About the Contributors

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About the Contributors

KAY LYNN BRUMBAUGH, a partner with Andrews Kurth LLP in its Dallas

and Washington, D.C. offices, has practiced antitrust law for over 20 years. Her

broad-based antitrust work encompasses representing clients in the areas of com-

plex civil and criminal antitrust litigation and investigations, providing antitrust

counseling, and obtaining antitrust clearance from federal and state authorities

in connection with merger and acquisition transactions. A frequent writer and

speaker in the antitrust area, including presenting on antitrust topics at the Fo-

rum on Franchising in 2008 and 2012, she currently serves as co-chair of the

Books & Treatises Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Anti-

trust Law. She is regularly recognized for her antitrust expertise in Chambers &

Partners USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers, the Best Lawyers in America,

and Benchmark Litigation’s Top 250 Women in Litigation. She is a graduate of

the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Virginia School of Law.

KERRY BUNDY is a partner at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP in Minneapolis,

Minnesota. She is a trial lawyer specializing in franchise and distribution law,

trade secret litigation, international arbitration, and complex commercial litiga-

tion. She has been recognized as a leading litigator by Chambers USA and Best

Lawyers in America, has been named a “Legal Eagle” by Franchise Times, and

was named a “40 under 40” honoree by the Twin Cities Business Journal. She is

a former member of the Governing Committee of the American Bar Association’s

Forum on Franchising and a national speaker and author on franchise, trade

secret, and trial advocacy matters. Ms. Bundy received her law degree from

Northwestern University School of Law, where she was editor-in-chief of the

Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business.

CHRISTOPHER P. BUSSERT is a partner in the Atlanta office of Kilpatrick

Townsend & Stockton LLP. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Bussert has represented

clients in trademark, copyright, false advertising, and franchise litigation, and in

licensing and trademark clearance and prosecution matters. He has spoken ex-

tensively on intellectual property topics for numerous organizations, including

the Practicing Law Institute, the American Bar Association, the Law Education

Institute, the International Trademark Association, the Association of Corporate

Counsel, and the Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education, among oth-

ers. Mr. Bussert has authored or co-authored numerous articles on intellectual

property and franchise subjects published in various legal publications, includ-

ing The Trademark Reporter, The Licensing Journal, the Franchise Law Jour-