Trial-proven franchise and commercial litigation counsel

Jeff Wolf is a commercial litigator who has handled arbitrations, bench trials and jury trials in state and federal courts throughout the United States. With 30-plus years of experience representing clients in a variety of business sectors, he serves as outside general counsel to several Phoenix-based behavioral health care companies and advises on dispute resolution in the areas of:

• Franchise
• Employment
• Health care
• Contract
• Partnership
• Real estate
• Intellectual property (IP)

Jeff is a highly effective, detail-oriented and responsive attorney committed to helping clients resolve their disputes as cost efficiently as possible, whether through early settlement, mediation or, if necessary, trial.

Bar Admissions

• Arizona

Education

• University of Hartford (B.A., cum laude, 1982)

• Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (J.D., 1986)

• "A Supersized Mess? How the NLRB's Recent Attempts to Deem McDonald's a Joint Employer Could Affect Franchising and Your Business"
• "Are You Ready to Franchise or Expand Your Product or Service Line?"
• "Arizona Franchise Excellence Award Winners Announced"
• "Arizona Franchise Excellence Awards Finalists Announced"
• "Litigating Trademark Issues in Franchise Matters"
• "Quarles & Brady Franchising Workshop in Phoenix, Arizona"
• "SCOTUS: The squeeze is on"
• Goodwill Hunting: The Challenges in Proving Harm to Franchisor Goodwill in Termination-Related Disputes
• Seventh Circuit Rejects Dismissal of Franchisee No-Poach Clause Challenge
• “Caught Between Scylla and Charybdis: Are Franchisors Still Stuck Between the Rock of Non-Uniformity and the Hard Place of Vicarious Liability?”
• “Continuing Your Business during Franchise Class Actions: What You Can, Cannot, Should and Should Not Do”
• “Is Your Business Ready to Franchise”
• “Preparing and Winning Injunctions for Franchisees and Franchisors”
• “Rip-offs, Knockoffs and Passing Off”
• “The Importance of Enforcing Post-Termination Rights in a Down Economy”

Seminar

• 54th Annual IFA Legal Symposium
• Bringing and Defending Collective Franchisee Arbitrations
• Business Law Training: A Supersized Mess? How the NLRB's Recent Attempts to Deem McDonald's a Joint Employer Could Affect Franchising and Your Business
• Franchising Workshop Series
• Litigating Trademark Issues in Franchise Matters
• The Franchise Phenomenon: Your Growth Multiplier