MARC LINDSEY WEBER was Senior Corporate Counsel for Denny's,
Inc. from 1982 through 1988. Since then, he has been in private
practice in Newport Beach, California. He has also been an attorney
with Burke, Williams & Sorensen in Los Angeles. He is a 1978
graduate of the UCLA Law School, and received a Master's degree in
Taxation from Golden Gate University in 1985. At Denny's and in private
practice, Mr. Weber has handled hundreds of real estate, franchise,
tax, lending, corporate, and pension matters for corporate clients and
for many smaller businesses. Mr. Weber continues to represent clients
in tax disputes before the Internal Revenue Service and Franchise Tax
Board, and he has handled cases in the U.S. Tax Court and Court of
Appeals. He has prepared franchise offering circulars (UFOC’s) and
helped structure franchise programs for corporate franchisors and
advises them regularly regarding on-going franchise relations, disputes
and "work-outs.” Mr. Weber represented a major corporate franchisor in
two Federal District Court actions, successfully terminating the
franchises and enforcing the franchisor's trademark and service mark
rights. He has handled a number of multi-unit re-acquisitions of
franchised restaurants. Mr. Weber represents our clients in
condemnations, including negotiations for compensation and litigation.
He also handled transfers of the liquor licenses of over 150 Denny's
restaurants in approximately 20 states.
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