Firm: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Practice Areas: Franchising
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Firm: Miller & Martin PLLC
Practice Areas: Franchising
Business attorney with concentrations in intellectual property and franchising. I practice in the areas of patent, trademark, copyright and licensing law with an emphasis on client counseling and the selection and protection of enforceable intellectual property assets. I have extensive experience in assisting clients with the development of global branding strategies and I have performed numerous intellectual property audits and due diligence reviews. I assist individuals and corporations by understanding their business and helping them implement processes to better align efforts between legal, marketing, and technology. By doing so, my clients achieve a risk reduced approach to protecting and promoting their intellectual property, both in the United States and abroad. Additionally, I assist franchise and distribution clients with a wide variety of corporate and franchise legal issues, including structuring programs, drafting agreements and disclosure documents, obtaining appropriate registrations, protecting intellectual property, and resolving relationship issues and disputes. My unique combination of intellectual property, corporate, and franchise experience allows me to provide comprehensive legal services to companies growing or joining franchise systems. Within these practice areas, I represent a diverse client portfolio, from start-ups to mature companies with multi-national operations. With my broad range of transactional and litigation experience, I am able to provide general counsel to my clients, collaboratively maturing their businesses from infancy to prominence within their various industries.
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Firm: FSB Legal Counsel, a Fisher Broyles LLP
Practice Areas: Franchising
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Practice Areas: Franchising
Kathleen Hart is part of the Corporate & Business Transactions Group of Andersen, Tate & Carr, specializing in intellectual property matters. Her practice includes counseling and assisting start up and growth stage technology companies on a variety of issues, including protecting and preserving their intellectual property rights (both internally vis-à-vis employees and externally in their customer, vendor and partner relationships), securing trademark and copyright registrations, negotiating technology licenses and service agreements and general corporate governance matters. She has negotiated agreements with many of the top financial institutions in the U.S., several of the major ISPs in North America and Europe and various media companies and has assisted technology clients in expanding into the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada and Brazil.. As part of her intellectual property practice, Ms. Hart also represents clients desiring to expand their business through franchising with the organization and ongoing administration of their franchise system, including drafting the required disclosure documents, franchise, area development and other related agreements; seeking and obtaining registration or exemption of the franchise offering in multiple states; and counseling franchisor clients on operational and compliance matters.. As a member of the Corporate & Business Transactions Group, Ms. Hart also provides general corporate representation to clients in a wide variety of industries. Such representation includes providing counseling on entity choice and structure; organization of corporations, limited liability companies and joint ventures; shareholder agreements; business sales and acquisitions (stock and asset); venture capital investments; regulatory compliance (including health care) and general contract negotiations.. Before joining the firm, Mrs. Hart served as a law clerk for the Honorable J.L. Edmondson, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Mrs. Hart received her Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2006, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served as the Executive Articles Editor for the Georgia Law Review from 2005-2006. Mrs. Hart graduated summa cum laude, with honors, from the University of Georgia in 2000 with degrees in both International Business (Finance concentration) and Real Estate.. Mrs. Hart’s scholarly works include Sticks and Stones and Shotguns at School: The Ineffectiveness of Constitutional Antibullying Legislation as a Response to School Violence, 39 Ga. L. Rev. 1109 (2005), and Vouchers and Vespers: The Need for an Uncertain Change in School Voucher Programs, Educ. L. & Pol’y F. (2005) (with Ashley Alderman).. Mrs. Hart was admitted to the practice of law in the State of Georgia in 2006. She is a member of the Georgia Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the ABA Forum on Franchising. She is also a member of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce Technology Council.
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Firm: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Practice Areas: Franchising
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Firm: Shipe Dosik Law LLC
Practice Areas: Franchising
Pete Dosik is a leader in Atlanta’s franchise law community as well as a sophisticated business law generalist. He is committed to providing clients with high-value, efficient, and practical legal service at a reasonable cost.. Drawing on his experience as in-house counsel at Church’s Chicken® (1700+ units in 23 countries, including 250+ company-owned restaurants) and Starwood Hotels (owner and franchisor of iconic hotel brands such as Westin® and Sheraton®), Pete develops in-depth knowledge of his clients’ businesses and emphasizes practical methods to protect his clients while helping them achieve their goals.. In the franchising arena, Pete advises franchisors on how to establish, operate, and grow “best-in-class” franchise systems. He prepares Franchise Disclosure Documents and franchising agreements that incorporate best practices in franchising. He advises on domestic and international franchising, complying with federal and state franchise laws and regulations, dealing with franchisees, enforcing brand standards, terminating non-compliant franchisees, and resolving disputes.. When representing franchisees, Pete uses his knowledge and experience to efficiently assist franchisees in understanding FDDs, negotiating franchise agreements, and achieving business success with their franchise concept.. In addition to franchising and distribution, Pete handles various business transactions, including company formation, finance, buying or selling a business, real estate, employment agreements, technology agreements, supply chain matters, and other commercial contracts.. Pete began practicing law in 1997 after graduating from Duke University law school. He began his career at one of Atlanta’s most prestigious law firms, where he focused on debt finance and general business transactions.
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Practice Areas: Franchising
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Firm: Gourley Law Group, LLC
Practice Areas: Franchising
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Firm: Credigy
Practice Areas: Franchising
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Firm: IHG Hotels & Resorts
Practice Areas: Franchising
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Firm: Dla Piper Us LLP
Practice Areas: Franchising
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Firm: The Law Office of Shannan S Collier PC
Practice Areas: Franchising
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Firm: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
Practice Areas: Franchising
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