Rupert Mitchell Barkoff

RUPERT M. BARKOFF is Chairman of the Franchise Team at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, and specializes in the practice of franchise law. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, he received his B.A. degree from the University of Michigan in 1970, graduating with high distinction, and received his J.D. degree, graduating magna cum laude in 1973, from the University of Michigan Law School where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Articles Editor of the Michigan Law Review. Mr. Barkoff...See more

RUPERT M. BARKOFF is Chairman of the Franchise Team at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, and specializes in the practice of franchise law. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, he received his B.A. degree from the University of Michigan in 1970, graduating with high distinction, and received his J.D. degree, graduating magna cum laude in 1973, from the University of Michigan Law School where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Articles Editor of the Michigan Law Review. Mr. Barkoff served as Chair of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising from 1989 to 1992, and as its immediate Past Chair from 1992 to 1995. He is co-creator and co-editor-in chief of Fundamentals of Franchising (1st, 2nd and 3rd editions). Mr. Barkoff has been an active member of the American Bar Association and served as a member of the Industry Advisory Committee to the North American Securities Administrators Association's Franchise and Business Opportunities Project Group. He is also a former Chair of the Georgia State Bar's Franchise Committee. Mr. Barkoff is a member of the editorial board of LJN's Franchising Business & Law Alert, and a columnist for the New York Law Journal, and has testified twice before Congressional committees. He has published over 250 articles on franchise law and has been recognized as one of the country's leading franchise attorneys by The Best Lawyers in America, the International Who's Who of Franchise Lawyers, and Chambers USA. He was the second recipient of the Forum on Franchising's Lew Rudnick Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition to his position at the law firm, he now serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Georgia Law School and as a guest lecturer at Georgia State University's Business School. See less