W. Barry Blum, Attorney
W. Barry Blum
Corporate, Franchising, General Practice
- Law Office: Genovese Joblove & Battista PA
- Miami Law Firms
- Law School: University of Miami School of Law, J.D.
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W. Barry Blum focuses his practice on business litigation, with an emphasis in franchise matters. He also is a certified mediator with expertise in commercial and employment disputes. Before joining the firm, Mr. Blum was a senior executive for ten years at Burger King Corporation, in legal and franchising roles, where his responsibilities included managing the company's litigation matters worldwide. Prior to his corporate career, he spent fifteen years in private law practice including as a founding partner of Blum Perlman & Cherdack and Schulte Blum & Joblove, P.A., where he concentrated his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, franchise, distribution and licensing litigation, and securities litigation and arbitrations. Mr. Blum was also Of Counsel to the Minneapolis-based law firm of Krass Monroe, P.A.
In addition to his commercial and franchise litigation background, Mr. Blum has extensive business experience. Both as in-house counsel and business client, he has developed solutions for financially-distressed franchisees, negotiated purchases and sales of franchise businesses, and has overseen recapitalizations of franchise businesses. Mr. Blum has also structured and implemented an international master franchise arrangement, managed supply and distribution relationships through critical periods, and directed key franchising functions, including approval of new franchisees, initiatives to increase minority franchisee ownership, and programs and incentives to increase franchise agreement renewal rates.
Mr. Blum is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He has been named as a Legal Eagle by Franchise Times magazine and is a member of the American Bar Association, including the Forum on Franchising and Section on Dispute Resolution, the International Franchise Association Supplier Forum, and is Past Co-Chair, International Franchise Association, Corporate Counsel Committee. Mr. Blum has sat on several franchise trade association committees, is a frequent speaker at franchise and professional conferences on topics including litigation, franchise legal issues and legal department management, and he has written several articles for franchise and legal publications. He is also a Florida Supreme Court certified mediator and serves as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association.
Mr. Blum is a member of the Florida Bar. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court; United States Courts of Appeal, Third and Eleventh Circuits; United States District Courts for the Southern District of Florida, the Middle District of Florida, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the Eastern District of Michigan. Mr. Blum received his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law, magna cum laude, in 1982 and earned his Bachelor of Arts from
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Bank Of America Tower, International Place, 44Th Floor, Suite 4400
Miami, FL 33131