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title: "Top Franchise Legal Players: Fredric A. Cohen, Founding Partner of Cheng Cohen"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/09ccb250-569c-4b71-b0ca-1a9a78bdb3c3
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/top-franchise-legal-players-fredric-a-cohen-founding-partner-of-cheng-cohen-2717304
category: "Franchise Industry"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2021-11-24T13:08:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:41:05.812Z
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# Top Franchise Legal Players: Fredric A. Cohen, Founding Partner of Cheng Cohen

**TL;DR:** Fredric A. Cohen, founding partner of Cheng Cohen, represents prominent franchise companies in various lawsuits and franchise compliance matters. Cohen has over 30 years of experience in the field and enjoys working with franchise brands due to the opportunity to learn something new every day.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-11-24. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/top-franchise-legal-players-fredric-a-cohen-founding-partner-of-cheng-cohen-2717304).*

## Story

Fredric A. Cohen , a seasoned business and commercial litigator and trial lawyer, is one of the founding partners of franchise law firm Cheng Cohen LLC . For more than 30 years, Cohen has represented many of the nation’s most prominent franchise, licensing and distribution companies in a wide variety of lawsuits from complex multi-forum class action litigation to standard enforcement actions and everything in between. Today, Cheng Cohen specializes in franchise compliance and growth law and is proud to have the largest legal team dedicated to the franchise industry.

Cohen says his favorite part of working with franchise brands is the opportunity to learn something new every single day from people who inspire him.

“Every case I have could involve a different industry,” Cohen said. “Every day is new, and every challenge is fresh. But what I really love is the people I get to work with. Creative, original, excited, entrepreneurial — those are the people I like to deal with everyday, and franchising attracts people like that.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Franchise Industry (sector)
- franchise law (topic)
- Cheng Cohen LLC (company)
- franchise compliance (topic)
- business litigation (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/top-franchise-legal-players-fredric-a-cohen-founding-partner-of-cheng-cohen-2717304). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/09ccb250-569c-4b71-b0ca-1a9a78bdb3c3).