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Robert M. Einhorn

Robert M. Einhorn

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Rated By Super Lawyers | Robert M. Einhorn | 5 Years
Zarco Einhorn Salkowski, P.A. | Recognized By Best Lawyers | 2025
Legal Eagles - Franchise Times
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent For Ethical Standards and Legal Ability
TopVerdict.com | Top 50 Bench Awards All Practice Areas | Zarco Einhorn Salkowski, P.A. | United States | 2023
Recommended in: WWL | Who's Who Legal
LC | Lead Counsel Verified

Biography

Robert M. Einhorn is a Co-Managing Partner at Zarco Einhorn Salkowski, P.A. For over thirty years, Robert has focused on representing franchisees in litigation throughout the United States and internationally. He has represented franchisees from nearly every major franchise system in the hotel, restaurant, and service industries. Robert holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he dual-majored in accounting and risk & insurance. He also holds a law degree from the University of Miami and is both an attorney and an accountant.

After graduating from law school in 1990, Robert worked for a prestigious litigation firm in Florida, gaining extensive experience in complex civil and criminal litigation in state and federal courts nationwide. He is currently admitted to practice before several state and federal courts across the country. Additionally, he has appeared and represented clients in numerous other state and federal courts and has conducted various arbitration proceedings across the country.

Robert began working with Robert Zarco in January 1994 and has worked continuously with Mr. Zarco since that time, representing franchise clients and preparing and trying franchise cases. He regularly devotes his time to franchisee associations that advocate for fairness in franchising and improved relations between franchisors and franchisees.

Robert frequently serves as an author and speaker on franchise-related topics. He has been an active member of the American Association of Franchisees and Dealers (“AAFD”) for over thirty years and has served on the AAFD’s Fair Franchising Standards Committee. He has also been involved with the American Bar Association’s (“ABA”) Forum on Franchising for many years, serving as a frequent speaker at the ABA’s Annual Franchise Forum and contributing as both an author and editor for the Franchise Law Journal. Robert was a contributing author to the Fourth Edition of Fundamentals of Franchising, published by the American Bar Association, as well as a Co-Editor of the Franchise Litigation Handbook, Second Edition. He also co-authored the article "Personal Liability for Franchise Sellers," published in the Franchise Law Journal (Vol. 43, No. 4, Fall 2024).

Robert has been recognized by Best Lawyers of America, Super Lawyers, and Chambers USA, among others, in the area of franchise law. He is also listed among the Very Best U.S. Attorneys and the Legal Eagles Hall of Fame in Franchising by Franchise Times. He maintains the highest preeminent peer review rating for legal ability and ethical standards, as designated by Martindale-Hubbell. In 2023, Robert received one of the Top 50 Bench Awards in the United States.

Beyond his legal practice, Robert regularly dedicates his time to pro bono work through the Dade County Put Something Back and Mason’s Voice programs, organizations that serve the legal needs of the underprivileged in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Current Employment Position

  • Co-Managing Partner

Practice Areas

  • Franchise, Licensing & Distribution
  • Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution
  • Business and Corporate Law
  • Employment Law
  • Intellectual Property

Honors & Awards

  • Martindale-Hubbell/Lexis-Nexis “AV Pre-Eminent"- Highest peer review rating for legal ability and ethical standards, since 2005 - Current
  • ‘Lawyer of the Year’ by Best Lawyers in America in Franchise Law, 2017 and 2012
  • ‘Best Lawyers’ by Best Lawyers in America in Franchise Law and Commercial Litigation, 2009 to the present
  • Chambers USA National Ranking in Franchising (mainly Franchisee)
  • Super Lawyers, Franchise/Dealership and Business Litigation, Florida, 2021 to the present
  • Top 50 Bench Awards in the USA, Therapies 4 Kids Inc. v. Santoro, et al., Top Verdicts, USA, 2023
  • "Legal Eagle Hall of Fame" by Franchise Times, since 2013
  • “Legal Eagles” in Franchise Law by Franchise Times Magazine, 2003 to the present
  • Who’s Who Legal (WWL) “Thought Leaders” and “Global Leaders” in Franchise Law, 2015 to the present
  • ‘Legal Elite’ by Florida Trend Magazine, since 2016
  • ‘Top Lawyer’, South Florida Legal Guide, 2001 to the present
  • South Florida's Top Lawyers by The Miami Herald, 2023
  • Very Best U.S. Attorneys in Franchising, 2013

Speakerships & Seminars

  • “Implementing Systemwide Changes to Maximize Compliance and Minimize Conflict”, 2024 American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, Phoenix, Arizona
  • “What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You – A Primer for Franchise Lawyers on Trusts, Estates, and Succession Rights,” 46th Annual ABA Forum on Franchising, 2023
  • Roundtable Moderator on various topics at the AAFD’s 30th Anniversary Franchise Leadership Summit (American Association of Franchisees and Dealers), 2022
  • “W-10 The Truth is Somewhere in Between: The Art of Taking and Defending Depositions in Franchise Disputes,” 45th Annual ABA Forum on Franchising, 2022
  • “What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You – A Primer for Franchise Lawyers on Trusts, Estates, and Succession Rights,” 46th Annual ABA Forum on Franchising, Dallas, Texas, November 2023
  • Speaker, AAFD Franchisee Leadership Summit, 2021, 2019, 2017
  • “A Sharper Focus on the Shifting Realities for Franchisees in the 2020’s,” ABA Forum on Franchising, 2020
  • Panelist, CFA Legal Symposium (Council of Franchisees Association), 2019
  • Judicial Update Presenter at the International Franchise Association (IFA) Legal Symposium, 2019
  • “Enforcing System Standards – A Franchisor’s Prerogative?,” ABA 41st Forum on Franchising, 2018
  • “Top 5 Reasons Why Franchisee Associations Succeed or Fail,” AAFD Franchisee Leadership Summit, 2017

Pro-Bono Activities

  • Legal work for Miami Dade County 'Put Something Back' Program
  • Legal work for Mason’s Voice, a non-profit organization bringing awareness to Spina Bifida

Published Works

  • “Personal Liability for Franchise Sellers,” Co- Author published by the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Franchise Law Journal (Vol. 43, No. 4, Fall 2024)
  • Contributing Author, ‘The Fundamentals of Franchising’ book, published by the American Bar Association (“ABA”) Forum on Franchising
  • Co-Editor, The ‘Franchise Litigation Handbook’ second edition, published by the American Bar Association (“ABA”) Forum on Franchising

Professional Associations

  • American Bar Association (ABA), Franchise Forum
  • Miami-Dade County Bar Association
  • International Franchise Association (IFA)
  • American Association of Franchisees and Dealers (AAFD)
  • Coalition of Franchisee Associations (CFA)

Education

  • University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida
    • J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 1990
  • University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
    • B.B.A., Bachelor of Business Administration - 1986
    • Major: Accounting
    • Major: Risk & Insurance

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Florida
  • U.S. Tax Court
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas
  • U.S. District Court District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit