Shira Franco

Shira Franco is a partner in the Labor & Employment Practice Group of Davis & Gilbert. She represents companies in a variety of industries, with a particular emphasis on financial services, technology, advertising and marketing, public relations, and real estate management.

A strong focus of Ms. Franco’s practice involves representing hedge funds, private equity firms, accounting firms, and other financial industry employers in litigating and resolving disputes related to bonus payments and other compensation arrangements, violations of non-compete, non-solicitation, and confidentiality agreements, and hostile work environment allegations.

Ms. Franco also has extensive experience defending employers against claims of age, race, gender, pregnancy, and disability discrimination, retaliation, breach of contract, and violations of wage and hour laws.

In addition to her litigation practice, she advises clients on a wide array of workplace issues such as hiring and terminations, background checks, internal investigations, independent contractor engagements, disability accommodations, and human resources policies and best practices.  She has been recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of labor and employment: workplace and employment counseling, and she has also been selected as a Rising Star by New York Metro Super Lawyers (2016). 

Ms. Franco also devotes a portion of her practice to representing senior executives in the negotiation of their employment agreements, separation packages and post-employment restrictions.

From 2001 to 2002, Ms. Franco served as a law clerk to the Honorable William B. Shubb of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. While in law school, she was the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Women’s Law Journal.