Joseph Adler is a senior franchise lawyer and a registered trade-mark agent. He has over 32 years of franchising related experience. Joseph serves as legal counsel for Canadian & US and other foreign franchisors doing business in Canada and Canadian franchisors doing business in the US and abroad. Joseph served as the Secretary and General Counsel to the Canadian Franchise Association (CFA) (2011-2015) and a Director and an Executive Member of the CFA’s Board of Directors (2007-2015). Recognized by his peers, Joseph is consistently listed as a leading practitioner in franchise law in the International Who's Who of Franchise Lawyers, Legal LEXPERT Directory, Franchise Times as a "Legal Eagle", one of the top franchise lawyers in the US & Canada, The National Post’s Best Lawyers in Canada (Franchising) and Chambers and Partners Franchising legal Rankings.