Lawyer Overview

Tom Pitegoff is an internationally respected authority on franchise law.  Pitegoff Law Office PLLC helps companies grow their businesses through franchising. We draft franchise agreements and disclosure documents, handle franchise registrations and provide ongoing franchise compliance counseling.  We also provide general counsel services.  

Areas of Practice

• Business and Commercial
• Contracts
• Computers
• Franchising
• Licensing
• International Business

West Practice Categories

Licensing, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Franchising, International Transactions, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Organizations, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Formation & Business Planning, Technology Licensing, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Business & Trade, Computer Law, Private Placements

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1977

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, 1993 - 1996 (Former Member, Governing Committee, Forum on Franchising)
• New York State Bar Association, Business Law Section, 2007 - 2009 (Chair, Franchise Law Committee)

Honors and Awards

• An International Who's Who of Franchise Lawyers, Law Business Research, 1997 - 2009
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating, 1997 - 2009
• New York Metro SuperLawyers List, 2008 - 2009
• Franchise Times Legal Eagle, 2000 - 2009
• Avvo 10/10 rating, 2008 - 2009

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker on franchise law

Past Employment Positions

• Hunton & Williams, New York City, Counsel

Education

• Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York, 1976
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: Research Assistant
  
  Law Review: Syracuse Law Review, Editor, 1975 - 1976
• Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, 1971
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
• University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris, France, 1973
  Graduate Degree

Published Works

• International Franchise Agreements, New York State Bar Assoc. Program on International Agreements, 1998
• Franchise Relationship Laws: A Minefield for Franchisors, 45 Bus. Law. 289, 1989
• Choice of Law in Franchise Relationships: Staying Within Bounds, 14 Franchise L.J. 89, Spring, 1995
• Avoiding the Long Arm of the Law in International Franchising (Co-Author), American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, October, 1995
• The Content of International Franchise Agreements, Fundamentals of International Franchising Program, ABA Annual Meeting, August, 1994
• Franchising in New York After the Revised FTC Rule, NYSBA Business Law Journal, Fall, 2007
• The Inadvertent Franchisor, NYSBA Program on Franchising, 2008

Address

445 Hamilton Avenue
Suite 1102
White Plains, NY 10601

Phones

(914) 681-0100

Faxes

(914) 206-6003

Emails

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Websites

http://www.pitlaw.com