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FSB Legal Counsel, a fast-growing “virtual” law firm, is now serving the franchise industry. Kathryn Rookes, Kitt Shipe, and Dana Lynch have launched the franchise practice group at FSB Legal Counsel.
“We charge about half of the rate of a big firm, and we don't charge for getting-to-know-you time, the ramp-up with a client,” said Shipe. She joined FSB Legal from an in-house position at multi-franchise brand owner NexCen and nearly a decade at Kilpatrick Stockton LLP (Atlanta).
“All attorneys who are recruited must have at least seven years of experience at a big firm or an equivalent,” said Shipe. “The idea is that they are high-caliber attorneys who can work on their own, unsupervised. This avoids the need [for clients to indirectly] pay for and supervise junior attorneys.”
Shipe said that, in her experience, franchises have smaller legal budgets than other similarly sized businesses. “But franchising is highly regulated, too,” she said. “So franchisors really need legal counsel ' maybe not full-time, in-house counsel, but nonetheless a lawyer who can look inside the operation and make sure the records are being kept and the rules are being followed.”
Shipe added that “the firm sees great potential in our model. We have about 35 attorneys now, and we could possibly double in size this year.”
Franchise attorneys Allan P. Hillman and Scott Kern have joined forces to launch a new firm in New Haven, CT. Kern & Hillman LLC will work on a wide range of franchise issues, and has particular expertise in registration, disclosure, and litigation, said Hillman.
“The specialized, 'boutique' concept is the trend today, and it makes a great deal of sense in franchise law,” said Hillman. “Our skills are complementary; We have different areas of experience, but together we are able to offer the full range of services to franchise clients. There are virtually no firms in this market that are franchise-centered boutiques, as we are.”
Hillman formerly was a partner at Shipman & Goodwin LLP (New Haven, CT). Before opening a law firm, The Franchise Source, Kern was the general counsel of Carvel Ice Cream and ran its franchising business. Both men have been chair of the Connecticut Bar Franchise Section, and Hillman also was founder and chair of the Maryland Bar Franchise Section and Business Section.
Lorinda Church, who was an associate at Kern's former firm, has joined one of the clients of Kern & Hillman as general counsel.
Seventeen attorneys are now certified as Legal Specialists in Franchise and Distribution Law by The California Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California (“Board”).
The attorneys are Brian H. Cole (Law offices of Brian H. Cole), Ken Costello (Bryan Cave LLP), Jeffrey Fillerup (Luce Forward), Robin Day Glenn (Franchise Law Team), Tal S. Grinblat (Lewitt Hackman), David Carl Gurnick (Lewitt Hackman), Darryl A. Hart (Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller), Keith D. Klein (Bryan Cave), Peter C. Lagarias (Lagarias & Boulter LLP), Anthony J. Marks (Bryan Cave), Bruce W. McDiarmid (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP), Charles B. Miller (Bartko, Zankel), Timothy A. Pickwell (Tim Pickwell APC), Cathleen M. Pilliod (Franchise Services, Inc.), Joel D. Siegel (Bryan Cave), Jonathan C. Solish (Bryan Cave), C. Griffith Towle (Bartko, Zankel).
Ten more applications are being processed, according to Robin Day Glenn, chair of the Franchise and Distribution Law Advisory Commission of the Board. The next specialization examination, the first step in the certification process, will be administered in San Francisco and Los Angeles, on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. This exam is given every other year and will be offered again in 2011.
For more information, go to www.californiaspecialist.org, or contact Robin Day Glenn at [email protected].
FSB Legal Counsel, a fast-growing “virtual” law firm, is now serving the franchise industry. Kathryn Rookes, Kitt Shipe, and Dana Lynch have launched the franchise practice group at FSB Legal Counsel.
“We charge about half of the rate of a big firm, and we don't charge for getting-to-know-you time, the ramp-up with a client,” said Shipe. She joined FSB Legal from an in-house position at multi-franchise brand owner NexCen and nearly a decade at
“All attorneys who are recruited must have at least seven years of experience at a big firm or an equivalent,” said Shipe. “The idea is that they are high-caliber attorneys who can work on their own, unsupervised. This avoids the need [for clients to indirectly] pay for and supervise junior attorneys.”
Shipe said that, in her experience, franchises have smaller legal budgets than other similarly sized businesses. “But franchising is highly regulated, too,” she said. “So franchisors really need legal counsel ' maybe not full-time, in-house counsel, but nonetheless a lawyer who can look inside the operation and make sure the records are being kept and the rules are being followed.”
Shipe added that “the firm sees great potential in our model. We have about 35 attorneys now, and we could possibly double in size this year.”
Franchise attorneys Allan P. Hillman and Scott Kern have joined forces to launch a new firm in New Haven, CT. Kern & Hillman LLC will work on a wide range of franchise issues, and has particular expertise in registration, disclosure, and litigation, said Hillman.
“The specialized, 'boutique' concept is the trend today, and it makes a great deal of sense in franchise law,” said Hillman. “Our skills are complementary; We have different areas of experience, but together we are able to offer the full range of services to franchise clients. There are virtually no firms in this market that are franchise-centered boutiques, as we are.”
Hillman formerly was a partner at
Lorinda Church, who was an associate at Kern's former firm, has joined one of the clients of Kern & Hillman as general counsel.
Seventeen attorneys are now certified as Legal Specialists in Franchise and Distribution Law by The California Board of Legal Specialization of the State Bar of California (“Board”).
The attorneys are Brian H. Cole (Law offices of Brian H. Cole), Ken Costello (
Ten more applications are being processed, according to Robin Day Glenn, chair of the Franchise and Distribution Law Advisory Commission of the Board. The next specialization examination, the first step in the certification process, will be administered in San Francisco and Los Angeles, on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. This exam is given every other year and will be offered again in 2011.
For more information, go to www.californiaspecialist.org, or contact Robin Day Glenn at [email protected].
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