Kaufmann, Feiner, Yamin, Gildin & Robbins LLP - Attorneys at Law - New York, New York

Susan H. Morton 
New York, New York
Partner
phone (212) 755-3100
fax (212) 755-3174
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Susan H. Morton is a partner in the New York City law firm of Kaufmann, Feiner, Yamin, Gildin & Robbins LLP, which devotes itself to the representation of franchisors; the creation and expansion of licensing and distribution networks; corporate and commercial transactions; securities arbitration; real estate; litigation and appeals; estate planning; and, entertainment.

Susan joined Kaufmann, Feiner, Yamin, Gildin & Robbins LLP in 1988. She assists clients in planning, structuring and implementing nationwide franchising programs; drafting franchise agreements, ancillary agreements and franchise offering circulars; and, securing registration of franchise offerings. She also renders advice on an ongoing basis with regard to clients' franchising activities and compliance programs, and assists mature franchise systems modifying their franchise agreements to anticipate and incorporate necessary flexibility and change.

A graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, Susan also holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Rochester. Susan was engaged in private practice for many years as a member of the New York law firm of Hammond & Morton, P.C., concentrating in franchising, antitrust and distribution law. During a four year period, she performed a variety of franchise-related and corporate legal functions for Avis Rent A Car Systems, Inc. as Senior Attorney and Assistant Secretary.

Susan is a member of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising and the New York State Bar Association Franchise Law Committee. She is the author, among other works, of Tips from Leading Regulators on How to Speed Up Franchise Registrations; Judicial and Regulatory Developments; Advanced Franchise Sales Issues; Legal Ramifications Of Franchisor Internal Policies And Procedures; 'Control' in Franchising and the Common Law; Judicial Update: Recent Judicial Decisions Affective Franchising; and, 'Control' in Franchising and the Common Law.

Susan is admitted to the bar of the State of New York.

Year Joined Organization:
1988
Areas of Practice:
Corporate and Commercial Transactions
Securities Arbitration
Real Estate
Litigation and Appeals
Estate Planning
Entertainment Law
Litigation Percentage:
10% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1976
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1976
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1976
Education:
Columbia Law School, New York, New York


The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan


University of Rochester
Ph.D.
Major:  History


Published Works:
Recent Judicial and Regulatory Developments Affecting Franchising (Co-Author) Practicing Law Institute


Author, "Franchising Court Watch" column, LJN's Franchising Business & Law Alert, Since 1994


Author, "Substantial Changes to Illinois Franchise Disclosure Act", June, 1998


Author, "California Court Expands Definition of Franchise", February, 1998


Author, "Franchisees Gain in Recent Tying Decisions", November, 1996


Co-authored with David Kaufmann, "The Rise of the Undead: The Mischief of Vylene", September, 1996


Author, "Judicial Update: Recent Judicial Decisions Affecting Franchising", Understanding Franchising (ed. David J. Kaufmann) and Practising Law Institute, 2001


Author, "Control in Franchising and the Common Law", ABA Franchise Law Journal, Winter, 2000


Author, "When a License Becomes a Franchise", Practising Law Institute, 1999


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Member, Forum on Franchising


New York State Bar Association
Member, Franchise Law Committee


Past Employment Positions:
Avis Rent-A-Car System, Inc., Senior Attorney, Assistant Secretary


Hammond & Morton, P.C., Member




 

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