Columbia Law School
Harvard University (B.A., magna cum laude)
Columbia Law School
Harvard University (B.A., magna cum laude)
Law Clerk to the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States
Law Clerk to the Honorable Susan Carney, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Law Clerk to the Honorable Jesse Furman, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Beatrice Franklin joined Susman Godfrey after clerking for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Susan Carney on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Judge Jesse Furman on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. These experiences provided her with unparalleled insight into the workings of the bench as well as a keen understanding of trial and appellate law.
Ms. Franklin applies this knowledge to her representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in all types and stages of commercial litigation. She has litigated cases across a broad spectrum of practices areas including complex business disputes, energy matters, real estate, patent, antitrust, and financial services.
Ms. Franklin represents Glacier Park Iron Ore Properties in its lease dispute with U.S. Steel Corporation related to valuable mining lands in the Minnesota Iron Range. Ms. Franklin has played a pivotal role in this matter: in addition to briefing and arguing arbitrability issues in the Minnesota Court of Appeals, she successfully petitioned the Minnesota Supreme Court for review of the Court of Appeals’ order denying her team’s motion to compel arbitration. She also argued that appeal at the Minnesota Supreme Court – this argument was covered by The American Lawyer, which spotlighted Ms. Franklin’s work and sought her opinion on how to get more young, female lawyers in front of appellate courts and by the St. Cloud Times, with whom Ms. Franklin discussed the case and reflected back on her time clerking for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
In addition, working pro bono Ms. Franklin argued and won an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on behalf of a petitioner whose asylum application was rejected by the immigration court and BIA. Shortly following Ms. Franklin’s argument, the Second Circuit issued an order granting the petition and sending the case back for a new asylum hearing. Click here to read the opinion and here to listen to Ms. Franklin’s argument.
Ms. Franklin’s robust docket also includes:
Ms. Franklin graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and received her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she received the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize and won Best Oralist and Best Brief in the Harlan Fiske Stone Honors Moot Court competition.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize
James Kent Scholar
Best Oralist and Best Brief, Harlan Fiske Stone Moot Court Competition
National Association of Women Lawyers, Outstanding Law Student
New York State Bar
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
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