Mr John L Hay

About Mr John L Hay

<p>John Hay, Chair of Gust Rosenfeld&rsquo;s Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice, focuses his general corporate and commercial law practice on representing small- and medium-sized businesses, including insurance companies, banks, franchisors and franchisees. He works with business clients on formation, financing, and relationships and contracts with vendors, customers and lenders, and issuing due formation, enforceability and nonconsolidation opinion letters. He also provides counsel on dealings with regulatory agencies, relationships among owners, mergers and acquisitions and intellectual property matters, including trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. He is a member of the Commercial Panel of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association and has served as an arbitrator for AAA, the State Bar Fee Arbitration Committee, and in private arbitrations.<br /> <br /> A member of the state bar committees that drafted the 1976 and 1996 Arizona Business Corporation laws, the 2014 Arizona Entity Restructuring Act, and the new Arizona Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, John has published numerous articles and been a speaker at seminars on corporate law. He was on the state bar committee that drafted the report on rendering legal opinions. <br /> <br /> John has been a member of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising since its inception in 1978. He has written articles and made presentations about franchising from the perspective of both franchisees and franchisors. John is recognized in the Franchising Law category of The Best Lawyers in America&reg; (1995 - present). In addition, he is listed under the Business/Corporate category of the 2007 and 2008 Southwest Super Lawyers&reg; magazine. John Hay is AV&reg; Preeminent&trade; rated by Martindale-Hubbell&reg;, representing the highest rating in legal ability and ethical standards.</p>

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• Law School: U of Colorado

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