Biography: Franchise

Jonathan Solish's practice has been devoted to the representation of franchisors for more than 25 years. He is Best Lawyers in America Franchise Lawyer of the Year in Los Angeles for 2011.

Mr Solish is a board certified franchise law expert with very extensive trial and appellate experience in the field of franchising. Mr Solish has served as editor-in-chief of the Franchise Law Journal. He has attended every ABA Forum on Franchising and IFA Legal Symposium since 1984 and has been a speaker at many of them. Recent successes include a case where franchisees filed suits in New York to challenge Hilton's right to sell a franchise system; a large damages award after the trial of a distribution dispute about Japanese tea; a dispute involving a Miss Universe franchise; a jury trial challenging hotel disability accommodations; dismissal of an antitrust dispute about tyre prices; denial of certification in a rental car system dispute; and an order enforcing trade secret rights in a dispute about pancake recipes.

Matters recently mediated include a California Department of Corporations stop order against a gaming franchise; a class action over cosmetics claims; a race discrimination suit; a class action over weight loss claims; and a suit under Oregon franchise laws.

This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Franchise Lawyers which can be purchased from our Bookstore.