Firm Information:

8000 Sears Tower, 233 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
Web Site: www.sonnenschein.com
Tel: (312) 876-8000
Fax: (312) 876-3151
Other Offices In: Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, San Francisco, Short Hills, NJ, Washington D.C., West Palm Beach

Attorney Information:

8000 Sears Tower, 233 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: (312) 876-8103
Fax: (312) 876-7934
Email: asilberman@sonnenschein.com

Firm Profile: Sonnenschein has earned a worldwide reputation as the law firm most likely to help its clients prosper and grow. Providing high-quality, innovative legal services, we help our clients identify and seize opportunities and blunt threats to their prosperity. With 700 lawyers and other professionals in nine U.S. offices and a global reach throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Canada, Sonnenschein serves many of the world’s largest and best-known businesses, nonprofits and individuals. The firm is a leader in innovative legal services, serving its clients through integrated, inter-office cooperation and teamwork among practice groups to provide efficient, effective, and timely legal services and business counseling.

Firm Background:

In Business Since: 1906

Serving the Franchising Community Since: mid-1960s

% of Total Billable Hours Billed to Clients in the Franchising Industry: N/A

Major Franchising Clients in Past 3 Years: McDonald's Corporation; Culligan International Company; InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Staybridge Suites; Candlewood Suites); Pella Corporation; Sara Lee Corporation

Attorney Profile: Mr. Silberman is the chair of Sonnenschein's national Antitrust, Marketing Practice, Franchise/Distribution Group. He has more than 35 years' experience in antitrust and franchising litigation, counseling and related transactional representation, as well as in general commercial litigation. He has represented franchisors in a number of negotiated, litigated and arbitrated disputes with franchisees and third parties and regularly represents franchising clients in domestic and international activities.

Licensed to Practice in: Illinois

Education/Honors: Yale Law School, LL.B., 1964; Northwestern University, B.A., 1961 with Distinction and Departmental Honors

Professional Associations/Memberships: Mr. Silberman served as Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law for 1993-94 and as Immediate Past Chair during 1994-95. He has also held various officer positions since 1988, previously serving as a member of the Council of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law and as a member of its Special Committee on the Role of the Federal Trade Commission, and a member of the ABA House of Delegates. He has participated as a member of the Antitrust Section's Special Task Force on Competition Policy which presented views on competition and consumer protection issues to the Clinton/Gore Administration in March, 1993. A member of the Bureau of National Affairs' Antitrust and Trade Regulation Advisory Board, he is a frequent speaker on antitrust topics relating to marketing, distribution, franchising, litigation and insurance at various national and international programs and seminars. He is also a member of the Illinois Franchise Advisory Board appointed by the Attorney General of Illinois.

Publications: "US Antitrust Principles Affecting Distribution Practices" (Insight Conference - Domestic and International Perspectives on Managing Compliance in a Changing Law Environment, Toronto, 2004); "Dispositive Motions in Franchise Litigation - Summary Judgment" (American Bar Association 35th Annual Forum on Franchising, 2002).

Provide Legal Services in U.S.: Yes

Provide Legal Services in Canada: Yes

Provide Legal Services Internationally: Yes

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