddell.com)
Mackall,
Craunse & Moore
Mackall, Crounse & Moore's franchising and distribution attorneys
assist clients worldwide. On behalf of clients who are expanding their
business concepts through franchising, they structure and develop franchise
programs, comply with state and federal registration and pre- sale disclosure
laws, and provide counsel on financing and tax planning issues on behalf
of franchisors.
(www.mcmlaw.com)
Perkins
Coie
Perkins Coie counsels and represents clients in the areas of franchising,
licensing and distribution law. Our Franchising and Distribution Group
includes more than a dozen partners, of counsel and associates, spanning
transactional and litigation practices in our Seattle, Los Angeles, Denver
and Chicago offices. Our experience in franchising extends from a complete
familiarity with the Federal Trade Commission's rules regarding franchising,
to expertise in state laws requiring registration of a franchise or business
opportunity, to knowledge regarding other state and federal laws affecting
the substantive terms of the franchise relationship (e.g., licensing,
tax planning and wrongful termination). Similarly, our litigators routinely
represent clients in disputes ranging from termination cases to more complex
intellectual property, antitrust and fraud claims.
(www.perkinscoie.com)
Venable,
Baetjer and Howard
Venable has been serving the legal needs of its clients for over a century,
and for more than 20 years in the area of franchising and distribution.
The experience of our franchise team, supported by knowledgeable litigators
and business lawyers practicing in antitrust and trade regulation, international,
real estate, commercial and corporate finance law, enables us advise and
guide franchisors, manufacturing/distribution companies and other businesses
investigating franchising as a means of expansion. Our clients operate
throughout the United States and in a number of foreign countries.
(www.venable.com)
Wiley,
Rein & Fielding
WRF's Franchise Group is among the largest in the United States. Our franchise
attorneys provide a full range of legal services to meet the unique needs
of companies that use franchising to market goods and services. When necessary,
our franchise attorneys call upon specialized expertise from the firm's
other practice areas, including Business and Finance, Antitrust and Trade
Regulation, Internet & E-Commerce, Intellectual Property, Advertising,
Food & Drug, International Transactions and Trade, Government Affairs,
Government Contracts and Employment & Labor Law. WRF is a member of
IFA's Franchise Suppliers Forum.
(www.wrf.com)
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