Rebecca Franklin Harris

As founder of Franklin Law, LLC, Rebecca Franklin Harris works with clients both locally in Savannah and across the country in cases involving consumer rights and product safety. Her practice also includes cases arising out of trucking accidents, medical malpractice, aviation disasters and premises liability incidents. She currently represents the State of Georgia in litigation against opioid manufacturers and distributors arising out of the opioid epidemic and has helped secure over $1 billion in settlements thus far.

Franklin Law is proud to represent the City of Savannah in litigation against manufacturers and users of harmful PFAS chemicals. The lawsuit seeks accountability for environmental contamination and aims to protect Savannah residents and natural resources from ongoing exposure and damage caused by PFAS.

Rebecca has secured substantial jury awards and settlements against major automotive and tire corporations, including Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Kia, Subaru, Honda, Nissan, Michelin, Firestone, Continental, Cooper Tire, and more. She has represented clients exposed to toxic chemicals while working for railroad companies like CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern and has tried complex cases in both federal and state courts.

She has obtained jury awards for deaths on television and film sets, including a substantial jury verdict for the parents of a camera assistant who was fatally injured when struck by a train while working. She also represented the mother of stunt performer who was killed while working the set of the television show, The Walking Dead.

Rebecca has served as the Chair of the Plaintiffs’ Interim Steering Committee in a class action case against a consumer credit company following a data breach. She has also represented putative class members in a case against a fraudulent drug and alcohol facility. The class action was filed after Rebecca successfully represented the family of a man who died while in the care of the facility. She was awarded the “Courageous Pursuit of Justice Award” by the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association for her efforts.

As an undergraduate, Rebecca received her Bachelor of Arts in journalism magna cum laude from the University of Georgia in 2001. She then went on to pursue her legal education at the University of Georgia School of Law and was awarded her Juris Doctor cum laude in 2004. Rebecca is admitted to practice before all Georgia state courts including the Supreme Court of Georgia. and Court of Appeals of Georgia. She is also admitted to the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia as well as the Eleventh Circuit. 

Rebecca was inducted into the Fulton County Daily Report’s Verdicts Hall of Fame after securing a $16.5 million jury award for an accident caused by a defective tire design by Michelin North America. She has been named in The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40 and The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 as well as been selected as an Elite Lawyer which includes the nation's top 1% of lawyers.

Rebecca routinely speaks at professional seminars on topics such as product liability litigation, pre-trial motions and depositions, and trial advocacy.