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TESTIMONIALS
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FRANCHISE CLIENT
TESTIMONIALS:
Carmen D. Caruso is proud of these endorsements from some of his
franchise clients and professional colleagues. |
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Corporate Headquarters
250 Riverside Street
P.O. Box 1606
Chillicothe, OH 45601
(740) 775-2465
(740) 775-2575 FAX
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| In early 2004, we needed a new law firm and a great
litigation attorney for a particularly difficult franchise
matter. Carmen Caruso of Schwartz Cooper Greenberger Krauss,
flew to Ohio to meet with us only two days after our initial
phone call. He took time to understand our situation and
to explain his approach to litigation.
Carmen's guidance, counsel and style yielded the desired
results. We prevailed on our lawsuit in Federal Court and were
awarded a significant judgment entry, protecting the value of
our franchise brand and validating the reasonable non-compete
provisions of our Franchise Agreement.
Schwartz Cooper Greenberger Krauss has represented us on
subsequent litigation matters, all with successful results for
our company. Additionally, the firm's franchise attorneys
have thoroughly reviewed and revised our Franchise Agreement and
Uniform Franchise Offering Circular to better serve and protect
our business interests.
Schwartz, Cooper with their team of seasoned attorneys, has
earned our complete confidence. We now rely on their
guidance and direction on all franchise and general corporate
matters. We look forward to working with this law firm for
many years to come.
Petland, Inc.
Greg Hudson
Chief Operating Officer
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BUSINESS CLIENT TESTIMONIALS:
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From Hilb
Rogal & Hobbs, a national insurance firm, that needed emergency
injunctive relief to protect a significant book of business in its local
agency:
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We found our local insurance agency, AVA Insurance, about to
lose its historically most important insurance carrier
relationship. Not only did AVA face the loss of this
market, but the carrier was also threatening to sell AVA's
business to another appointed agency (and one of our largest
competitors). Carmen Caruso stepped into this unsettled
situation and achieved a great result for us through litigation
and negotiation at a reasonable cost. We easily could have
spent three times the money litigating and still not be near a
decision as favorable as Carmen negotiated. |
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Daniel T. Buelow, President
AVA Insurance AgencyWalter L. Smith, Senior Vice
President,
Business Practices & Quality Assurance
Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company |
From James
M. O’Brien, the Chief Financial Officer of a successful strategic
product development firm based in Chicago, that was embroiled in an
employment contract dispute with a former president:
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Our firm had been involved in a contentious employee
contract lawsuit for a year. This lawsuit was consuming an
extensive amount of time and resources, and threatened the
viability of our company. We switch legal counsel to Schwartz
Cooper after one year of making no progress on the resolution of
this case. Carmen Caruso and his associates introduced
aggressive new defenses which led to a settlement of this case
within our target range. This settlement had enabled our firm to
concentrate on our core business, which is product design, not
litigation defense.
The team at Schwartz Cooper was persistent and diligent.
They also listened to their client, which was not our experience
with our prior attorneys.
James M. O'Brien
Herbst LaZar Bell, Inc.
CFO |
From
Steven Golden, co-founder and president of The Nurse Agency, a thriving
nurse employment agency based in Chicago:
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As we began our start-up business in the
health care field, we were immediately presented with our first
major hurdle - a lawsuit filed against us by our
former employers. Thanks to the adept handling of this
matter by attorney Carmen Caruso, my partners and I were able to
focus more on developing what is now an extremely successful
business, while Carmen handled all the legal issues. The
pressures of entering a start-up business alone are
overwhelming. Coupled with a lawsuit on day one would have
been otherwise crippling if not for the legal expertise provided
by Carmen at this critical time. Steven Golden
The Nurse Agency
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