Firm Information:

203 N. La Salle St., # 1800
Chicago, IL 60601-1293
Web Site: www.piperrudnick.com
Tel: (312) 368-4000
Fax: (312) 630-7344
Contact: Mr. Everett Pan
Email: everett.pan@piperrudnick.com

Attorney Information:

Tel: (312) 368-2164
Email: stuart.hershman@piperrudnick.com

Firm Profile: Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe has the largest franchise and distribution law practice in the world. In addition to experience with a full range of domestic franchising and distribution work, including structuring, compliance and relationship matters, the firm has had a pioneering role in international franchising and licensing. The firm’s litigation experience includes numerous proceedings in courts across the US and in alternative dispute resolution venues around the world. The firm also provides a full range of services to franchise and distribution clients in areas such as antitrust, intellectual property, real estate, technology, bankruptcy, labor, corporate finance, insurance, securities and tax matters.

Firm Background:

Serving the Franchising Community Since: 1985

% of Total Billable Hours Billed to Clients in the Franchising Industry: 95%

Major Franchising Clients in Past 3 Years: Our clients represent most of the 75 business sectors that have adopted franchising as a method of distribution. They represent entrepreneurs and start-up companies as well the largest franchisors and distributors in the world.

Attorney Profile: Stuart Hershman counsels companies on the whole spectrum of franchise law, including structuring new franchise programs and restructuring existing franchise programs, terminating franchise relationships, establishing the business parameters of the franchise program, assessing the applicability of federal and state franchise and business opportunity laws, preparing documentation, complying with applicable registration and disclosure laws, establishing compliance programs, working through the transfer and termination process, counseling companies in the trademark area, and assisting clients in expanding internationally. He has structured and documented hundreds of franchise programs and other manufacturer-supplier and intellectual property licensing arrangements and has engaged in antitrust counseling, particularly in pricing and supply matters, for public and private companies.

Year Admitted to the Bar: 1984

Licensed to Practice in: Illinois

Education/Honors: J.D. University of Michigan (1984), cum laude; B.A. University of Michigan (1981), with high honors.

Professional Associations/Memberships: American Bar Association, ABA Forum on Franchising, ABA Section on Corporations, Business & Banking, ABA Antitrust Section.

Publications: Mr. Hershman has authored and co-authored, or contributed to, numerous articles and seminar materials on franchising, antitrust, and bankruptcy topics. He has also spoken at the IFA's Annual Legal Symposium, and the IFA's legal Roundtables.

Provide Legal Services Internationally: South America, Canada, United Kingdom, Asia

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