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title: "Christina Fugate"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/adb85485-3e9f-4c24-b4f3-c47e1f2fb444
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/franchise-legal-players-christina-fugate-of-ice-miller-llp-2706123
category: "General"
published: 2018-04-02T18:13:58.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:03:24.601Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/6918c87365c0bcd70c92be59f5b12f147099.jpg
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# Christina Fugate

**TL;DR:** Christina Fugate discusses the importance of experience in selecting a franchise attorney and the potential concerns for the franchise industry, including joint employer liability and recruiting new franchise owners. The franchise industry is expected to see growth in 2018.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-04-02. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/franchise-legal-players-christina-fugate-of-ice-miller-llp-2706123).*

## Story

We are a full-service law firm that can handle all aspects of the franchise relationship from creating a new franchise brand through dispute resolution. We pride ourselves on creative thinking to help achieve our clients’ unique business needs. We help our clients build and protect – build speed, build a competitive advantage, and build communities.

- Experience is the most critical factor when selecting a franchise attorney.
- Joint employer liability will continue to create concern for the franchise industry.
- The strong economy may be a concern for franchisors who want to recruit new franchise owners.
- As the economy improves, fewer executives will decide to leave their employment to start their own businesses and franchisors may find it difficult to recruit new, high-quality franchisees.

Whether it’s growing a business by creating a new franchise system, helping a client buy into an already-existing brand, or helping a client through a difficult dispute, I find happiness in solving problems for my clients and helping my clients build, grow and protect their assets.

As the industry saw in 2017, I believe 2018 will be another year of growth for the franchise industry.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- franchise growth (topic)
- General (sector)
- franchise law (topic)
- franchise recruitment (topic)
- joint employer liability (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/franchise-legal-players-christina-fugate-of-ice-miller-llp-2706123). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/adb85485-3e9f-4c24-b4f3-c47e1f2fb444).