Entrepreneurs and franchisors rely on more than 45 years of franchising experience and our reasonable rates to guide their franchise systems, whether it's the 1st sale or the 1,000th
We assist clients with a wide range of franchising issues—everything from questions about the benefits and disadvantages of franchising, to preparation and registration of franchise offerings, to counseling on relationship issues.
Our award-winning franchise attorneys have over 45 years of franchising experience across a variety of industries, including full-service and quick-service restaurants, hospitality, consumer retail, property maintenance and improvement, automotive, fitness and beauty, medicine and health care, child care and education, and business services.
Our franchise lawyers represent franchisors that have not yet started franchising, or that have only a handful of franchised outlets, to sophisticated franchisors with over 7,000 franchised outlets—a testament to our reasonable rates and experience. As a full-service law firm, we also work closely with our franchise and business litigation attorneys to handle disputes franchisors may have with franchisees, intellectual property attorneys to handle trademark and other proprietary registration and enforcement, and real estate attorneys to handle purchases/sales and leases. Our team works collaboratively across our practice areas to provide thorough legal advice based on decades of experience.
From Main Street to Every Street
When choosing a franchise law firm, consider the experience level of the franchise attorneys and paralegals, the cost of these professionals, and whether the firm has the capability to handle your franchise system as it grows as well as to provide complementary services in other areas of law. We don't just get franchise law; we helped write it.
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Our attorneys are frequent speakers and authors on the business and legal aspects of franchising, with 100s of published articles and books and presentations.
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Our attorneys have held leadership positions in franchise associations: the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising and International Franchise Association.
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Our attorneys sit on task forces and franchise advisory committees that have drafted model franchise laws adopted by franchise registration states.
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Our attorneys have even worked or managed various franchised businesses before becoming franchise attorneys.
Joe Fittante
Sarah Greening
Jessica Johansen
Inga (Schuchard) Kingland
Mark Landauer
Chuck Modell
Sawan Patel
Henry Pfutzenreuter
Max J. Schott, II
Jim Susag
Bill Thornton
Patricia Treseler
Thea Volk
