LEGAL SERVICES
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FisherZucker
LLC
Full-service law firm
focusing on franchising and
licensing matters2
DLA Piper
Legal services including
franchise law compliance,
mergers and acquisitions,
and dispute resolution3
Gray Plant
Mooty
Full-service corporate
law firm with a franchise
practice4
Drumm Law LLC
Full-service franchise
law firm5
Faegre Baker
Daniels LLP
International law firm
with a full-service
franchise practice6
FranchiseSmith
LLC
Nationwide and
international practice
specializing in franchise law7
Spadea Lignana
LLC
Full-service franchise
law firm8
Plave Koch PLC
Franchise legal services,
including dispute
resolution, transactions,
and trademarks9
Cheng Cohen
LLC
Full-service law firm
exclusively representing
franchisors10
Internicola Law
Firm
Legal services for emerging
franchise brands11
Carter & Tani
Legal services for
franchisors, master
franchisees, and
Illinois-based franchisees
and businessesLEGAL 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 SportsFisherZucker LLC
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Mullin Law, PC
Franchise compliance, IP
protection, general business,
and dispute resolution
servicesService descriptions come from respective suppliers.