David T. Azrin
partner
Intellectual Property & Information Technology | Corporate & Securities | Litigation and Arbitration | Labor and Employment
david.azrin@wg-law.com | 212-509-4745 | vCard | LinkedIn
About David
David Azrin’s practice focuses on franchising, licensing, and distribution. He provides guidance to domestic and international franchisors with respect to preparing their franchise agreements, master franchise agreements, and franchise disclosure documents, obtaining necessary state franchise registrations, registering client trademarks and protecting their brands, counseling clients on employment law issues, and resolving disputes with franchisees.
In the area of trademarks and copyrights, he handles trademark and copyright registrations and trademark litigation. In the area of employment law, he advises clients on wage laws, discrimination laws, non-compete agreements, employment and severance agreements, policy manuals, and handles employment litigation. His commercial litigation experience includes 12 jury trials, as well as numerous arbitrations, mediations, and appeals.
David has the highest AV-rating by the Martindale-Hubbel peer review rating system. David has been named for the past ten years as a New York City “Super Lawyer” in franchise and distribution law, and a top rated “Legal Eagle” by Franchise Times magazine. David is currently the chair of the New York State Bar Association Business Law Section Committee on Franchise, Licensing and Distribution.
Prior to joining the firm, David was an equity partner at Gallet Dreyer & Berkey LLP in New York City for 21 years. David started his career as a litigation associate at Greenberg Traurig in Miami, Florida. He worked as a summer associate at Paul Weiss in New York City, and at Goodrich Riquelme in Mexico City.
Experience
Practice Areas
Franchise Law
Distribution and Licensing
U.S. Business Formation and Start-Ups
Trademark and Copyright
Employment Law
Commercial Litigation
Languages
Spanish (conversational)
Education
University of Michigan Law School J.D. – 1988 - Law Review, Note Editor
Stanford University A.B. – 1985 – Honors, Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
New York
New Jersey
Florida
Federal Courts
Professional Associations
American Bar Association Forum on Franchising
New York State Bar Association
New York City Bar Association