Team Members
Robin Day Glenn
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Robin Day Glenn is the managing attorney of the Franchise Law Team. She has practiced domestic and international franchise and distribution law since 1984 and is certified as a specialist in franchise and distribution law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. She obtained her B.A. at New College in Sarasota, Florida, her J.D. at the University of California at Davis and her LL.M. in International and Comparative Law at Georgetown University, where she was a Research Fellow of the International Law Center.
Ms. Glenn chairs the Franchise and Distribution Law Advisory Commission of the State Bar of California's Board of Legal Specialization. She is a past chair of the State Bar of California's Franchise Law Committee and has served on the Governing Committees of its International Law Section and Business Law Section.
Ms. Glenn authored the chapter on “Drafting Franchise Agreements” and co-authored the chapter on "How to Prepare a Franchise Disclosure Document" of CEB’s forthcoming California Franchise Law Handbook. She has been the Contributing Editor for Franchises of CEB's California Business Law Reporter since 1991 and wrote the "Franchises" chapter of Bancroft Whitney's California Transactions Forms.
Ms. Glenn serves on the Franchise Advisory Panel of the American Arbitration Association and is a mediator and arbitrator for that organization and for Franchise Arbitration and Mediation, Inc. She has been an active member of the American Bar Association's Forum on Franchising since 1984, contributing articles to the Forum's Franchise Law Journal as well as many other publications.
Jennie L. Amante
Jennie L. Amante focuses on general corporate counseling for the firm’s franchise clients. She received her LL.B. with Honors from Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia and has over 20 years franchise industry experience, working in-house for franchisors in either an executive management capacity or as an attorney and in private practice. Ms. Amante is a member of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising and is admitted to practice in California and New York.
Audrey N. Dulmage
Audrey N. Dulmage comes to the Franchise Law Team from the Asian American Hotel Owners Association, where she was Managing Attorney of Government Affairs & Fair Franchising. Earlier, she spent seven years with CNN, serving as a writer and segment producer. She obtained her B.S. degree from Brandeis University and her J.D. degree from Georgia State University College of Law in Atlanta.
Ms. Dulmage is a member of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising. She is admitted to practice law in California and Georgia.
Forrest M. Beeson
Forrest M. Beeson has been our firm administrator and quality manager since July 2004, but he has been a supporting member of the Franchise Law Team since its inception. He is a member of the American Society for Quality, which certified him as a Quality Manager in 2002, and was the recipient of numerous other awards, certifications and honors during his his 25-year career at Steelcase, Inc., where he was a senior quality engineer. Drawing upon his education in engineering and architecture and the creativity that makes him a talented photographer, Forrest has twice redesigned the Team's offices. He handles all our purchasing, accounting, billing, and personnel matters and supervises IT and facilities functions. He also leads the Team meetings.
Cheryl J. Briggs
Cheryl J. Briggs has been a member of the Franchise Law Team for ten years. She is a certified paralegal under the rules established by the State Bar of California and a member of the American Bar Association's Forum on Franchising. Her extensive knowledge of the administrative requirements for assembling and filing franchise-related applications of all types and in all states makes her a valuable member of the Team.