Harry M. Rifkin is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School where he won the Keedy Cup Moot Court Competition. He is a Member of the Bars of the State of Maryland and District of Columbia and has been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fourth and Sixth Circuits and the United States District Courts for the District of Maryland and the Eastern District of Michigan. He has written many articles and delivered talks on various legal issues through the years. He served for five years as an Adjunct Professor teaching Business Law and Tort classes at Stevenson University. Mr. Rifkin is Past Chairman of the Maryland Bar Association Franchise and Distribution Law Committee.
Among many significant cases in which he was counsel for the prevailing party are the following:
· WW, LLC v. The Coffee Beanery, Ltd., No. 07-1830, 2008 WL 4899478 (6th Cir. Nov. 14, 2008)
· Thomas L. Kwako v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., NASD Arbitration Award Case No. 02-01873 (May 23, 2003)
· Goodwin and Boone v. Choice Hotels International, Inc., 346 Md. 153 (1997)
· Mid-Atlantic Telecom, Inc. v. Long Distance Services, Inc., 18 F.3d 260 CCH Rico Bus. Disp. Guide 8500 (4th Cir. 1994)
· Choice Hotels International, Inc. v. Palm-Aire Oceanside, Inc., 1996 WL 49063 (4th Cir. 1996)
· Choice Hotels International, Inc. v. Goodwin & Boone, 11 F.3d 469 (1993)
· Faw Casson & Co. v. Everngam, 94 Md. App. 129 (1992)
· Jiffy Lube International, Inc. v. Morgan, 1991 WL 107862 (D. Md. 1991) (aff’d.) 1993 WL 366330 (4th Cir. 1993)
· Wolf v. Klein, 1990 WL 86130, 16 Fed.R.Serv. 3d 1222 (4th Cir. 1990)
· Federal Savings and Loan Ins. Corp. v. Quality Inns, Inc., 876 F.2d 353 (4th Cir. 1989)
· Quality Inns International, Inc.v. Dollar Inns of America, Inc., CCH Bus. Franchise Guide, ¶10,007 (D. Md. February 10, 1989)
· Shotto v. Laub, 635 F. Supp. 835, Fed.Sec.L.Rep. ¶92,860 (1986)
· Shotto v. Laub, 632 F. Supp. 516 (D. Md. 1986)
