Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, LAW FIRM NEWS: Franchise lawyer Steven M. Goldman joins Quarles & Brady in Washington, D.C., (Oct 22, 2013)

Quarles & Brady LLP has added prominent franchise attorney Steven M. Goldman as a partner in its Corporate Services Practice Group, according to a recent announcement. He will reside in the Washington, D.C. office.

Prior to joining the firm, Goldman was an Executive Vice President and corporate officer at Marriott International, Inc. and a partner at Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP in Atlanta. He has extensive in-house, first chair experience in lodging, franchise, distribution, licensing, and bankruptcy and receivership. Goldman has successfully handled almost any legal issue that a franchise business or lodging company might encounter, the firm stated. He has litigated franchise termination disputes, bankruptcy, and receivership matters; handled the most complex and the most routine licensing transactions; and provided counseling solutions for franchise, intellectual property, and distribution law challenges.

Goldman served as Chairman of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising from 2003 to 2005 and has held leadership positions for the International Franchise Association and the NASAA Franchise and Business Opportunities Project Group. He is a regular presenter at meetings of the Forum on Franchising, other bar associations, and franchise organizations and has written and edited books and articles on franchise legal topics.

An honors graduate of the University of Vermont (B.A.) and University of Georgia School of Law (J.D.), Goldman served judicial clerkships at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Quarles & Brady LLP is a full service law firm with more than 400 attorneys practicing from offices in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Naples and Tampa, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Washington, D.C.; and Shanghai, China.

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