John Baer is an Officer in the Franchising & Distribution and Corporate Practice Groups. Mr. Baer has a broad transactions practice with extensive experience representing companies engaged in franchising and distribution, including the use of sales representatives, both domestically and internationally. His practice covers a wide range of other related areas, including commercial, sales, warranties, product safety and regulatory matters. Mr. Baer has spoken and written extensively on both domestic and international franchise issues.
Mr. Baer chairs the Illinois Attorney General’s Franchise Advisory Board and is editor of the CCH Sales Representative Law Guide. He is vice chair of the International Franchising Committee of the International Bar Association’s International Sales, Franchising and Product Law Section. Mr. Baer is on the Board of Editors of LJN’s Franchising Business & Law Alert and the Editorial Advisory Board of The International Journal of Franchising Law. He was formerly editor-in-chief of the ABA Forum on Franchising’s The Franchise Lawyer, associate editor of the ABA Forum on Franchising’s Franchise Law Journal, publications officer of the ABA Forum on Franchising, and vice president of the Franchising Committee of Union Internationale des Avocats.
Awards/Recognitions/Achievements
- Selected for inclusion in Who’s Who Legal, the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, Franchise (2009 edition)
- A Franchise Times Legal Eagle (2009)
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2009: Franchising (National) and
Chambers Global 2009: Franchising (Global Practice Area) (Band 1) - ABA Forum on Franchising Lewis G. Rudnick Award (2009)