Dennis E. Wieczorek has concentrated in US and international franchising, licensing, antitrust, and distribution law matters for over 25 years. Mr. Wieczorek has spoken at numerous seminars and symposia for lawyers, executives, accountants, and government regulators, and has written for a wide variety of legal and business publications. He has been retained as an expert witness in franchise litigation and has testified before the US Congress on the subject of franchise legislation. Mr. Wieczorek is the Immediate Past Chair of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising.

Mr. Wieczorek has been selected for inclusion in the publication An International Who’s Who of Franchise Lawyers; of the 70 US lawyers elected, 15 are partners of DLA Piper. He also has been selected as a Leading Illinois Attorney by the Network of Leading American Attorneys and has been included in the latest edition of The Best Lawyers in America. He has been designated an Illinois Super Lawyer, as the result of research projects conducted jointly by Law & Politics and Chicago magazines. He was also listed in the 2005 Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers and in Franchise Times’ “Legal Eagles,” as one of the top 101 franchise lawyers in the US and Canada. In 2007, the respected English publisher Chambers and Partners named Mr. Wieczorek in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, calling him a "shrewd and levelheaded negotiator" and praising his "even temperament and sophisticated understanding."

許可

• Illinois
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

專業資格

• Immediate Past Chair, ABA Forum on Franchising
• American Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association
• Member and Chairman Emeritus, Advisory Committee to the North American Securities Administrators Association Franchise and Business Opportunities Project Group
• Member, ABA Antitrust Section and Forum on Franchising
• Member, IFA Legal/Legislative Committee

出版物

• Co-Author, "A Road Map to the New FTC Franchise Rule," Franchise Law Journal, Fall 2007
• Co-Author, "The New Rule and Your Practice, The Top Ten Things You Need to Know," Franchise Law Journal, Spring 2007
• Co-author, Annual Franchise and Distribution Law Developments 2002 (ABA Press)
• Co-author, Franchising: A Planning and Sales Compliance Guide (Commerce Clearing House)
• Contributing author, Fundamentals of Franchising (ABA Press)
• Contributing author, Franchise Desk Book (ABA Press)

Seminars

• Speaker, Annual Forum of the ABA Forum on Franchising
• Speaker, International Franchise Association Annual Legal Symposium
• Speaker, Franchise Examiners Training Seminar sponsored by the North American Securities Administrators Association
• Speaker, International Franchise Association Annual Convention and Legal Roundtables