Anne Baroody

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®   Litigation – Intellectual Property, 2026 Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch Appellate Practice, 2021-2025 Commercial Litigation, 2024-2025 Mass Tort Litigation/ Class Actions - Defendants, 2024-2025 Listed in Georgia Super Lawyers, “Rising Star,” Business Litigation, 2018-2026 Customs and International Trade Bar Association and Brooklyn Law School, Andrew P. Vance Memorial Writing Competition Winner Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation, LCCHP Student Writing Competition Winner Represented national and international hospitality franchisor in a consolidated set of putative class actions asserting anti-trust claims, breach of contract, and other deceptive trade practices challenging business decisions and programs implemented by the franchisor across the franchise system. Anne’s legal analysis and written advocacy helped her team secure a complete victory through written motions practice in federal court, defeating all claims without need for trial. Counseled franchisors and defended claims arising under multiple state franchise relationship and investment laws, including California’s Franchise Investment Law, the Michigan Franchise Investment Law, the New Jersey Franchise Practices Act, Washington’s Franchise Investment Protection Act, and various industry-specific laws. Represented multiple franchisors and other brand owners in enforcement of trademark rights under the Lanham Act and other state laws, including counseling clients through the investigation of suspected infringement claims to obtaining preliminary injunctions against former franchisees. Counseled franchisors in business and strategic initiatives, including restructuring or enforcing system standards across their franchise brands, and strategic termination decisions.