About the Contributors

• Author: Barkoff, Rupert M., Selden, Andrew C.
• Pages: 343-347

About the Contributors 343

About the Contributors

LEE N. ABRAMS is a partner in the Chicago office of Mayer, Brown, Rowe &

Maw LLP. He specializes in antitrust, trade regulation, and franchising matters—

both from litigation and counseling perspectives. He obtained his B.A. degree from

the University of Michigan and is a 1957 graduate of the University of Michigan

Law School as well. He was chair of the ABA Forum on Franchising from 1982

through 1985, and was a member of the Forum’s Governing Committee from 1978

through 1989. Mr. Abrams also served the ABA Section of Antitrust Law as vice-

chair, financial officer, and council member, and as chair of various section commit-

tees. He chaired the Antitrust Committee of the ABA Business Law Section from

1995 through 1999 and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He

has written and lectured extensively on antitrust, trade regulation, and franchising

issues.

JUDITH M. BAILEY is a partner in the Phoenix, Arizona office of Gust Rosenfeld,

P.L.C. She has specialized in franchising, distribution, and intellectual property law

throughout her professional career. Ms. Bailey received her J.D. degree magna cum

laude from Arizona State University College of Law in 1975. She is counsel to the

Arizona Licensor/Franchisor Association, the first state franchisor trade association.

Ms. Bailey served on the Governor’s Regulatory Review Council of Arizona, and on

the Franchise Advisory Committee to the Securities Division of the Arizona Corpo-

ration Commission. She has also been an adjunct professor of law at Arizona State

University, where she taught a franchising course. Ms. Bailey is a past member of

the Governing Committee of the ABA Forum on Franchising, has been a panelist at

many of the Forum’s annual programs, and chaired the Forum’s 1982 Annual Pro-

gram. She wrote the chapter on Arizona law in Covenants Against Competition,

published in 2002 by the ABA Forum on Franchising.

CHRISTOPHER P. BUSSERT is a partner in the law firm of Kilpatrick

Stockton LLP and practices out of its Atlanta office. He specializes in trademark,

copyright, trade secret, false advertising and franchise litigation, and client counsel-

ing. He has spoken extensively on intellectual property topics for numerous organi-

zations including the Practising Law Institute, the ABA, the Law Education Institute,

the International Trademark Association, the Association of Corporate Counsel, and

the Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education, among others. Mr. Bussert has

lectured at the University of Georgia and the Georgia State University College of

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