backThe Gate City Bar Association has named King & Spalding partner Harold Franklin to its Hall of Fame, the organization’s highest honor, reserved for lawyers who have made “broad and impactful contributions to the legal profession and community,” according to the organization.
Franklin focuses on defending corporations in complex and high-stakes product liability litigation. His national litigation and trial practice focuses heavily on high stakes individual and mass tort (MDL and Class-Actions) product liability litigation in the automotive, life sciences, and consumer products industries and has also included high-exposure business disputes and internal investigations. Franklin has represented many of the world’s largest corporations in complex “bet-the-company” litigation and trials. As a recognized civic leader, he has engaged heavily in and led pro bono and community service endeavors in both the legal profession and broader community throughout his career and he has served on numerous national and local boards. Franklin is a past president of both the Gate City Bar Association, the oldest African-American Bar Association in the State of Georgia, and the Atlanta Bar Association, the largest voluntary bar association in the Southeast United States.