Resume of Douglas Dean Smith

Douglas Dean Smith graduated cum laude from Brigham Young University in 1976. He received his Juris Doctorate degree, cum laude, from the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, in 1978. Mr. Smith was student law clerk to Judge Monroe G. McKay of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1978.

He served as senior editor of the Brigham Young University Journal of Legal Studies and in 1978 coauthored "Real Estate Contracts," a summary of Utah real property law, Brigham Young University Legal Studies 1978. He is a coauthor with James H. Bean of "Franchise Legal Documents," in Franchising (a textbook/handbook on franchising) compiled by Robert Justis and Richard Judd, published by Southwestern Publishing Company, 1988. Mr. Smith helped to write the new Oregon Administrative Rules on Franchising adopted by the Oregon Corporation Division on November 21, 1988. He is a regular contributor to various publications featuring matters related to franchise law. He has written "Business Aspects of Franchising," in Advising Oregon Businesses, 1991 edition, revised 1994 and 1998, published by the Oregon State Bar Committee on Continuing Legal Education.

From March 1979 to July 1990 Mr. Smith was an associate and partner in the Portland law firm of Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler. He has specialized in franchise law since 1981 with an emphasis on structure and drafting of franchise agreements and disclosure materials; selection of trademarks; compliance with state and federal franchise and business opportunity laws including the preparation of relevant disclosure and registration materials; and franchise related litigation. He has also served as an expert witness in franchise law litigation and attorney malpractice actions and has extensive experience in franchise purchase negotiations representing both franchisors and franchisees. He is well versed in related antitrust, securities, real estate, employment, general corporate and business matters.

Mr. Smith was a member of the American Bar association Forum on Franchising from 1981 to 1993. He is a member of the Oregon State Bar Association. Mr. Smith was admitted to the United States Supreme Court Bar on April 30, 1990.

Since 1984, Mr. Smith has chaired periodic Franchise Legal Symposia for his franchise related clients and other interested persons in the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Smith hosted and participated as a speaker in the 1985 and 1986 Pacific Northwest Sessions of the International Franchise Association's Legal Roundtable. He was a member of the IFA Legal/Legislative Committee from 1988 to 1996. In May 1989 and 1990, Mr. Smith was a presenter and speaker at the IFA's Annual Legal Symposium in Washington, D.C. In June 1989, he was a featured speaker in the Fundamentals of Franchising Program sponsored by the ABA Forum on Franchising. In February 1990, Mr. Smith organized a seminar on Successful Business Operations in the United States in conjunction with B.C. Trade Development Corporation, a Crown corporation of the Province of British Columbia, Ministry of International Trade and Immigration.

Mr. Smith served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for two years in the province of Quebec, Canada. From 1984 to 1991 he was chair of the Brigham Young University Alumni, Portland Regional Council. He has served as president of the BYU Management Society-Portland Chapter and Chair of the J. Rueben Clark Law Society-Portland Chapter. From 1985 to 1989, Mr. Smith served as Bishop of the Tigard 1st Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. From April 1997 to January 2002, he served as a Counselor in the Tualatin Stake Presidency. He and his wife, Rhonda have four sons and two daughters. They reside in Sherwood, Oregon.
Church Related Activities

* Mission, Montreal, Quebec (French), June 1971 to June 1973
* Elder's Quorum Presidency Counselor, Sunday School Teacher, Sunday School President, June 1973 through January 1979
* Priest Quorum Advisor, January 1979 through August 1979
* Early Morning Seminary Teacher, January 1979 through June 1983 (Elder's Quorum Instructor, Nursery Worker)
* Second Counselor, Tigard 1st Ward Bishopric, June 1983 through May 1984 (Aaronic Priesthood, Young Men, Young Women, Primary, Church Education System, Boy Scouts)
* Member Lake Oswego Stake Initial High Council, May 1984 through February 1985 (Music, Church Education System)
* Bishop, Tigard 1st Ward, February 1985 through August 1989
* Stake Missionary, Lake Oswego Stake Mission, August 1989 to October 1989
* First Counselor, Lake Oswego Stake Mission Presidency, October 1989 through November 1991
* President, Lake Oswego Stake Mission, December 1991 through August 1992
* Member Lake Oswego Stake High Council, December 1991 through August 1992
* President, Tualatin Stake Mission, September 1992 through October 1994
* Member Tualatin Stake Initial High Council, September 1992 through April 1997 (Young Single Adults, Fanno Creek Ward)
* Second Counselor, Tualatin Stake Presidency, April 22, 1997 through January 20, 2002 (Aaronic Priesthood, Young Men, Young Women, Church Education System, Primary, Sunday School, Boy Scouts, Welfare, Sports, Activities, Physical Facilities, Finance, Audits, Deseret Industries)

Service Organizations

* Senator, Brigham Young University First year Student Senate, August 1970 through April 1971
* Council Member, Associated Men Students Council, Ricks College, August 1973 to April 1974
* Co-founder, LDS Business Association of Metropolitan Portland, June 1979 to June 1983
* Member, BYU Management Society, Portland Chapter, Board of Directors, June 1983 to 1990
* Vice Chair, Brigham Young University Alumni Association, Portland Regional Council 1980 to 1983
* Chair, Brigham Young University Alumni Association, Portland Regional Council, 1983 to 1990
* Co-founder and Initial Vice Chair, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Portland Chapter, 1990-1991
* Chair, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Portland Chapter, 1991-1992
* Assistant District Commissioner, Pioneer District, Boy Scouts of America, April 1997 to August 1999
* District Vice-Chair, Wapiti District, Boy Scouts of America, August 1997 to May 2002
* Board of Management, Sherwood Family YMCA, October 2000
* Treasurer, Sherwood Family YMCA, September 2001
* District Chair, Wapiti District, Boy Scouts of America, May 2002

Resume of Ryan Douglas Smith

Legal Practice Areas
Ryan Douglas Smith, attorney at law, focuses his legal practice on franchise and business law. His franchise clients include franchisors, franchisees and new franchise purchasers. Mr. Smith represents business clients in various types of business transactions. He also represents clients in dispute resolution before litigation.

Mr. Smith helps franchisors start franchises by creating Franchise Disclosure Documents and Franchise Agreements to comply with relevant state and federal franchise laws. He prepares and submits nationwide franchise registrations, exemptions, renewals and amendments to state franchise administrators. Mr. Smith analyzes and responds to state administrator comments to nationwide franchise registrations. He assists franchisors with franchisee relations.

Mr. Smith also reviews and analyzes franchise disclosure documents and franchise contracts for existing franchisees, individuals interested in buying franchises and franchisees selling their franchises. He represents prospective franchise purchasers in franchise purchase negotiations with franchisors. Mr. Smith also represents franchise clients in franchise disputes.

For business clients, Mr. Smith creates business entities, such as limited liability companies (LLCs) and corporations, prepares contracts for business sales and purchases, and reviews and drafts other business contracts.

Education
Mr. Smith graduated from Brigham Young University in 1999. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Oregon School of Law in 2003. He has been a member of the Oregon State Bar Association since 2003.

Mr. Smith served as note and comment editor of the Oregon Review of International Law during law school from 2001 to 2003. He and a partner were finalists in the Mediation Advocacy Competition at the University of Oregon in 2001.

Research and Publications
Mr. Smith is co-author of chapters entitled "Business Aspects of Franchising" and "Government Regulation of Franchises" in Advising Oregon Businesses, year 2008 revision, published by the Oregon State Bar Committee on Continuing Legal Education.

Mr. Smith performed legal research for the World Family Policy Center at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, during the summer of 2001. That same summer, he attended the United Nations Conference in New York as an accredited delegation from the World Family Policy Center (a non-governmental organization approved by the United Nations). He prepared a position paper for the non-governmental organization and presented it to individual conference participants, including United Nations delegates.

Interests
Ryan enjoys spending time with his wife and children. He also enjoys working with local youth, with whom he has rafted the Deschutes River in Oregon; cycled the San Juan Islands in Washington; backpacked the Wallowa Mountains in Oregon; and canoed the Dworshak Reservoir in Idaho.

Ryan served as a full-time missionary for The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1995 to 1997 in Besancon and Lyon, France and Neuchatel and Geneva, Switzerland. Ryan speaks French.

Ryan began competing in triathlons in 2008 (Blue Lake in Oregon and Spudman in Idaho). He also participated in his first "Hood to Coast" relay in 2008. Ryan is a huge BYU football fan.

RYAN DOUGLAS SMITH
Avocat - Droit de la Franchise et Droit des Affaires

Pratique Légale
Ryan Douglas Smith concentre sa pratique légale sur le droit de la franchise et le droit des affaires. Ses clients de franchise incluent des nouveaux franchiseurs et des franchiseurs grands et expérimentés. Il représente aussi des franchisés et les autres clients d'affaires dans les divers types de transactions d'affaires. M. Smith représente des clients dans la résolution de dispute avant le litige.

M. Smith aide des franchiseurs au dehors des Etats-Unis à commencer des systèmes de franchise aux Etats-Unis. Il crée des documents de franchise et des contrats de franchise pour se conformer aux lois de franchise Américaines. Il prépare et soumet les enregistrements de franchise aux états qui l’exige.

M. Smith analyse des documents de franchise et des contrats de franchise pour les franchisés existants, pour les individus intéressés dans l'achat des franchises, et pour les franchisés vendant leurs franchises. Il représente des acheteurs de franchise potentiels aux négociations d'achat de franchise avec les franchiseurs.

Education
M. Smith a reçu son degré dans Les Relations Internationales de l'Université de Brigham Young en 1999. Il a reçu son degré de loi de l'Université d'Oregon en 2003. M. Smith a servi comme éditeur de la Journal D’Oregon Des Droit Internationaux (Oregon Review of International Law) de 2001 à 2003. M. Smith a fait la recherche légale internationale pour le Centre de Politique de Famille Mondial (World Family Policy Center), une organisation non gouvernementale approuvée par les Nations Unies, à l'école de loi de l'Université de Brigham Young en 2001. Il a assisté une conférence importante aux Nations Unies (United Nations) à New York en 2001. Pour la conférence, il a préparé un papier de position et l'a présenté aux participants de conférence individuels, y compris des délégués des Nations Unies.

Intérêts
M. Smith a servi comme missionnaire à plein temps pour L'Eglise de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours de 1995 à 1997 à Besaçon et Lyon, France et à Neuchatel et Genève, Suisse. Il parle le français.

Ryan apprécie passant du temps avec sa femme et ses enfants. Il aime bien servir les jeunes locaux, avec qu'il a voyagé sur un radeau la Rivière de Deschutes dans Oregon; est allé à vélo aux Iles de San Juan dans Washington; a fait de la randonnée aux Montagnes de Wallowa dans Oregon; et a fait du canoë au Réservoir de Dworshak dans Idaho.

Ryan a commencé à concourir dans les triathlons dans 2008 (Blue Lake Triathlon en Oregon et Spudman Triathlon en Idaho). Il a couru dans un grand relais en Oregon (Hood to Coast Relay). Ryan aime bien les sports, surtout le ski, le football américain, le jogging et le basket.