Arthur L. Pressman

Practice Areas
Franchise & Distribution
Intellectual Property
Technology

Experience
For more than twenty-five years, Arthur L. Pressman has been recognized as a leading franchise lawyer with a nationwide practice, specializing in the representation of franchisors. Before joining the firm in 2003 as co-chair of its Franchise and Distribution Team, Mr. Pressman practiced in Philadelphia, first with the boutique franchise law firm that he co-founded in 1973, and then as co-chair of the Franchise and Distribution Section of an Amlaw 100 firm.

For more than twenty-five years, Mr. Pressman has led an international franchising practice that represents world leaders in franchising and retail distribution, numerous hotel, real estate, and consumer services systems. Under his leadership, his group has handled litigation and transactions for clients in more than seventy countries in six continents, including the United States and its territories.

Mr. Pressman began representing franchise and distribution clients in 1975, and since 1985 has focused exclusively in this area. He is recognized as one of the leading franchise trial lawyers in the nation and has litigated cases on a national basis.

In 1994, Mr. Pressman was named first chair of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, Litigation, and Dispute Resolution division, and in 1997 was elected to the American Bar Association Governing Committee of the Forum on Franchising, on which he served through 2001. Mr. Pressman was named one of the best lawyers in Philadelphia byPhiladelphia Magazine. He was the only franchise lawyer so honored.

Mr. Pressman is a member of the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution’s Franchise Panel of Distinguished Neutrals and a certified JAMS-trained mediator, concentrating in the resolution of franchise and commercial disputes. He is one of seventy lawyers worldwide featured in the 2000 and 2002 editions of Who’s Who in International Franchising and one of 169 top franchise lawyers featured in their 2004 edition. He is also recognized in the 2003 and 2005 editions ofInternational Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. Mr. Pressman has been named one of the top 100 franchise lawyers in the country by Franchise Times each year since its inception, including 2002 through 2005, and in 2005 was selected by his peers as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer. He has also been recognized as a “New England Super Lawyer” in Franchise based on a peer-review survey by Boston Magazine (2005, 2006, 2007). Mr. Pressman is recognized for exceptional standing in the legal community in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2008 for franchise work and has been recognized in previous years. He was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, S.C.). Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey.