Hospitality & Retail

Few industries are as complex and all-encompassing as the hospitality and retail industries. Whether your business is regional, national, or international in scope, ALFA International’s network of law firms provides the experience and local knowledge you need to navigate everyday risks and unexpected challenges your company may face in the exciting and ever-changing world of hospitality and retail.

Across the United States and around the globe, today’s hospitality and retail industries are some of the world’s most vibrant and economically active sectors. But the very nature of the hospitality and retail industries create a host of potential legal issues, some routine and low risk, others with potentially devastating consequences to your company.

ALFA International’s Hospitality & Retail Practice Group focuses on helping their national and global clients—hotels, restaurants, bars, retailers, grocery stores, resorts and spas, amusement parks, sports venues, gyms and health clubs, event entertainment venues—navigate the litigation minefields they encounter.   

With attorneys from law firms around the globe, the Hospitality & Retail Practice Group has the seasoned experience and local knowledge to help your company stay ahead of the curve in these and other ever-changing areas of hospitality and retail law.

Areas of focus

• Premises liability litigation
• Safety and security failures
• Labor and employment liability
• Federal and state regulatory legislation
• Workplace violence
• Food and beverage liability, including food-borne illnesses
• Franchisee/franchisor issues
• Liquor liability
• Sanitation failures
• Menu labeling and advertising misrepresentations
• Crisis management
• Trademark litigation
• Business litigation matters

Hospitality Client Advisory Board

The ALFA International Hospitality Practice Group is grateful to have the following clients contribute to our on-going success by participating in our Client Advisory Board:

Eric Cotton, Deputy General Counsel & Corporate Compliance Officer, DDR Corp.

Mike Freeman, Vice President, Litigation & Employment Law, Walgreen Co.

Sheryl Garland, General Counsel, Nordstrom, Inc.

Ben Gross, Associate General Counsel, rue21, Inc.

Mary Haefer, Head of Casualty Claims, CapSpecialty

Erik Lindseth, Vice President and General Counsel, Lifetime Fitness Co.

Vic Marmo, Senior Director, Global Claims, Marriott Vacations Worldwide

David Marshall, VP & Associate GC, Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Risk Management, ILG, Inc

Donna Roberts, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.