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Steven K. Fedder and Julie C. Janofsky have opened a new firm, Fedder & Janofsky LLC, in Baltimore, MD. Fedder's 30 years as a trial lawyer include franchise litigation involving intellectual property, business fraud, professional liability, contract, and employment disputes. Janofsky has focused on employment lawsuits in her 25 years as an attorney, and she has been an AAA arbitrator for more than 10 years.
The New England Franchise Association announced its new Board of Directors: Suzanne Cummings, Cummings Franchise Law, P.C.; Donato Dandreo, Compete Now; Steve Dubin, PR Works (and president of NEFA); Kevin Dubois, Lapels Dry Cleaning; Evan Hackel, Ingage Consulting; Chuck Lynch, MaidPro; Murray Vetstein, Source4; Gina Weinstock, G. T. Reilly & Company; Bruce Wildes, Acadia Business Advisors, LLC; and Kim Woods, Franchise Solutions.
Charles Cannon, a former member of the Governing Committee of the ABA Forum on Franchising, died in December. Cannon was a former partner at both Jenkens & Gilchrist and Haynes and Boone, firms where he helped to establish their substantial franchising practices. He was best known for his work on using alternative dispute resolution to settle franchising disputes, and he was the founder of Bold Journeys Conflict Resolution Services.
Steven K. Fedder and Julie C. Janofsky have opened a new firm, Fedder & Janofsky LLC, in Baltimore, MD. Fedder's 30 years as a trial lawyer include franchise litigation involving intellectual property, business fraud, professional liability, contract, and employment disputes. Janofsky has focused on employment lawsuits in her 25 years as an attorney, and she has been an AAA arbitrator for more than 10 years.
The New England Franchise Association announced its new Board of Directors: Suzanne Cummings, Cummings Franchise Law, P.C.; Donato Dandreo, Compete Now; Steve Dubin, PR Works (and president of NEFA); Kevin Dubois, Lapels Dry Cleaning; Evan Hackel, Ingage Consulting; Chuck Lynch, MaidPro; Murray Vetstein, Source4; Gina Weinstock, G. T. Reilly & Company; Bruce Wildes, Acadia Business Advisors, LLC; and Kim Woods, Franchise Solutions.
Charles Cannon, a former member of the Governing Committee of the ABA Forum on Franchising, died in December. Cannon was a former partner at both
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