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Tim Pickwell gained his initial franchise experience negotiating international license agreements as corporate counsel for 6,000 unit franchisor CENTURY 21®
Real Estate (1988-1994). He then headed up the international franchise division of $2.2 billion revenue, publicly-traded JACK IN THE BOX®
Restaurants (1995-2000), and served as corporate counsel to its purchasing, IT and marketing departments. From 2000-02 Mr. Pickwell
was general counsel of a Silicon Valley-based pre-IPO telecommunications start-up, and also represented several other start-up and telecommunication companies.
More recently, Mr. Pickwell served as General Counsel (2002-05) to the Coco's® and Carrows® restaurant chains, where, among other things, he supervised
franchise sales and operations.
Mr. Pickwell's expertise includes intellectual property licensing and trademark matters, international franchising, retail lease drafting and negotiations,
franchise registration and compliance, litigation advice, and general corporate and business matters. Mr. Pickwell is a member of the California Bar and
serves on the Franchise Law Standing Committee of the Business Law section of the State Bar. He is admitted to the Federal District Courts for the
Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California. Mr. Pickwell is an Honors Graduate of the University of California, San Diego, and
obtained his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He resides in North San Diego County with his wife, three
children, and numerous pets.
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