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..."A
lawyer has several loyalities in
his work.They include that to his
client, to the administration of
justice, to the community, to his
associates in practice, and to himself."
-Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Biography
Lynn Franklin
Managing Attorney /
Senior Litigation Counsel

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Lynn Franklin is the Managing Attorney/Senior Litigation Counsel for Franklin & Willard. Ms. Franklin's practice focuses on counseling corporate and
business clients in the areas of contracts, asset purchases and transfers, commercial leases and employment law, as well as litigation in both State an
Federal courts. Ms. Franklin also represents Developers, Homeowners, Homeowners' Associations and Association Managers on various aspects of Community
Association law in the State of Florida. Ms. Franklin's employment law practice includes representing employers in all aspects of employment and labor
law; preparation and review of employee handbooks and personnel policies; review and advice on employee wage classifications and other wage and
compensation issues; representation before administrative agencies (such as EEOC, Department of Labor, and Florida Civil Rights Commission); development
of employment separation agreements; drafting, enforcing and implementing covenants not to compete, non-solicitation agreements and proprietary
information agreements; and representation of employers in general tort litigation associated with employment (breach of contract, wrongful
termination, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent hiring, negligent supervision, and similar claims)
Lynn also has experience in immigration law, land use, eminent domain, workers' compensation laws, trademarks, commercial leases, asset purchases and
business transfer agreements, marketing and advertising law, first amendment law, and civil rights litigation. Prior to joining Franklin & Willard,
Lynn's practice included litigating employment disputes as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Florida, and with the national labor and
employment law firm Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler & Krupman. Ms. Franklin has represented large national clients as in-house employment counsel, general
counsel, and in association with international law firms. After graduation from law school, Lynn was appointed as a federal judicial law clerk for the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Presently, Ms. Franklin also performs legal services as litigation counsel for a
large national insurance company.
- Labor and Employment
- Litigation
- General Business Law
Significant Representations
- Dickson v. Florida Dept. of
Corrections, Case No. 5:96cv207RH
(N.D. Fla. 1996). This matter brought
under the Age Discrimination in Employment
Act (ADEA) and Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) was consolidated on appeal
before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
with Kimel v. Board of Education,
and upon certiorari review before
the United States Supreme Court resulted
in the landmark decision on state
government immunity under the ADEA.
- General representation of a Fortune
50 pharmaceutical company in employment
litigation, EEOC/FCHR charges and
on-site reviews, immigration matters,
contract disputes, and commercial
leases. Provide counsel to executive
level Human Resources officers on
daily personnel issues.
- Representation of a major television
network in federal court defending
sexual harassment claims brought by
an entertainment personality.
- Perform wage and hour audit and
analysis for an international juice
processing company.
- Represent Fortune 100 retailers
in employment discrimination actions
under Title VII.
- Representation of a New York based
newspaper publisher in discrimination
actions under the Americans with Disabilities
Act.
- Assist in representation of former
Miss North Carolina in employment
/ contract dispute with pageant associations.
Professional & Community Involvement
- Member,Florida Bar, Labor and Employment
Section (Publication Committee 2002-2004)
- Benefactor,Golden Retriever Rescue
of Central Florida
- Member,Society for Human Resource
Management
- Member,National Apartment Association
(2000-2002)
- Member,American Resort Developers
Association
Articles, Publications & Lectures
- Extraterritorial Application
of Environmental Regulation, Vol.
4, No. 2, Stetson Law Journal, Spring
1992
- Responding to an Employee's
Unforeseen Need for FMLA Leave, Personnel
Law Update, January, 1998, Council
on Education in Management
- Supreme Court Continues its
March for Federalism: ADEA Not "Appropriate"
Legislation., Florida Bar, Labor
and Employment Section's Checkoff,
newsletter, Vol. XXX, No. 2, February
2000, and reprinted on the Internet
with permission at www.fed-soc.org/Publications/practicegroupnewsletters,
by The Federalist Society.
- Sexual Harassment: What You
Don't Know Can Hurt You, National
Apartment Association's Units
Magazine (National Publication), Vol.
24, No. 4, May, 2000
- Termination without retaliation:
discerning exactly what you must know
about your employee's constitutional
rights to avoid lawsuits for improper
terminations. Public Sector Employment
Seminar, September 1999. Council on
Education in Management
- Federal and Florida Law in the
Workplace, Seminar Creator and
Facilitator. Apartment Association
of Greater Orlando. August, 1999,
and bi-annually in 2000.
- Employment and Personnel Law:
Sexual Harassment, A View Into The
Next Millennium, Featured Speaker.
Apartment Association of Greater Orlando,
November 1999.
- Sexual Harassment Training Seminar,
Seminar Creator and Facilitator Presented
at various locations in 2003 for management
employees of Fortune 50 employer.
- Guest Lecturer, Employment Law,
Valencia Community College, 2002.
Awards & Recognition
- International Who's Who of
Professional & Business Women
- American Achievement National Honor
Sorority
- The Stetson Law Forum,
Assistant Editor
- Phi Delta Phi, National
Legal Honor Society
- Environmental Law Moot Court Team
- National Environmental Law Moot
Court Competition, Preliminary Round
Best Oralist,
- Who's Who Among American Law
Students
- Who's Who Among Students in
American Colleges and Universities
- Outstanding College Students
of America
- Phi Eta Sigma, National
Honor Society
- Psi Chi, National Psychology
Honor Society
Education
- J.D.,cum laude,Stetson University
College of Law
- Ranked in top 5% of graduating class
- B.A.,with honors,University of North
Carolina at Wilmington
Admitted to Practice
- Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh
Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Middle
District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of Florida
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