Michael R. Biggs
mrb@biggslawgroup.com

Mr. Biggs was born in Wichita, Kansas, on April 21, 1952 and was admitted to the Kansas bar in 1979. His formal education includes degrees from the University of Kansas (B.S., 1974; M.B.A., 1976) and Washburn University School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1979). While attending law school he was active in Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity and served as Associate Research Editor, Washburn Law Journal. He is currently a member of Wichita, Kansas and American Bar Associations, including the ABA Business Law Section; and Forum Committee on Franchising. Mr. Biggs is also a registered investment advisor.

A frequent speaker and author, he most recently served as a Contributing Editor for the ABA Forum on Franchising publication “Covenants Against Competition in Franchise Agreements” (October 2002). He has lectured repeatedly for the Kansas Family Business Forum, The Wichita State University Fast Track MBA program, and The Center of Entrepreneurship’s Your Future in Business Program on a broad range of topics, including franchising, the sale & purchase of businesses, and corporate governance & management succession issues. Mr. Biggs occasionally authors articles for the Wichita Business Journal.

Before co-founding Biggs Law Group, L.C., Mr. Biggs managed the Business Law Practice Section of Klenda, Mitchell, Austerman & Zuercher, L.L.C. He is the former Chairman of Wichita Technology Corporation, a private-public for-profit organization designed to assist entrepreneurs in their attempts to commercialize promising technologies.

His civic activities include, or have included, being an executive board member of the Greater Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce, an advisory board member of the Kansas World Trade Center, and a board member of the Wichita World Trade Council.

PRACTICE AREAS: Business Law, Franchise Law, International Business Law, Commercial Transactions, Real Estate Law, and Securities Law.

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