Background
Zeidman, Philip F. was born on May 2, 1934 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
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Philip F. Zeidman
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Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1955). Harvard University (Bachelor of Laws, 1958).
Career
Worked at Rudnick, Wolfe, Epstien & Zeidman (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in General Civil Practice. Banking, Bankruptcy, Condemnation, Corporation, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Estate Planning, Franchising, Health Care, Immigration, International, Intellectual Property and Trademarks, Labor, Litigation, Probate, Project Financing, Public/Private Ventures, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Workouts, Zoning and Land Use. Admitted to the bar, 1958, Alabama.
1960, Florida.
1968, District of Columbia. 1981, New New York
Recipient, Younger Federal Lawyer of the Year Award, 1965. Trial Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, 1960-1961.
Staff Assistant, White House Committee on Small Business, 1961-1963.
Special Assistant to Administrator, 1961-1963, Assistant General Counsel, 1963-1965 and General Counsel, 1965-1968, Small Business Administration. Special Assistant to the Vice-President of the United States, 1968.
Government Relations Manager, National Alliance of Businessmen, 1968. Member: Administrative Conference of United States, 1968.
Food Industry Advisory Committee, Department of Energy, 1974-1981 (Chairman, 1979-1981).
Member: President"s Commission on Executive Exchange, 1978-1981. Advisory Board, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report, 1978-1985. President"s Advisory Committee, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1981.
Company-Author: Franchising: Regulation of Buying and Selling a Franchise, Bureau of National Affairs/Corporate Practice Series, 1983.
Editor: Survey of Foreign Laws and Regulations Affecting International Franchising, American Bar Association, 1982. 2nd edition, 1989; General Editor, Legal Aspects of Selling and Buying, Thomson Legal Publishing Company, 1983.
2d Education, 1991. Contributing Editor, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Legal Times, 1978-1985.
Associate Editor, The Journal of International Franchising and Distribution Law, 1986. Consulting Editor, Global Franchising Alert, Commerce Clearing House, Incorporated., 1993.
General Counsel, American Business Conference, 1980. General Counsel, International Franchise Association, 1968.
Special Counsel, Japan Franchise Association, 1973.
Founding Principal, East EuropeLaw, Limited., 1990. Director, The Appleseed Foundation, 1994. Executive Committee, 1996.
Member, Advisory Board of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Communications and Journalism, Sanford Institute for Public Policy, Duke University, 1994.
Member Advisory Board, Yale University School of Organization and Management, 1982-1989. Trustee, Yale-China Association, 1983-1989.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
New York State, Federal, American (First Chairman, Franchising Committee, Antitrust Section, 1977-1981.
Forum on Franchising) and International (Vice Chairman, 1983-1986, Chairman, 1986-1990, Chairman Emeritus, 1990-1992, International Franchising Committee, Section of Business Law. Vice-Chairman, Asia-Pacific Forum, 1992-1994. Member, Council, 1996) Bar Associations.
Alabama State Bar.
The Florida Bar. American Intellectual Property Law Association (Chairman, Franchise Law Committee, 1987-1990). Rudnick & Wolfe"s purpose is to deliver top quality and responsive service to our clients.
This philosophy has driven our firm since its establishment in 1936. In June of 1996 Rudnick & Wolfe joined forces with the internationally renowned law firm of Brownstein & Zeidman.
Founded in 1968. Today, Rudnick & Wolfe is a full-service national law firm with international capabilities and with offices in Chicago, Illinois.
Tampa, Florida. Washington, District of Columbia and Baltimore, Maryland. Our goals are to provide legal counsel that helps clients make the best business decisions, and to handle both deals and disputes in a timely and cost-effective manner.
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Member: Administrative Conference of United States, 1968. Food Industry Advisory Committee, Department of Energy, 1974-1981 (Chairman, 1979-1981). Member: President"s Commission on Executive Exchange, 1978-1981.
Advisory Board, Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report, 1978-1985.
President"s Advisory Committee, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 1981.
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Recipient, Younger Federal Lawyer of the Year Award, 1965. Trial Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, 1960-1961. Staff Assistant, White House Committee on Small Business, 1961-1963.tempSpaceSpecial Assistant to Administrator, 1961-1963, Assistant General Counsel, 1963-1965 and General Counsel, 1965-1968, Small Business Administration. Special Assistant to the Vice-President of the United States, 1968. Government Relations Manager, National Alliance of Businessmen, 1968.Recipient, Younger Federal Lawyer of the Year Award, 1965. Trial Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, 1960-1961. Staff Assistant, White House Committee on Small Business, 1961-1963.tempSpaceSpecial Assistant to Administrator, 1961-1963, Assistant General Counsel, 1963-1965 and General Counsel, 1965-1968, Small Business Administration.
Special Assistant to the Vice-President of the United States, 1968. Government Relations Manager, National Alliance of Businessmen, 1968.