Nicole Laurencia Franklin, Associate, Environmental Litigation

Nicole L. Franklin

Associate

Areas of Focus

Nicole Laurencia Franklin, Associate, Environmental Litigation

Nicole L. Franklin

Associate

nfranklin@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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  • Advises on a range of environmental and climate regulatory, policy, transactional and litigation matters.

Nicole is an associate in the environment and natural resources practice, with a focus on regulatory counseling on climate, sustainability and environmental protection law and policies. She represents and advises clients in environmental litigation and enforcement actions.

Nicole holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she served as article selection editor for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. During law school, she was a member of the Black Law Students Association, co-designer of the Youth Advocacy and Policy Fellows Program, co-founder of The Bell Collective for Critical Race Theory organization and a teaching fellow for Art of Social Change. She also conducted copyright research as a research assistant and served as a director of all student organizations on campus.

Prior to law school, Nicole served as a manager of recruitment for Teach for America at the University of Alabama and taught in Huntsville City Schools.

Nicole was a Strauss Diversity & Inclusion Scholar in Akin’s 2021 summer associate class.

Education
  • J.D., Harvard Law School, 2022

  • B.A., University of Florida, cum laude, 2013

Bar Admissions
  • District of Columbia

Affiliations and Public Service
  • Board Member, The Cap & Gown Project, 2016-Present.
  • Board Member and Secretary, Alabama Alumni Board, Teach for America, 2016-2018.

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