David J. Meretta

I concentrate my practice in the areas of employment litigation (discrimination, retaliation, unemployment, wage disputes, severance agreements), franchise and business law, and general civil litigation.

I also have extensive experience in the areas of appellate practice, defamation, consumer protection and lemon law. I have represented franchisees and franchisee associations throughout the country, and both employees and employers in Colorado, Massachusetts and Michigan.

I served as a Topic and Article Editor for the American Bar Association's Franchise Law Journal, a quarterly journal of the Forum on Franchising, from 2011-2013, and have been a member of the ABA's Forum on Franchising since 2004.

I am licensed in Colorado, Massachusetts and Michigan. I received my undergraduate and law school education from the University of Michigan (A.B. with distinction, 1993; J.D., 1996). I clerked for the Hon. Lawrence M. Glazer of the 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan.

I was a 7-year member of the University of Michigan Marching Band Drumline.

Publications and Speaking Engagements:

• Topic and Article Editor, American Bar Association Franchise Law Journal, 2011-2013.
• Co-Author of Franchising (& Distribution) Currents, American Bar Association Franchise Law Journal, Vol. 32, No. 3, Winter 2013.
• Co-Author of Franchising (& Distribution) Currents, American Bar Association Franchise Law Journal, Vol. 31, No. 4, Spring 2012.
• Regulation FD: Roadmap to Better Relations Between Franchisors and Franchisees, American Bar Association Franchise Law Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3, Winter 2007.
• Speaker, American Bar Association, 2011 Forum on Franchising - October 2011, Baltimore, MD.
• Speaker, International Conference of Franchisees and Dealers - 1st Annual Convention - May 2010, Indianapolis, IN.