Franklin Sacha defends manufacturers in high-exposure class action and mass tort lawsuits involving automobiles, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other consumer products.  

Franklin has experience in numerous phases of class action litigation, including initial case assessment and motions practice, discovery, settlement, and appeals.  He has particular experience with the automotive industry, having represented clients in class action cases in federal courts throughout the country.  In addition to his class action experience, Franklin has litigated toxic tort cases and general commercial cases, including insurance recovery, antitrust, and professional liability matters.  He also maintains an active appellate practice and has represented clients in the United States Supreme Court, federal courts of appeals, and state appellate courts.

In addition to his litigation experience, Franklin has contributed to several treatises covering class action and product liability litigation.  He is a co-author (along with Chilton Varner and Madison Kitchens) of the Eighth Edition of The Product Regulation and Liability Review, which analyzes the current state of product liability law in the United States and numerous other countries.  He has also contributed to chapters on food and drug litigation in the Fifth Edition of the ABA's Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts treatise and third-party payor litigation in the Third Edition of the Regulation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers treatise.

Franklin graduated from Duke University, summa cum laude, in 2012 with an A.B. in History and Political Science.  He earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2015.  While in law school, Franklin was an Articles Editor on the Virginia Law Review and during his third year served as an appellate intern in the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia.  After graduating from law school, he clerked for Chief Judge Ed Carnes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and Judge T.S. Ellis, III of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Franklin is actively involved in the Atlanta community.  Among other activities, he serves on the Young Professionals Advisory Committee of the Atlanta Children's Shelter and coaches the Westminster Schools' high school mock trial team.   

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