Thayer C. Lindauer
792 Arlington Street
Cambria, California 83428-3208
(805) 927-6804 Fax(805) 927-5684
Website: www.mlmlawyer.com
E-mail: ted@mlmlawyer.com
Legal Practice Limited to Arizona and Federal Courts | State Bar of Arizona No. 1531 Member Washington D.C. Bar |
RESUME
EDUCATION.
Attended grammar school and high school at Phoenix, Arizona. University of Chicago 1957-1963. Degrees and Honors: Bachelor of Arts - 1961; Doctor of Laws - 1963. Phi Delta Theta Social Fraternity. Director of American Bar Foundation Court Congestion Project. Director, University of Chicago Theatre. Founding player Second City Theater, Chicago Illinois.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND.
Member of Arizona and multiple Federal Bars. Admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Tax Court and the United States Supreme Court. General commercial and administrative law practice at Phoenix, Arizona 1963-1985. Senior partner, law firm of Lindauer, Girard and Gormley and predecessors, 1968-1985. U.S. and international marketing regulation practice 1968 to present. General Counsel, Excel Communications, Inc. 1994-1995, established Legal and Regulatory Department.
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND HONORS.
Featured speaker at Multi-Level Marketing Symposiums at Miami, Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada, 1985 and 1986. Featured speaker at Prepaid Legal Services Institute Symposium at Miami, Florida, March 1988. Seminar presenter, 1995 Marketing Law Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada. Presents quarterly Network Marketing Regulation seminars throughout U.S.
MARKETING EXPERIENCE.
Marketing legal counsel and consultant to network marketing and direct sales companies in the United States and internationally since 1968. Legal practice limited to marketing regulation, franchising, and international state and federal trade regulation matters. Consultant on marketing plans and MLM compensation plan structures. Pioneered use of network marketing to offer and sell franchises (Excel Communications 1992-1993)
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS.
Excel Communications, Inc. 1990-present (Long Distance Telephone Services). Your Travel Biz.com (Travel Agent Business Opportunities). EverdayWealth (Financial Services Subscription). Royal BodyCare (Nutritional Products). Evangelical Concerns, Inc. (Church and Mission Funding). Provided marketing legal representation and consulting services to more than 2,500 network marketing and direct selling companies.