Remembering Kilpatrick Townsend’s Rupert Barkoff, a Pioneer in Franchise Law

Rupert Barkoff, chair of the franchise team at Kilpatrick Townsend, died June 5 at the age of 71. Barkoff joined what was then Kilpatrick & Cody in 1973 and spent his entire career at the firm establishing its franchise practice. Barkoff's influence on the field of franchising, however, was felt well beyond his law firm, and he was considered by many to be one of the pioneers of franchise law practice.