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FRANKLIN SKYDIVING.
FRANKLIN WITH HIS DAUGHTER, MORGAN.
He says that in the plainti personal injury eld, due to contingency fees, attorneys tend to gravitate toward one end of the spectrum or the other. On one end are the catastrophic in- jury lawyers who accept fewer cases that they believe have the potential for gigantic payouts. On the other end are the volume lawyers who o en treat their clients using an assembly line approach. is leaves a huge gap in the middle. Franklin Law Firm serves those in this gap – the everyday people who have real inju- ries, need real help and cannot nd it.
One of the keys to his rm’s success is the focus on the individual needs of individual clients. “ e experience you get helping peo- ple – there’s just no better feeling than that. Helping people who have very di erent situ- ations with very di erent challenges. I get to help them in real ways. I don’t want to be one of those assembly line lawyers,” Franklin says.
He adds, “A huge level of satisfaction I get is from the hugs, thank yous and notes from for- mer clients continuing to stay in touch. at is a huge compliment to me, and a huge privilege that these clients let me into their lives. And that they want me to continue to be a part of it long a er I have represented them.”
COMPLEX CASES LEAD TO
A SIMPLE CHOICE
Knowing his passion for travel, Franklin’s sister, a ight attendant with Delta Airlines, suggested that he follow her example as a way of paying for his college education. He took her advice and put himself through college working as a ight attendant for Southwest Airlines. While working, he graduated sum- ma cum laude from Arizona State University in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science in political science.
Like many students, he was unsure of ex- actly the career he wanted. At the time, he be- lieved he would work in some type of public policy or related area. He knew that he would use his law degree, but becoming a trial lawyer wasn’t on his radar.
His direction changed at SMU when he be- came active with mock trial and moot court competitions and discovered he had a real tal- ent and a drive for the experience. Becoming a trial lawyer quickly became the focus of his academic e orts.
He earned his Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 2002.
“At that point I just wanted to try cases,” he says. “I got a job at a good boutique defense
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