Craig R. Tractenberg
Partner

Practice Areas

Experience

Craig Tractenberg is a partner in the business litigation and bankruptcy teams in the New York and Philadelphia offices of Nixon Peabody LLP.

Our Philadelphia Office is located at Two Penn Center, Suite 200, 1500 JFK Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19102. Phone: 215-246-3525 • Fax: 866-852-2714

Mr. Tractenberg’s representative matters include:

• Termination and non-renewal litigation
• Restrictive covenant, trade mark and trade secret litigation
• Acquisition of distressed companies and litigation
• Shareholder and board member litigation 
• Franchise encroachment issues
• Arbitration and mediation of commercial disputes 
• Temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions
• Acquisitions and dispositions of franchise systems and restaurants
• Cyberspace litigation and business counseling. 

Mr. Tractenberg has been recognized for the second consecutive year for exceptional standing in the legal community in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2009 for franchising work.  He has also been recognized by his peers as a “Super Lawyer” for Franchise law (2004-2009), the International Who’s Who of Franchise Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America, and by Franchise Times as a “Legal Eagle,” an honor accorded the top franchise lawyers in the United States based on peer and client nominations.

Representative Publications and Presentations
 

• "Mac's Shell Service, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products: Looking for the Practical Answer” LJN's Franchising Business & Law Alert (March 2010)
• "Franchise Law: Does Notice Need to Be Given for Incurable Defaults?" The Legal Intelligencer (June 2009)
• "Franchise Growth and Leverage in a Down Economy," The Legal Intelligencer, (February 2009)
• “International Arbitrations," Pennsylvania Bar Institute (2008).
• “Keeping Your Arbitration Agreements Enforceable," New York Law Journal (2008).
• “Real Estate Leases in Bankruptcy,” Lorman Educational Services (2007).
• “Gift Cards and Gift Certificates,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute (2007).
• “Franchise Buyout of Ground Round Wins Turnaround Award,” The Franchise Lawyer, Vol. 9, No. 3 (2006).
• “Commercial Real Property Purchases,” National Constitution Center Audio Conference, March 28, 2006.
• “Tiger By The Tail-Confronting Bankruptcy Issues,” Selden, Tractenberg and Waldt, 38 Annual IFA Legal Symposium, Wash. D.C., May, 2005.
• “Improving Franchise Relations”, Tractenberg, Siegel and Teixeira, IFA Annual Convention, Hollywood, FL, February, 2005.
• “Inside the Ground Round Bankruptcy: How the Franchisees Survived a Disaster and Saved the Brand,” Tractenberg, Crawford and Serino, Restaurant Finance and Development Conference, Las Vegas, NV, November 2004.
• “It’s a Saga – Franchisees Buy Franchisor”, Pedone and Tractenberg, Franchise Times, September, 2004.
• “Legal Considerations in Franchise Renewals,” Tractenberg, Calihan and Luciano, Franchise Law Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4, Spring, 2004.
• “Bankruptcy Issues”, Tractenberg, C. and Jackson, R. Covenants Against Competition in Franchise Agreements, 2^nd Edition, American Bar Association, Forum Committee on Franchising, (2003).
• “Restrictive Covenants & Confidentiality Agreements,” Tractenberg, Walters, Fine, Rees, and Rosenthal, Commercial Document Series, PBI No. 2002-2952B (2002).

Admissions

Mr. Tractenberg is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and before the United States Supreme Court.

Education

Affiliations

Mr. Tractenberg is member of the American Bar Association, Business Law and Forum Committee on Franchising, International Franchise Association, Philadelphia Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, New Jersey Bar Association, Who’s Who in Law and Who’s Who in America.