Franchises Founded with Purpose. Built to Grow.
Our clients represent more than 350 franchise brands across food and beverage, home services, fitness, wellness, education, senior care, and professional services. These are the founders who built something worth franchising, made the decision to do it right, and built franchise systems focused on franchisee success and long-term growth.
The Brothers that just do Gutters
Home Services | 100+ franchise territories nationwide
The Brothers That Just Do Gutters came to The Internicola Law Firm as a startup with zero franchises. We built the complete legal infrastructure from the ground up — FDD, franchise agreements, territory structure, and multi-state compliance framework. The brand grew to 100+ franchise territories nationwide, was successfully acquired by private equity, and remains a client today.
Toastique
Food and Beverage | 50+ locations nationwide
Toastique came to The Internicola Law Firm at the start of their franchise journey. A fast casual concept that created its own category around gourmet toast and cold-pressed juice, we built the complete franchise legal infrastructure from the ground up — FDD, franchise agreements, and multi-state registrations. The brand has grown to 50+ locations nationwide.
Snapology
Children's Education | STEAM Enrichment | 165+ locations
Snapology is the #1 children's STEAM enrichment franchise in the country — a mobile-based concept offering interactive science, technology, engineering, art, and math programs for children ages 1 through 14, with an optional brick-and-mortar Discovery Center model. The Internicola Law Firm represented the founders from startup through national expansion, building the complete franchise legal infrastructure as the brand grew to a national footprint. Snapology was subsequently acquired by Unleashed Brands and remains part of the Unleashed Brands family of youth enrichment concepts.
Tint World
Automotive | 100+ locations nationwide
Tint World came to The Internicola Law Firm as an emerging automotive styling and window tinting franchise. We built the legal infrastructure to support multi-state FDD registration, ongoing compliance, and international expansion. The brand grew to 100+ locations and was successfully acquired by private equity.
Playa Bowls
Food and beverage | Superfruit bowls | 400+ locations
Playa Bowls is one of the nation's leading superfruit bowl brand — a fast-casual concept serving acai, pitaya, mango, and coconut bowls that created and now leads its own category. The Internicola Law Firm was retained by the brand's private equity-backed management team and has provided ongoing franchise legal counsel as Playa Bowls expanded from a regional concept to a national franchise system with 400+ locations across the United States and continues to grow.
A Place at Home
Senior Care | In-home and community care services | 50+ locations
A Place at Home is a senior care franchise providing non-medical in-home care, senior living placement, care coordination, and healthcare organization staffing services. The Internicola Law Firm supported their franchise legal infrastructure as the brand grew to 50+ locations nationwide — building the FDD, franchise agreements, and compliance framework for a senior care concept that operates from a defined territory with a commercial operations center requirement, serving a growing and underserved market for aging adults seeking care alternatives to institutional settings.
Shuckin' Shack Oyster Bar
Restaurants | Casual seafood dining
Shuckin' Shack is a casual oyster bar and seafood concept — one of the more operationally complex categories in restaurant franchising. We have supported their franchise legal infrastructure through FDD development, compliance management, and ongoing franchise system counsel.
Preservan
Home Services | Wood rot restoration | 16 locations
Preservan is a mobile service franchise focused on wood rot restoration for residential properties. The Internicola Law Firm was engaged to redevelop their franchise legal infrastructure — rebuilding the FDD with a focus on their multi-territory offering, addressing territory variability across seasonal and climate-affected markets, and strengthening the overall franchise system with a structure designed for franchisee success. The brand reached 16 locations by end of 2025.
Toro Taxes
Professional services | Tax preparation | 250+ locations
Toro Taxes is the largest tax preparation franchise in the U.S. Latino market — a bilingual tax and financial services concept serving Spanish-speaking communities nationwide. Founded in 2009 and converted to a franchise in 2014, the brand has grown to more than 250 locations across multiple states, offering tax preparation, business accounting, insurance, and financial services year-round. The Internicola Law Firm has supported Toro Taxes' franchise legal infrastructure as the brand has expanded its national footprint serving one of the fastest-growing entrepreneurial communities in the country.
Tipsy Scoop
Food and beverage | Specialty food | Emerging franchise
Tipsy Scoop is one of the first alcohol-infused ice cream companies in the world — a New York City concept founded by Melissa Tavss that created an entirely new category by combining artisanal ice cream with cocktail-inspired flavors at up to 5% alcohol by volume. The brand built a strong following through retail, catering, and its NYC Barlour locations before beginning to franchise. The Internicola Law Firm worked with Tipsy Scoop to develop the franchise legal infrastructure for a genuinely unique concept — including the regulatory and compliance infrastructure.
Footprints Flooring
Home services | Flooring installation | 80+ locations
Footprints Floors is a mobile flooring installation franchise — a home service concept with no showroom, no warehouse, and no inventory overhead. The Internicola Law Firm supported their franchise legal infrastructure as the brand scaled to 80+ locations nationwide, building the FDD, compliance framework, and territory structure for a service business with one of the most compelling unit economic models in the home services franchise category.
Joshua Tree
Home services | 16 territories | Launched 2023
Joshua Tree launched their franchise system with The Internicola Law Firm in 2023. A territory-based home service franchise offering multiple service lines, we built the complete legal infrastructure — FDD, franchise agreements, and territory structure — for a mobile service concept designed for multi-territory growth. The brand reached 16 franchise outlets by end of 2025.
Chip City Cookies
Food and beverage | Specialty food retail | 40+ locations
Chip City Cookies is a New York City gourmet cookie concept founded in 2017 in Astoria, Queens — born from a competition between two childhood friends to create the perfect cookie. The brand has built a devoted following through a rotating weekly menu of fresh-baked oversized cookies and a distinctly New York identity. Chip City's quality-focused growth approach attracted a $17.5 million investment from Enlightened Hospitality Investments — the fund of Danny Meyer, founder of Union Square Hospitality Group and Shake Shack — one of the most respected validators in the restaurant industry. The Internicola Law Firm has supported Chip City's franchise legal infrastructure as the brand grows intentionally across the East Coast and beyond.
Hammer & Nails
Men's grooming | Location-based | 50+ locations
Hammer & Nails is a men's grooming franchise that created its own category — combining barbershop services, hand and foot care, and a membership-based man cave experience with complimentary beverages, oversized leather chairs, and noise-canceling headphones at every station. The brand has grown to 50+ locations nationwide with continued expansion underway. The Internicola Law Firm built the complete franchise legal infrastructure as Hammer & Nails continues to scale as one of the fastest-growing men's grooming franchise brands in the country.
Outsider Coffee
Food and beverage | Specialty coffee
Outsider Coffee is a founder-driven specialty coffee concept built around a clear mission and a commitment to organic, intentional growth. The Internicola Law Firm has supported their franchise legal infrastructure as the brand develops its franchise system with the same care and deliberateness that defines the concept itself.
Bee Healthy Cafe
Bee Healthy Cafe was founded in 2007 by Amir Alavi after his wife's diagnosis with multiple sclerosis — a personal mission to make it genuinely easy for people to eat healthy, with nutritious fast casual food at approachable prices. The brand converted to franchising in 2021 led by a team with an explicit commitment to franchisee success — their franchise philosophy centers on franchisees being happy, healthy, and wealthy, with a support model built around franchisee profitability as the measure of system health. Bee Healthy Cafe operates locations in flex spaces, inline locations, and drive-thru end caps across the Oklahoma City metro and is expanding nationally. The Internicola Law Firm has supported their franchise legal infrastructure as the brand grows with the same intentionality and mission-focus that defines the concept.
Bee Healthy Cafe is now part of Fast Fresh Brands, a portfolio company backed by DIA Equity Partners and led by Clifford Hudson, former Chairman and CEO of Sonic Corp."
Famous Toastery
Restaurants | Breakfast, brunch, and lunch
Famous Toastery was founded in 2005 by childhood best friends Brian Burchill and Robert Maynard in a small house in Huntersville, North Carolina — a neighborhood breakfast spot built around scratch-made food, genuinely fresh ingredients, and the kind of hospitality where every server is your server. The brand evolved into a franchise in 2013 without losing what made it distinctive. Famous Toastery has been recognized on Restaurant Business' Future 50, Entrepreneur Magazine's Franchise 500, and CNBC's top franchises to buy — acknowledgements of a brand that built its growth on product and culture rather than concept alone. The Internicola Law Firm has supported Famous Toastery's franchise legal infrastructure as the brand continues expanding across the Southeast and beyond.
FairyTail Pet Care
Pet services | Wedding day pet care | Emerging franchise
FairyTail Pet Care created an entirely new category in 2015 — wedding day pet care — built around the insight that couples wanted their pets included in their wedding day but lacked the logistics to make it happen. Founded by childhood best friends Kelly Nova and Ilana Karcinski in Tampa, the brand became the nation's first wedding pet care franchise, offering round-trip transportation, day-of care, and coordination with wedding vendors so pets can be part of the celebration. The brand appeared on Shark Tank Season 15 and landed a deal with Barbara Corcoran. The Internicola Law Firm supported FairyTail's franchise legal infrastructure as the founders built a compliant, scalable franchise system around a concept with no roadmap to follow.
Success on the Spectrum
Healthcare | ABA autism therapy | 80+ locations
Success on the Spectrum was founded in 2015 by Nichole Daher — an autism mom who created the first clinic to provide the quality ABA therapy her daughter needed and that she couldn't find elsewhere. What began as a single center in Houston became the first autism treatment franchise in the United States when it began franchising in 2018. The brand has grown to 80+ locations across 20 states providing Applied Behavior Analysis therapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy to children with autism in sensory-friendly centers designed by someone who understood the experience from the inside. Today more than half of all Success on the Spectrum franchise owners are autism parents or siblings. The Internicola Law Firm has supported their franchise legal infrastructure as the brand has scaled a mission that began with one child and now serves thousands of families nationwide.
Fast Fresh Brands
Food and beverage | Better-for-you fast casual portfolio
Fast Fresh Brands is a growing portfolio of health-focused fast casual concepts — including Bee Healthy Cafe and Nature's Table — built around a shared mission of making nutritious food accessible in the locations where people live, work, and move through their day: office buildings, hospitals, gyms, airports, and YMCAs. The company is backed by DIA Equity Partners and led by Clifford Hudson, former Chairman and CEO of Sonic Corp., who built and guided Sonic through its sale to Inspire Brands. The Internicola Law Firm has supported Fast Fresh Brands' franchise legal infrastructure as the portfolio expands nationally.
urSwim
Children's and family services | Indoor swim instruction | Emerging franchise
urSwim is a founder-driven swim instruction brand built around the belief that every member of the family should feel confident and safe in the water. Offering year-round indoor swim lessons for children and adults across Long Island and Connecticut — along with pool management, lifeguard services, and at-home instruction — the brand has built a loyal community of families around a distinctive, approachable teaching model. The Internicola Law Firm has supported the founder's journey into franchising, helping navigate the legal and compliance framework required to build a scalable franchise system with best practices from the ground up. urSwim is an example of what it looks like when a founder who has built something real decides to share it — and gets the legal infrastructure right from the beginning.
Our Clients Span Every Franchise Category
The brands featured here represent a cross-section of the industries and stages we serve — from founders franchising for the first time to emerging brands scaling nationally to PE-backed systems building for what comes next. Over twenty-five years and 350+ franchise brands, The Internicola Law Firm has represented founders across food and beverage, home and mobile services, health and wellness, children's education, professional services, retail, senior care, and beyond. Every founder on this page made a decision to build something bigger than themselves — a franchise system with the legal infrastructure, the operational foundation, and the franchisee focus to achieve something greater: brands that empower their customers, their franchisees, and the communities they serve.
