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Charlotte F. Franklin

Associate Attorney at Baker McKenzie

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LocationChicagoIllinois, United States
Current roleAssociate AttorneyBaker McKenzie · since Mar 2025

About

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.

Roles

Mar 2025–Present
Current role

Associate Attorney

Baker McKenzie

Chicago, Illinois

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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.

Sep 2021–Feb 2025
Former role

Associate Attorney

Much Shelist, P.C.

AttorneyCivil LitigationResearch
Jan 2021–Apr 2021
Former role

Judicial Extern

U.S. District Court

(appointed)Illinois Northern District

ResearchLegal Assistant
Jun 2020–Jul 2020
Former role

Summer Associate

Much Shelist, P.C.

ResearchLegal Assistance
May 2019–Jul 2019
Former role

Legal Intern

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Office of Commissioner Charlotte A. Burrows

(appointed)District of Columbia

ResearchLegal Assistant
Oct 2017–Jun 2018
Former role

Assistant Director, Fried Public Policy & Service Program

The University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

ResearchLegal Assistant
Jul 2016–Jun 2017
Former role

Assistant Director, Fried Public Policy & Service Program

The University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

ResearchLegal Assistant

Recognition

Honors

Wigmore Key

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

January 2021

Go-To Thought Leadership Award

State and Local Law, National Law Review

April 2022

Publications & speeches

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