Doug Luther
Trusted Counsel to Franchisees and Emerging Franchisors
Founded by Doug Luther, a top California lawyer, Luther Firm, PC, was built to solve legal issues for franchisees and emerging franchisors. If you are a franchisee and in need of a legal review of a franchise opportunity and someone to negotiate the related agreements, we can help you. If you are a franchisor or would like to become one, we can guide through that process and prepare the necessary disclosures, filings and registration. If you’re in a dispute, we will negotiate, litigate and resolve the matter by settlement or trial to achieve your objectives.
We provide both dispute representation and agreement services for our clients, including the following:
Agreements
-Franchise Legal Review
-Review and Negotiation of Franchise Contracts
-Lease Review and Negotiation
-Business Formation
-Purchase and Sale of Business
-Acquisition and Investment due diligence
-General Counsel Services
-Franchise Your Business
Disputes
-Breach of Contract
-Fraud and Unfair Trade Practices
-Leasing and Real Estate
-Supplier restrictions
-Misclassification
-Termination and Non-renewal
-Franchise Encroachment
We have deep experience in every aspect of franchising and the legal problems franchisees and franchisors face. Let us take care of your legal issues so you can focus on running your business.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 280550
- UCLA School of Law
- J.D. (2011) | Business Law and Policy Specialization
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- Honors: Dean's Scholar
- Southern California Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- Legal Eagle
- Franchise Times
- Southern California Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers
- Legal Eagle
- Franchise Times
- California Lawyers Association, Franchise Law Committee
- Chair, Vice-Chair and Case Reporter
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- Orange County Bar Association
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- Association of Corporate Counsel
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- Association of Business Trial Lawyers
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- Franchise Deskbook: Selected State Laws, Commentary and Annotations, Third Edition
- American Bar Association
- AB 5: The Codification of the ABC Test – A Franchising Perspective
- California Lawyers Association
- Independent Contractor or Employee? – Current State of the Ever-Changing Law and Its Impact on Franchising, American Bar Association's Forum on Franchising
- American Bar Association