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Charlotte Franklin

Charlotte F. Franklin

Associate
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Charlotte Franklin is an associate in the Employment & Compensation Practice Group in Baker McKenzie’s Chicago office. She represents clients in a broad range of employment disputes through all phases of litigation. 

In law school, she served as a judicial extern for Judge Edmond E. Chang, and as a legal intern in the office of Chair Charlotte A. Burrows at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).  

Charlotte maintains an active pro bono practice, including filing amici briefs on behalf of Chicago Coalition for the Homeless in support of respondents in the U.S. Supreme Court case Johnson v. Grants Pass and on behalf of the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance in the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Practice Focus

Charlotte focuses her practice on employment and labor disputes and investigations matters. She represents employers in state and federal courts and administrative agency proceedings against claims such as discrimination, harassment, failure to accommodate, wage and hour violations, trade secret matters, and breach of contract.

She has experience advising clients on best practices to comply with federal, state, and local employment laws throughout various stages of the employment relationship – from talent acquisition and onboarding to employee terminations and reductions in force. Charlotte’s practice spans a wide range of various industries, including consumer products and services, health care, technology, restaurants and hospitality, financial services, transportation and logistics, and manufacturing.

Professional Honors

  • Wigmore Key, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Class of 2021
  • Go-To Thought Leadership Award, State and Local Law, National Law Review (2022)

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • Chicago Bar Association

Corporate Responsibility

Charlotte serves on the University of Chicago Hillel Board.

Admissions

  • Illinois~United States
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Education

  • Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (J.D., cum laude) (2021)
  • University of Chicago (B.A., Political Science, Honors) (2016)

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish

Publications

  • Title IX Administers a Booster Shot: The Effect of Private Donations on Title IX, 16 NW. J. L. & SOC. POL’Y 145 (2021).
  • Co-author, "Salary Threshold Increase for Exempt Employees Blocked, The National Law Review," December 2024
  • Co-author, "Department of Labor Substantially Increases Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees," The National Law Review, May 2024
  • Co-author, "NLRB General Counsel Provides Guidance in McLaren Memorandum," The National Law Review, April 2023
  • Co-author, "Employers Beware: Non-Disparagement and Confidentiality Covenants in Severance Agreements Under Attack," The National Law Review, March 2023
  • Co-author, "Illinois Broadens Unpaid Bereavement Leave for Employees," The National Law Review, January 2023
  • Co-author, "No Rest for Employers: What You Need to Know about Illinois’ New Break Requirements," The National Law Review, January 2023
  • Author, "Hair Ye! Hair Ye! Illinois Enacts the CROWN Act to Prohibit Hair Discrimination in the Workplace," The National Law Review, July 2022
  • Co-author, "New Sexual Harassment Prevention Requirements for Many Chicago Employers," The National Law Review, June 2022
  • Author, "New York Employers Required to Notify Employees of Electronic Monitoring," The National Law Review, May 2022
  • Co-author, "New Reporting and Certification Requirements: Illinois Equal Pay Act Amendments," The National Law Review, March 2022
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