Thompson & Knight lawyers regularly provide general business counsel - including the preparation and negotiation of franchise contracts, distribution agreements, and related documents - in their domestic and international commercial practices. Our attorneys are also engaged in the resolution of franchise disputes through formal or informal settlement negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and conventional litigation in state and federal courts.

Our attorneys maintain memberships in the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising and the ABA Intellectual Property Law Section. A senior attorney at Thompson & Knight is a former Chair of the Texas State Bar Association Intellectual Property Section's Committee on Franchise and Distribution Law and also was Chair of the Section on Franchising of the Dallas Bar Association, and served as Trustee of the Section from 1990 to 1997. Another senior attorney in our Trial Department has served as Treasurer, Secretary, and Council Member for the Section on Franchise and Distribution Law of the Dallas Bar Association.

Please review the links provided for specific information on our franchise practice.

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