Erin McAdams Franzblau

About

Erin McAdams Franzblau is a Partner in the Litigation Practice Group, focusing her practice on employment litigation and counseling.

Erin helps companies navigate employment laws, and defends employers in a wide range of class, collective, and single-plaintiff disputes before federal and state courts. She regularly counsels and litigates matters brought under state and federal antidiscrimination laws, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. She is experienced in all stages of litigation, from inception through trial and post-trial appeals. She helps guide employers through sensitive internal investigations involving claims of harassment and discrimination and claims by whistleblowers. Erin also has an active OSHA practice. She regularly represents clients in the trucking, locomotive, and retail industries in investigations, emergency responses, and litigation against state and federal agencies.

In her counseling practice, Erin assists companies with a wide range of day-to-day employment issues, including personnel policies and procedures, executive employment agreements, accommodations, restrictive covenants, independent contractor agreements, and employee misclassification. She counsels clients on adapting to the evolving landscape of medical and recreational marijuana legislation, including in the areas of drug testing, corrective action, and accommodation requests. She also acts as employment counsel on M&A transactions in a range of industries, including transportation, technology, and food and beverage.  

Prior to joining Freeborn, Erin practiced employment litigation at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, and clerked for the Honorable William J. Zloch, United States District Judge of the Southern District of Florida.

In her pro bono practice, Erin is committed to defending the rights of women and children. She has represented sexual assault survivors in their efforts to seek civil restraining orders, and secured relief for a refugee client under the Violence Against Women Act, resulting in the client’s ability to gain resident status in the United States. She has also represented prisoners in Section 1983 actions and achieved favorable settlements on behalf of her clients. In 2018, she was honored by the Legal Assistance Foundation for her work representing sexual assault survivors.