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Franchise Foundations® specializes exclusively in franchise expert advice by a franchise attorney in how to franchise a business development programs for franchising a business, franchise attorney drafting and evaluation of franchise disclosure documents (franchise offering circulars) buying a franchise and franchise investments, franchising vs. licensing advice, franchise operations manuals, franchise management training, publishing and franchise expert advice in franchise litigation and franchise lawsuits. Read our franchise articles library to find answers to franchise questions as well as information and tips about franchising you won't find anywhere else that include adopting the proper franchise organizational structure, evaluating franchise consultants, evaluating franchise attorneys, the franchise vs. license choice and more.

Franchise Development Services By A Franchise Attorney and Franchise Expert - Franchising A Business - How To Franchise

Our clients and projects range from small firms that we help in how to franchise a business franchise development programs for the first time to established companies who are household names and have thousands of outlets. For franchised (and non-franchised) firms, we help systematize their current operations via franchise operations manuals, formal training programs, brand development and marketing plans. Whether or not a company ultimately franchises, the process of documenting and implementing standardized operating procedures and systems, like blue chip franchise companies do, makes any firm operate more efficiently and competitively. Our franchise attorney and franchise expert, with an MBA and former franchise ownership experience offers clients unparalleled expertise and sensitivity for creating a successful franchise plan, drafting sound franchise disclosure documents, exceptional management training and first-rate ongoing advice.

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We also investigate and evaluate business format franchise investments, franchise disclosure documents, negotiate franchise agreements, license agreements, analyze franchise offering circulars and more. Our proprietary Franchise Checker (sm) franchise evaluation service has analyzed hundreds of franchise companies and their franchise offering circulars, helping buyers make informed franchise investment decisions about buying a franchise or pursuing other options. Let our 28 years of franchise advice and experience by a franchise attorney, franchise expert and former franchise owner of a successful franchise begin working for you.

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Our AAA Franchise Legal Help Hotline is a free referral service for franchise legal issues, franchise advice or franchise questions involving franchise relationships, franchise disputes, franchise lawsuits and franchise litigation matters. Click here to send an email, or call free toll-1-800-942-4402 (outside the U.S. dial country code 1, then 415-826-0465)

Franchise Attorney and Franchise Expert - Kevin B. Murphy

A comprehensive spectrum of franchise development and franchise evaluation services are offered based on twenty-eight-plus years of excellence and experience in the franchise industry. Franchise attorney and franchise expert, Kevin B. Murphy, known in the industry as Mr. Franchise, is an internationally-known San Francisco franchise attorney, franchise author, instructor and seasoned franchise expert with an MBA and over twenty-eight years of experience exclusively in the franchise industry. Since 1993 he has also been an approved provider of Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) by the State Bar of California, teaching franchise law, franchise development, how to franchise a business, franchising vs. licensing (franchise vs.license), intellectual property protection and related courses to franchise attorneys. Since 1990, Mr. Franchise has consulted and testified as a franchise expert in franchise disputes, including franchise litigation and franchise lawsuits about custom and practice in the franchise industry, franchise development, franchising vs. licensing (franchise vs. license), franchise agreements, franchise disclosure documents and franchise relationship issues. Mr. Murphy started, operated and subsequently sold a very successful franchise in the home improvement industry in 2002-2003.

Franchise MCLE how to franchise courses and a variety of franchise workshops, franchise courses and franchise seminars (including franchise management training for franchise companies) are offered at our executive retreat located in California's famous Napa Valley Wine Country, located approximately 70 miles north of San Francisco. Call or email for details.

Franchise Articles - Articles About Franchising

For franchise articles containing a wealth of information you won't find anywhere else, visit the Franchise Foundations® Franchise Library. Franchise Articles I contains articles, information and franchise tips for companies considering franchise development, how to franchise a business, franchise vs. license and business opportunity expansion options, as well as techniques for emerging and established franchise companies. There's also a handy checklist to evaluate franchise consultants and evaluate franchise attorneys. More franchise articles are found in Franchise Articles II which provides useful answers to franchise questions and franchise evaluation tips for those considering franchise investments, franchise evaluation and franchise offering circulars (franchise disclosure documents).

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Consultations from our franchise attorney and franchise expert about how to franchise a business, buying a franchise, franchise development advice and franchise disclosure documents. Franchise Foundations also assists you with buying a franchise business opportunity.

Franchise Attorney and Franchise Expert advice in how to franchise a business development services, franchising articles, preparing to franchise, franchise advice and franchise articles by a franchise attorney, franchise expert and franchise consultants with over two decades of expertise in how to franchise a business, draft franchise disclosure documents, file franchise registration applications - all done by a franchise attorney and internationally-recognized franchise expert who owned a very successful franchise. Our franchise attorney also helps evaluate franchise disclosure documents (franchise offering circulars) with proven business format franchise evaluation techniques, franchise advice, answers to franchise questions, franchise tips and comprehensive franchise articles about franchising a business, preparing to franchise, using the right franchise organizational structure, how to evaluate franchise consultants, how to evaluate franchise attorneys, franchise lawyers and more. We also help companies become more competitive by systematizing their current operations via a franchise operations manual, formal training programs, brand development and marketing plans. Whether or not a company ultimately decides how to franchise a business, the process of documenting and implementing standardized operating procedures and systems, like franchise companies do in franchising a business, a franchise operations manual, will make any company operate more efficiently and competitively. We also help individuals evaluate franchise investments, including analyze franchise offering circulars, franchise disclosure documents and provide sound franchise advice.  Franchise seminars, franchise courses, how to franchise a business courses, preparing to franchise and franchise workshops, including franchise management training, are offered at our California Napa Valley executive retreat. Finally, our seasoned franchise attorney, franchise lawyer and franchise expert, Kevin B. Murphy, known in the industry as Mr. Franchise is a San Francisco franchise attorney lawyer who helps you avoid franchise lawsuits and the scars of franchise litigation by sharing the lessons learned over decades of franchise litigation experience. With over 25 years of experience as a San Francisco franchise attorney lawyer, franchise author, franchise expert, franchise instructor, and former franchise owner, Mr. Franchise provides franchise litigation advice in franchise disputes, franchise lawsuits and complex franchise litigation matters to franchise attorneys, franchise lawyers and franchise litigation attorneys. Arbitrators in franchise arbitration cases (who are often franchise lawyers or franchise attorneys) have quoted his franchise expert opinions verbatim in their decisions. His knowledge of franchise relationships (he was a very successful franchise owner), franchise industry custom and practice, franchise standards of care, franchise offering circulars, franchise disclosure documents, franchise registrations procedures, franchise agreements, franchise earnings claims, franchise profitability, franchise operations manuals, franchise law and more have helped many clients settle franchise disputes, franchise lawsuits and avoid the scars of franchise litigation, franchise attorneys and franchise lawyers. As a noted franchise attorney lawyer, he also teaches franchise law, franchising vs. licensing (franchise vs. license), how to franchise a business, preparing to franchise, franchising a business, protecting intellectual property assets and avoiding franchise litigation to California franchise attorneys franchise lawyers attorneys and franchise executives. Having a franchise attorney lawyer teach other franchise attorneys and franchise lawyers is a best practice way of learning franchise industry customs and practices, franchise standards of care and franchise litigation trends. Franchise executives also benefit from instruction by a franchise attorney lawyer because they learn, from a franchise expert and franchise attorney perspective, where the bullets in franchise litigation come from. Another benefit of franchise attorney lawyer instruction is a knowledgeable commentary on franchise legal issues, including franchise offering circulars, franchise disclosure documents and whether franchise disclosure standards and franchise disclosure requirements are satisfied or if an illegal franchise exists. A franchise attorney lawyeer can also provide advice on whether a franchise earnings claim was made and if franchise disclosure document requirements are satisfied. Almost most franchise attorneys and franchise lawyers are not franchise experts in franchise profitability issues, a franchise attorney lawyer with an MBA, like Mr. Franchise, can opine on franchise profitability issues. If a disgruntled franchise owner was not given proper franchise disclosures as required by their franchise registration state or franchise laws, a franchise attorney or franchise lawyer can research state-specific franchise registration requirements and orders to see if all franchise regulatory requirements and franchise registration orders are satisfied. Having a franchise expert review and opine on what the franchise attorney or franchise lawyer discovered can add significantly to the strength of the franchise litigation case, franchise lawsuit or franchise arbitration matter. In the area of franchise operations manuals, most franchise attorneys and franchise lawyers have never written one. So normally their role is simply adding the franchise operations manual table of contents to the list of exhibits in franchise disclosure documents (formerly franchise offering circulars). But a franchise attorney – franchise lawyer - with an MBA, like Mr. Franchise, has drafted and reviewed hundreds of franchise operations manuals and can provide business and legal advice in how to write a franchise operations manual as well as how to minimize potential franchise liability and avoid franchise litigation and franchise lawsuits. A franchise attorney – franchise lawyer – like Mr. Franchise can also give advice to persons wanting to break a franchise agreement or break away from the franchise network by finding inadequate or misleading franchise disclosures that can provide a springboard to break a franchise contract and break away from the franchise network.
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