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Cynthia M Klaus
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Practice Description
Cynthia handles a broad range of commercial litigation matters for large and small businesses.  She specializes in the representation of franchisors and manufacturers in dispute resolution through the court system, mediation, and domestic and international arbitration. This representation primarily involves breach of contract issues, contract termination issues, enforcement of covenants not to compete, vicarious liability and enforcement of trademark and other intellectual property rights against franchisees and distributors. She also represents businesses in patent and trademark litigation and other types of commercial litigation.
Service Areas
  • Corporate
  • Franchise and Distribution
  • Litigation

    Bar Admissions
    Minnesota, 1997
    U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
    U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
    U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
    U.S. Tax Court

    Professional Associations & Memberships
    American Bar Association, Forum on Franchising
    International Franchise Association
    Minnesota State Bar Association
    Minnesota Women Lawyers
    Women in Franchising
    International Centre for Dispute Resolution, Young & International
    Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd.
       Chair of Summer Law Clerk Program

    Education
    University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN, 1997 J.D.
         Managing Editor, Minnesota Journal of Global Trade, 1995 - 1997
         Honors: Order of the Coif, magna cum laude
    University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1993 B.A.
         Honors: With Distinction

    Honors
    Rising Star,® Minnesota Law & Politics magazine, 2006, 2008, 2009
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