Corey Franklin Email & Phone Number

Saint Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

• Lead counsel on behalf of management in numerous labor arbitration, NLRB, and ILRB cases;• Lead negotiator on behalf of employers engaged in collective bargaining with labor organizations• Lead counsel on numerous lawsuits in both Federal and Missouri Circuit Courts;• Lead counsel on charges of discrimination before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Missouri Commission on Human Rights (MCHR);• Defended and prosecuted claims relating to employee obligations pursuant to employment related restrictive covenants (non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality and trade secrets agreements) as well as common law duties relating to the protection of confidential information;• Prosecuted quasi-ERISA action for a large healthcare system to recover monies owed by an insurance company following extensive, life-saving treatment rendered to its insured.Representative Presentations:• Discipline & Discharge in the Public Sector (Clayton Chamber of Commerce, 7/2007)• 10 Critical Issues Impacting the Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants (Current Labor, Employment, Benefits, & Corporate Law Issues, 9/2008) • The 10 Commandments of Workplace Investigations (Texas County Commission & Invited Guests, 8/2009)• How to Conduct a Workplace Investigation (Private Event Coordinated by Pharmaceuticals Industry Client, 3/2010)• A Dozen Questions to Ask Yourself When Deciding Whether to Terminate (Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 4/2010)• Private Sector Employment Agreements (Seminar on Current Labor, Employment, Benefits, & Corporate Law Issues, 7/2010)• The Basics of Union Organizing, NLRB Law and Procedures, & the Potential Impact of the Employee Free Choice Act (Lowenbaum University, 2/2011)• In or Out: What Employers Need to Know About Employment Record Keeping (Lowenbaum University, 2/2011)• Employment Law for In-House Counsel, Lowenbaum University, 5/2011)• Handling Difficult Terminations (Lowenbaum University, 11/2011)

• Won summary judgment in Bishop v. Nu-Way Service Station, Inc., an Americans with Disabilities Act failure to accommodate case litigated in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Successfully argued motion to dismiss before the Circuit Court upon remand of supplemental state law claims.• Won summary judgment before the Circuit Court and prevailed on appeal before the Missouri Court of Appeals in Daugherty v. City of Maryland Heights, Mo., a disability and age discrimination case brought under Missouri Human Rights Act.• Successfully argued motion to dismiss in Kunzie v. City of Olivette, Missouri, a breach of contract and whistleblower retaliation case and protected the City’s ability to assert a sovereign immunity defense.

Jefferson City

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: - Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Missouri Environmental Law and Policy Review; - 2002 recipient of CALI.

B.A., Political Science & Business (Minor)

Activities and Societies: Water Polo Team