Real Estate 2026

USA Law and Practice Contributed by: Richard L. Rosen, Leonard S. Salis and Dennison Marzocco, Rosen Karol Salis PLLC

Rosen Karol Salis PLLC has been providing legal services in the franchise and real estate fields since 2005. The firm represents franchisors, franchisees and real estate entrepreneurs in all business and legal areas, worldwide. Senior partner Richard L. Rosen

has over 40 years’ experience as a franchise lawyer, business attorney and real estate developer. Rich - ard and Rosen Karol Salis PLLC have won dozens of franchise awards and authored many articles on franchising and real estate.

Authors

Richard L. Rosen is the founding member of Rosen Karol Salis, PLLC, and has been actively engaged in franchise and real estate law for over 40 years. Mr Rosen was Chairman of the American Association of Fran -

and franchise-related matters, as well as contracts, business transactions, corporate law, real estate and dispute resolution. Leonard has also co-authored several franchise and real estate-related articles. In 2022–2024, Leonard was recognised with the award for Franchise Lawyer of the Year in the USA by ACQ5 Gamechangers TM Global Awards. In 2022, The Lawyer Network awarded Leonard with its Annual Awards Winner in three categories. Leonard also featured in Marquis Who’s Who Top Lawyers 2020–2021.

chisees and Dealer’s Fair Franchising Standards Committee; received the AAFD’s Total Quality Franchising Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 for his contributions to the field of franchising, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from Who’s Who in America in 2019 (among other awards); is a founding member and past Chairman of the Franchise Law Committee of the New York State Bar Association; and is a member of the Steering Committee of the National Franchise Mediation Program. Richard has frequently lectured on franchise and real estate topics before many groups and organisations, and is widely published.

Dennison Marzocco is a real estate and transactional associate at Rosen Karol Salis, PLLC, engaged in a wide range of business transactions, and specialises in all aspects of commer - cial real estate, including complex

leasing transactions, acquisitions and the sale of real property, real estate financing transactions, franchise matters, contracts and IP matters. Denni - son received his JD from Syracuse University and his BA from Washington and Lee University. He is admitted to practice in the federal and state courts of New York and New Jersey, and is an NYS licensed real estate broker.

Leonard S. Salis is a Brooklyn Law School graduate with over 28 years of legal experience, and has been a partner in Rosen Karol Salis, PLLC since 2010. Leonard has become an experienced business lawyer with extensive knowledge of franchise law

Rosen Karol Salis PLLC 110 East 59th Street 23rd Floor New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1 212 644 6644 Fax: +1 212 644 3344 Email: rlr@rosenlawpllc.com Web: www.richardrosenlaw.com

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