Manning Fulton is pleased to announce that Ritchie W. Taylor, Judson Welborn, Natalie Rice, and Mike Medford have been named a Global Leaders in Franchise Law in the 2025 edition of the Lexology Index – Franchising.
The Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) has provided data and market analysis of franchise law for over 25 years. The publication offers an assessment of law firm nominees, utilizing comprehensive research to help legal professionals and clients find the qualified counsel they need.. Likewise, clients searching specifically for a seasoned franchise lawyer can utilize WWL’s database, spanning over 71 countries, 364 law firms, and 581 lawyers. Inclusion in a WWL report is a mark of distinction, reserved for practitioners who are either nationally recognized leaders, global experts, promising future leaders, or influential thought leaders in the field of franchise law.
Lexology’s franchise researchers review over 7,000 data points, have more than 130 research submissions and only 55% of nominees considered in the research are ultimately selected for inclusion per year.
About Our Franchise and Distribution Law Practice
Manning Fulton’s franchise practice has served as legal counsel to hundreds of franchisors, franchisees, and dealer networks in their franchise and business matters. We aim to act as strategic advisors to our clients, helping them navigate legal and regulatory mazes to accomplish their business objectives with cost-effective solutions. Our practice group has experience representing both United States-based franchisors as well as serving as local counsel to international brands seeking to expand into the States. Manning Fulton can guide a franchisor or franchisee through all phases of growth and protect their brand with our services including franchise compliance, franchise agreement preparation and negotiation, advertising fund administration, and state enforcement actions. Private equity funds retain our firm to both advise them on franchise due diligence during a transaction and to represent post-transaction their franchisor portfolio companies.
Many of our Franchise attorneys are actively involved in the International Franchise Association (“IFA”) and offer ongoing education to their clients through thought leadership on our FranchiseFeed.net blog and through our annual Franchise Success Summit.
About the Lexology Index
Lexology’s rigorous research process ensures it identifies the most qualified law professionals. The process consists of three phases: preliminary research, main research, and post-research evaluation and selection. They leverage a proprietary blend of digital and in-person qualitative techniques. This includes conducting an impressive 25,000 interviews with leading practitioners annually, alongside gathering over 250,000 third-party recommendations each year. Only those who consistently receive the highest recommendations from both peers and clients achieve the esteemed title of “Global Leader.”
To learn more about Lexology’s methodology visit https://www.lexology.com/index/methodology.
