Franchise Experience...

Whether you are developing a franchise system or simply looking to purchase a franchise, you know that experience counts – experience that can help you find your way through the franchise maze. Jim Meaney has helped companies and individuals navigate the franchise maze for nearly 30 years.

Jim’s experience includes:

• Franchise Focus

  - Commercial law/franchise litigation practice for over 30 years

• Franchise Disclosure Document

  - Preparation and development

• Franchisor/Franchise Systems

  - General/ongoing representation of franchise systems

• Franchise Dispute Resolution

  - Mediation, arbitration and litigation

• Franchise Experience

  - Government regulator, General Counsel and private practice

• Former General Counsel

  - Damon’s Grill®

• Franchise Development

  – Former VP of Franchise Development for Damon’s Grill®

• Franchisee Representation

  - Franchise buyers & multi-unit operators/FDD Review/Negotiation

• How to Buy a Franchise

• Franchise Groups

  – Former General Counsel to a Petroleum Retailers Association

Additional experience:

• Named to the 2012 Who's Who Legal International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (Franchising)
• Section Chief of the Ohio Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Section (responsible for enforcement of Ohio’s Business Opportunity Law)
• Chair of the Columbus Bar Association’s Franchise and Distribution Law Committee
• Member of The American Bar Association Forum on Franchising since 1989
• Author/Presenter of numerous franchise articles and presentations

Jim is an attorney with Zaino & Humphrey in Columbus and Dublin, Ohio. You can learn more about Jim Meaney by visiting him on Linkedin and AVVO.

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