Biography Lynn Franklin Managing Attorney / Senior Litigation Counsel

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