2019-09-01 Entrepreneur Magazine

LEGAL SERVICES

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Suppliers

90 / ENTREPRENEUR.COM / September 2019

1

FisherZucker

LLC

Full-service law firm

focusing on franchising and

licensing matters

2

DLA Piper

Legal services including

franchise law compliance,

mergers and acquisitions,

and dispute resolution

3

Gray Plant

Mooty

Full-service corporate

law firm with a franchise

practice

4

Drumm Law LLC

Full-service franchise

law firm

5

Faegre Baker

Daniels LLP

International law firm

with a full-service

franchise practice

6

FranchiseSmith

LLC

Nationwide and

international practice

specializing in franchise law

7

Spadea Lignana

LLC

Full-service franchise

law firm

8

Plave Koch PLC

Franchise legal services,

including dispute

resolution, transactions,

and trademarks

9

Cheng Cohen

LLC

Full-service law firm

exclusively representing

franchisors

10

Internicola Law

Firm

Legal services for emerging

franchise brands

11

Carter & Tani

Legal services for

franchisors, master

franchisees, and

Illinois-based franchisees

and businesses

LEGAL SERVICES IS one of the most competitive categories in our ranking, and one of the most important. Franchisors face

unique legal requirements and challenges, and there are multiple law firms specialized in working with them.

“We have been a longtime client of FisherZucker, and not once in any of our dealings

have I ever doubted their guidance and counsel. They are responsive, knowledgeable,

precise, and, most important, human. They understand that we are dealing with people’s

lives, and their guidance reflects an appropriate balance of empathy, reality check, and

humor when it’s needed most.” —A. BRIAN SANDERS, president and CEO, i9 Sports

FisherZucker LLC

12

Mullin Law, PC

Franchise compliance, IP

protection, general business,

and dispute resolution

services

Service descriptions come from respective suppliers.