Kurt A. Franklin, Partner

Practice Areas/Industries
Labor & Employment; Government Ethics; Litigation

Based in our San Francisco Office
415-995-5086 Direct Phone
415-541-9366 Fax
kfranklin@hansonbridgett.com
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Serving public and private sector clients, Kurt has practiced labor and employment law, class action, and other complex litigation for 14 years.

Kurt's advice, trial and appellate practice covers complex litigation strategy, wage and hour law, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, whistleblower, traditional labor law (HEERA, EERA, MMBA, NLRA and RLA), arbitrations (collective bargaining agreements and 13(c) of the Federal Transit Act), due process, the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act, and government ethics. Kurt has served as lead defense counsel in other multi-party complex litigation. Kurt has appeared before the California Supreme Court where he represented more than 100 California cities and other local governmental entities in an amicus effort.

In addition, Kurt advises the public and private sectors about disability access laws— the ADA, the Unruh Act, the California Disabled Persons Act, Health & Safety Code sections 19955 et seq., and technical violations of both the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) and the California Access Compliance Building Regulations (Title 24)—having litigated these cases throughout the state for more than a decade.

Recent Publications
"California Dreaming: 2008 ADA Amendments Make Federal Law More Like the Republic of California, Where Virtually Every Employee Can Claim a Disability", Labor & Employment Law Update Newsletter (Winter 2008)

Professional Affiliations
The Bar Association of San Francisco Labor and Employment Section
Editorial Advisory Board for the California Wage & Hour Advisor
The American Bar Association
The Association of Business Trial Lawyers
The National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys

Education
J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law (1994)
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles (1988)

Admissions and Courts
State of California
United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit