Brandon Franklin - Coblentz Law

Details

P 415.268.0573

F 415.989.1663

bfranklin@coblentzlaw.com

Education

J.D., cum laude,

University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (2014)
Master of Music

San Francisco Conservatory of Music (2011)
Bachelor of Music, cum laude,

University of Southern California (2006)

Practices

Litigation

Brandon Franklin focuses on complex commercial litigation for public and private companies, including those in the insurance, transportation, retail, technology, and aerospace industries. He has litigated in state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels and has handled product liability, employment, commercial and privacy class actions, mass tort, trade secret, Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and breach of contract matters.

Brandon maintains an active pro bono practice. His pro bono work includes co-counseling with a nonprofit civil rights organization in a matter challenging plea practices in Kern County and contributing to an amicus brief filed on behalf of a group of internet scholars in a case arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court should not impose sweeping changes to the nation’s internet policy.

Brandon previously served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Laurel Beeler of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Prior to entering the legal profession, Brandon pursued a career in music and was principal trombone of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra in Los Angeles. Brandon is also an instrument-rated private pilot.

Brandon is a member of the Executive Committee of the Barristers Litigation Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco. He is also a member of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers and of the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association.

Brandon earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco in 2014, where he was staff editor of the Hastings Science and Technology Law Journal. He earned his Master of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 2011. He received his Bachelor of Music, cum laude, from the University of Southern California in 2006, where he was a staff writer for the Daily Trojan.