Intensive 1- A Sharper Focus on the Shifting Realities for Franchisees in the 2020s
This intensive will take an in-depth look at the changes in franchising that are impacting the representation of franchisees in the 2020s.
Forum on Franchising
The mission of the Forum on Franchising is to be the preeminent forum for the study and discussion of the legal aspects of franchising.
Past, Present and Future: International Franchising in the time of COVID
June 15 | 1 PM EDT
This program is for anyone interested in understanding the challenges and opportunities of franchising internationally, especially global in-house counsel and lawyers representing international franchisors.
Register - NowThe Franchise Agreements in Bankruptcy Cases and Business Restructurings
July 14 | 1 PM EDT
This Best of the Forum webinar reprises the 2020 Forum workshop on how bankruptcies affect franchising.
Register - NowSave The Date: Franchising On My Mind
October 13-15, 2021 | Atlanta, GA
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43rd Annual Forum on Franchising- Limited Time Only - All Access Pass
October 27, 2020
Purchase all 27 accredited workshops from the 43rd Annual Forum on Franchising for the same price as the real-time show. Intensive sold separately.
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Intensive 2 - A Practical Vision of Trademark and Trade Dress Issues Affecting Franchised Businesses
In this in-depth intensive, learn how to protect a franchise system’s most valuable assets: its trademarks, service marks, and trade dress.
ABA Connect
This is a space for you to connect with other Forum on Franchising members and committees through interactive discussions, content sharing, and much more.
Forum on Franchising Books
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Get Involved
The Forum actively solicits your involvement in and contribution to its activities. These activities are not only a pathway to leadership in the Forum, but collegial endeavors that permit Forum members from all over the country—and the world—to get to know one another and work together in ways that build professional relationships and friendships. The following links contain the names of current members of the Governing Committee and Leadership of the Forum, the pathways to leadership in the Forum, and the various programs available to Forum members in 2019-2020.
Leadership Corner
Chair
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WIll K. Woods
Baker McKenzie
Dallas, TX
Incoming Chair
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Ron Coleman
Parker Hudson
Atlanta, GA
Immediate Past Chair
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Eric H. Karp
Witmer, Karp, Warner & Ryan LLP
Boston, MA
Governing Committee
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Gary Batenhorst
Cline Williams Wright Johnson and Oldfather, L.L.P.
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Elizabeth Weldon
Snell & Wilmer, LLP
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Michael Gray
Lathrop GPM
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Dawn Newton
Donahue Fitzgerald LLP
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Julie Lusthaus
Lusthaus Law
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Beata Krakus
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, PC
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K Whitner
Paul Hastings
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Robert Lauer
Haynes and Boone, LLP
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Bethany Appleby
Appleby & Corcoran
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Jason Adler
Cellairis Franchise, Inc.
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Nicole Micklich
Urso, Liguori & Micklich
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Ben Reed
Plave Koch
Calendar
2019 Program and Membership Calendar
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