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) 876-7944
Fax: (312) 876-7934
Email: rking@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

Major Franchising Clients in Past 3 Years: Franchise litigation for McDonald's Corporation, antitrust litigation for various Japanese companies, intellectual property litigation for Gibson Guitar/Baldwin Piano, class action defense work for Allstate Insurance Company and Country Life Insurance Company and general commercial litigation for a variety of Fortune 200 companies.

Attorney Profile: Bob King is a partner in the Chicago office and serves as the National Chair of Franchising and Distribution Litigation within the Antitrust Marketing Practices and Franchising practice group. A widely respected commercial litigator, Mr. King has more than 25 years of trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts nationwide.

Licensed to Practice in: Illinois, California

Education/Honors: University of Michigan, J.D. Magna Cum Laude, 1978; Visiting Student, Harvard Law, 1976-77; Dartmouth College, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1975

Provide Legal Services in U.S.: Yes

Provide Legal Services in Canada: Yes

Provide Legal Services Internationally: Yes

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