Admitted
1977, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
Law School
Columbia University, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A., magna cum laude, 1972, Phi Beta Kappa
Memberships
New York State (Past Chair, Franchise Law Committee) and American (Member: Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section; Forum Committee on Franchising, 1981—) Bar Associations; International Franchise Association, Washington, D.C. (Member, Legal Legislative Committee, 1984—).
Biographical
Featured in Best Lawyers in America, 1997-1998, 1999-2000 and 2001-2002 editions (Franchising). Author, New York Franchise Act, 1980. Franchise Columnist, N.Y. Law Journal, 1992—. Executive Editor, Franchising Business & Law Alert, 1994—. Associate Editor, ABA Franchise Law Journal, 1999-2003. Author: Practice Commentary, McKinney's New York Statutes, Article 33 of the General Business Law of New York (Franchises), 1981—. Editor and Contributing Author: Franchising: Business and Legal Issues, Franchising: Business Strategies and Legal Compliance, and The New York Franchise Act, Practising Law Institute, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992 and 2001. Co-Author: Select Problems of Mature Franchisers, October 1998; Mergers and Acquisitions Involving Franchise Networks, May 2000; Complying with U.S. Franchise Laws, October 2000. Assistant and Special Deputy Attorney General, State of New York, 1976-1980. Director, Legal and Regulatory Policy Division, American Stock Exchange, 1980-1983. Chairman, Practising Law Institute Seminars, Franchising: Business Strategies and Legal Compliance in the U.S., 1987-2001. Franchising '85: New York and the Nation; The New York Franchise Sales Act, 1981 and 1984. Member, Advisory Committee of the North American Securities Administrators' Franchise and Business Opportunities Committee, 1995—.