Member Profiles

I am a franchise attorney who has been representing franchise companies for 40 years. I have sat on the Board of Directors of publicly traded companies, and wrote a book, “So You Want to Franchise Your Business”.

Mr. Krasner, a founding partner of Blanchard, Krasner & French, has over 35 years of experience as a certified public accountant and attorney in a wide variety of matters and industries. His areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, real estate, tax matters, family law, purchases and sales, litigation, licensing, franchising, corporate and partnership structuring and reorganizations, international trade, tax and estate planning. Mr. Krasner is a frequent speaker on numerous topics for a variety of groups and organizations.

Mr. Krasner, a founding partner of Blanchard, Krasner & French, has over 35 years of experience as a certified public accountant and attorney in a wide variety of matters and industries. His areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, real estate, tax matters, family law, purchases and sales, litigation, licensing, franchising, corporate and partnership structuring and reorganizations, international trade, tax and estate planning. Mr. Krasner is a frequent speaker on numerous topics for a variety of groups and organizations.

Navneet S. Chugh is the Managing Partner and founder of Chugh, LLP. Mr. Chugh has extensive experience in a wide variety of Corporate, Tax, Immigration, Litigation and Mergers & Acquisition matters. He is an attorney (1992) and a Certified Public Accountant (1990). He was the first president of the North American South Asian Bar Association (2003), a co-founder of The Indus Entrepreneurs Southern California (1997), Founder President of the South Asian Bar Association of Southern California (1995), the Indian Professionals Toastmasters Club (1986), the International Indian Bar Association and Chairman of the Board of Premier Media, Inc., a publishing company based in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Chugh is also on the board of Asia Society of Southern California, Habib American Bank, Ignify – an IT Consulting Firm, Pratham Southern California, and American India Foundation (AIF).

Education and Licensing J.D. Rutgers Law School, Newark, New Jersey A.B., Political Science, Rutgers University Graduated with honors in Major Admitted to New Jersey Bar and Florida Bar Certified as a Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Certification Committee of the Florida Bar Member of the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association and the Clearwater Bar Association Member of the Board, Intercultural Advocacy Institute, Clearwater, Florida Licensed as a Florida Real Estate Broker Employment History Attorney at Law. Current professional activities include the processing of business and investor visa applications and serving as a consultant to foreign persons/prospective entrepreneurs. Mr. Carrion is a frequent speaker to U.S. professionals, including commercial real estate and business brokers, accountants and attorneys, who represent or otherwise serve prospective foreign entrepreneurs. He has authored numerous articles on the subject of foreign investment to the United States for commercial and trade publications. He has handled numerous deportation hearings, including several Section “212©” and Cancellation of Removal applications He served as organizing Chairman of the Central Florida Chapter of the AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION and was responsible for the 7th and 8th Annual Advanced Topics Seminar which were held at St. Pete Beach in October of 1993 and again in October, 1994. General Counsel, MISENER MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC. Tampa, Florida Supervised all legal matters for parent and related companies. Acted as counsel to the corporation on all legal affairs, to include the following: Domestic and foreign contract preparation Government contract pre-bid analysis Land development and new business ventures All litigation initiation and response Mr. Carrion was responsible for all legal compliance issues as regards foreign operations, with a focus on business dealings in the Caribbean and South and Central America.