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Jeff Karlin is a principal at Gray Plant Mooty and member of the Franchise & Distribution and Business & General Litigation practice groups. Prior to entering private practice, he served for nine years as a trial attorney for the Torts Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice.  Jeff has litigated a wide variety of commercial cases in the franchise context involving issues of financial fraud, underreporting of sales, wrongful discharge, conversion, and market withdrawal. He has also defended a number of tort and product liability actions involving hot beverage spills, premises liability, wrongful death, invasion of privacy, and defamation.   He was selected as the overall winner of 2013’s Lexology Client Choice Award in the Franchising category for the United States as well as the exclusive winner for Franchising in the District of Columbia.. Representative Cases. Published opinions include:. ·    Progressive Foods, LLC v., Dunkin’ Donuts, Inc., 2012 WL 3241696 (6th Cir. Aug. 9, 2012), cert. denied, 2013 WL 598542, 81 USLW 3370 (Feb. 19, 2013).. ·    H & R Block Tax Servs. LLC v. Franklin, 691 F.3d 941 (8th Cir. 2012).. ·    Dunkin' Donuts Franchised Restaurants, LLC v. Agawam Donuts, Inc., 2008 WL 619399 (D. Mass. 2008). ·     Moghaddam v. Dunkin' Donuts, Inc., 332 F. 44 (D. Mass 2004). ·    Baskin-Robbins, Inc., v. Taj California, Inc., 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19943 and 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19946 (D.C. Cal. 2003). ·    Brock v. Baskin-Robbins, USA Co., 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3840 (E.D. Tex. 2003), aff’d 155 . 792 (2005). ·    Wu v. Dunkin’ Donuts, 2001 U.S. LEXIS 2544 (2nd Cir. 2001). ·    Doe v. United States, 83 F. Supp. 2d 833 (S.D. Tex. 2000). ·    Kaplan v. United States, 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 26209 (9th Cir. 1998). ·    Schneider v. United States, 1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20139 (D. Minn. 1993). ·    Fahl v. United States Dep’t of the Interior, 792 F. Supp. 80 (D. Ariz. 1992). Education:. Washington College of Law at American University, J.D., 1989. University of Maryland, M.A., 1986. University of California, Santa Barbara, cum laude, 1984. Bar Admissions:. District of Columbia. California. U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. U.S. District Court, District of Columbia. U.S. District Court, Central District of California. U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas. U.S. Court of Federal Claims

I am a civil litigation attorney at The Law Offices of Leonard B. Ference located in Washington, DC.  We provide our clients with a unique level of personal attention and experience in a wide array of legal areas. From Los Angeles, CA to Washington DC, the firm’s attorneys and I have fought to protect our clients’ interests in Civil Litigation matters, including personal injury, workplace discrimination and harassment, wrongful termination, wage claims, wrongful arrest and police brutality, slander and other intentional tort actions, contract disputes and negotiations, and business litigation matters.

Eric is the Partner-in-Charge of Lathrop GPM's Washington, D.C. office. He practices in the areas of white collar defense and government investigations, franchise litigation, and complex civil litigation.  Eric also represents law firms and individual attorneys in legal ethics matters. He is  an Adjunct Professorial Lecturer at American University's Washington College of Law.