Practice Areas & Industries: Crowe & Dunlevy, A Professional Corporation

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Crowe & Dunlevy's Franchising and Distribution Section represents clients who are expanding domestically and internationally. The Firm's areas of legal, regulatory and strategic expertise include:

• Franchise litigation services and other franchise related dispute resolution
• Franchisee bankruptcy and litigation
• Trademark and other intellectual property matters
• Consultations with franchisors on development and operational issues, including those uniquely affecting start-up franchising companies, established systems and owners of multiple franchise systems, including matters uniquely related to real estate, bankruptcy, securities and general corporate matters
• Advising clients in analyzing specialized issues pertaining to technology and product distribution agreements
• Mergers and acquisitions of franchise companies

Franchising and Distribution Attorneys

The Franchising and Distribution Section includes both lawyers who devote a substantial amount of their time to franchising and distribution matters and those who work on franchising and distribution matters when their expertise in a specific area is needed. Several of the lawyers listed below are also members of the Firm's Intellectual Property Section and devote significant time to trademark and trade dress issues related to franchising.