Marshall R Fisco

Lived:

New Haven, CT
East Haven, CT
Cheshire, CT
Rochester, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Houston, TX
Dallas, TX

Work:

Crumb Corps, LLC (dba Cookies by Design) - Owner, EVP, General Counsel (2007-2011)
CEC Entertainment Inc. (dba Chuck E. Cheese's) - VP, Senior Counsel, Corporate Secretary (1994-2007)
Law Offices of Marshall Fisco - Attorney (1991-1994)
Fulbright & Jaworski - Attorney (1983-1990)

Education:

South Texas College Of Law - J.D., University Of Rochester - English and Political Science

About:

I am a corporate attorney with over 23 years in-house and outside legal experience.  My in-house experience includes a large publicly traded company and a small privately held company (of which I was ...

Bragging Rights:

I have negotiated financing agreements (ranging from $30,000,000 to $635,000,000), business acquisitions (ranging from $2,000,000 to $19,000,000), joint ventures, franchise and development agreements (both national and international), vendor, distribution and manufacturing agreements, and both IT and IP licensing agreements. The business acquisitions included companies in the U.S. and Canada, operations with 1 to 50 units, businesses operating in 1-30 states, transfers of substantial intellectual property portfolios, and the acquisition of real estate. While negotiating the business acquisitions I was responsible for ensuring that all issues were addressed, including legal due diligence, the transition of employees, vendor and utility accounts and operational licenses, and the negotiation and execution of all ancillary documents (i.e., tax releases, leases, SNDAs, and estoppels). My experience also includes managing issues with government legislators and regulatory agencies. I was responsible for all lobbying activities and authored legislation and regulations in twelve states (including legislation in California in which I saved $8,210,000 for the company). In addition, I was one of five signatories at Chuck E. Cheese’s. As such, my name was on all liquor and gaming. Although the day-to-day functions were handled by the Licensing Department, I was brought in for counsel with some difficult registrations and flew to many hearings to ensure our licenses were approved. Finally, I was responsible for resolving claims that arose out of contract disputes or general operations. Some of these claims related to union strikes during construction, disputes with landlords and landowners, premises liability, employment, and nuisance claims resulting from excess noise and parking. If the claim was not resolved, then I was responsible for managing the litigation of the matter. While at Chuck E. Cheese’s, I managed a caseload of 206 lawsuits per year. The majority of these cases related to personal injury matters. In addition, we had approximately 4-6 employment lawsuits per year, 1-2 intellectual property suits, 8-10 UDRP proceedings to recover domain names, 1-2 class actions related to general operations (typically brought in California), and 4-6 general litigation matters regarding lease and other contract disputes. You can find more information about me at http://www.linkedin.com/pub/marshall-fisco/4/abb/ab8 and http://www.jobfox.com/people/Marshall-Fisco.