About the Editors

• Author: Rupert M. Barkoff, Andrew C. Selden
• Pages: 353-354

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About the Editors

RUPERT M. BARKOFF is a member of the law firm of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

of Atlanta, Georgia, and specializes in the practice of franchise law. A native of

New Orleans, Louisiana, he received his B.A. degree from the University of Michi-

gan in 1970, graduating with high distinction. He received his J.D. degree, gradu-

ating 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 Michi-

gan Law Review.

Mr. Barkoff served as chair of the ABA Forum on Franchising from 1989 to

1992, and as its immediate past chair from 1992 to 1995. He joined the Forum’s

Governing Committee in 1986 and before that served as an associate editor of the

Forum’s Franchise Law Journal. He is the co-editor of the ABA Franchise Law

Bibliography (1st ed.), and Fundamentals of Franchising (1st ed. and 2nd ed.).

Mr. Barkoff has been an active member of the Franchising Committee of the ABA

Section of Antitrust Law and was chair of the Franchising Subcommittee of the

ABA Business Section’s Small Business Committee, 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 a mem-

ber of the editorial boards of Franchise Update and LJN’s Franchising Business &

Law Alert, and a columnist for the New York Law Journal, and has testified twice

before Congressional committees. He has written almost 200 articles on franchise

law and is recognized as one of the country’s leading franchise attorneys by The

Best Lawyers in America and is listed in the International Who’s Who of Franchise

Lawyers.

ANDREW C. SELDEN is a shareholder of Briggs and Morgan, P.A., of Minne-

apolis, Minnesota. Mr. Selden’s law practice involves representation of regional,

national and international franchisors, national and global franchisee associations,

and franchise system purchasing cooperatives. He was chair of the American Bar

Association’s Forum on Franchising from 1985 to 1989, editor of the Franchise

Law Journal from 1983 to 1984, and a member of the Forum’s Governing Com-

mittee from 1983 to 1989. Mr. Selden was the reporter for the Uniform Franchise

and Business Opportunities Act promulgated by the National Conference of Com-

missioners on Uniform State Laws, and is a member, and former chairman (1983-

87), of the Industry Advisory Committee to the Franchise and Business