Rebecca Franklin Harris

Rebecca Franklin Harris is a trial lawyer with extensive experience in high-exposure, complex litigation. She is an advocate for consumer rights and product safety. She is co-lead counsel representing the State of Georgia in litigation against opioid manufacturers, distributors, and retailers and has helped recover over $1 billion in settlements for the citizens of the state. Her practice also includes cases arising from product liability, toxic exposures, aviation disasters, medical malpractice, class actions, and unsafe entertainment industry practices. During her career, Rebecca has worked to obtain substantial jury awards and sizable settlements on behalf of her clients in cases against international automotive and tire corporations such as Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Chrysler, Kia, Subaru, Honda, Nissan, Michelin, Firestone, Continental, and Cooper Tire. She has also represented clients exposed to toxic chemicals during their work for railroad companies such as CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern. She has tried complex cases to verdicts in both federal and state courts. Rebecca serves as the Chair of the Plaintiff’s Interim Steering Committee in a class action case against a consumer credit company arising from a data breach filed in the Southern District of Georgia. She has also represented class members as co-lead counsel for putative class members who were fraudulently induced to enroll in a drug and alcohol facility illegally operating in North Georgia. 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 in uncovering the illegal and unlicensed activities of the now-closed facility. Rebecca has also worked to further safety in television and film—an industry that brings billions of dollars a year to Georgia. As co-lead counsel, she obtained sizable jury awards for deaths on television and film sets, including a jury verdict for the parents of a camera assistant who was fatally injured when struck by a train while working. She also represented at trial the mother of a stunt performer who was killed while working on the set of the television show, The Walking Dead. As an undergraduate, Rebecca received her Bachelor of Arts in journalism magna cum laude from the University of Georgia. She then pursued her legal education at the University of Georgia School of Law and was awarded her Juris Doctor cum laude. Rebecca has repeatedly been recognized for her legal achievements. She 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 Association Top 100 Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40, and The Fulton County Daily Report’s list of Georgia’s Top 40 Under 40. She has been recognized by the Georgia Super Lawyers publication for many consecutive years. Rebecca routinely speaks at professional seminars on topics such as product liability litigation, pre-trial motions and depositions, and trial advocacy. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Rebecca Franklin Harris included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Verdicts Hall of Fame, Fulton County Daily Report The Product Liability Lawyers, Georgia Representative Georgia Super Lawyers, Annual Super Lawyers Publications Georgia Rising Star, Annual Super Lawyers Publications On the Rise: Georgia’s Top 40 Under 40, Fulton County Daily Report Courageous Pursuit of Justice Award, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers Association Other Sources of Feedback About Rebecca Franklin Harris Included on the 2026Georgia Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2024 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2023 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2022 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2021 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2020 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2019 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2018 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2017 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2016 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2015 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2014 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2013 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2012 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2011 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2009 Georgia Super Lawyers list 2007 Georgia Super Lawyers list

• Founder of Franklin Law, LLC

• The Grey Zone: Being a Professional – but not a Pushover – in High Stakes Litigation, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
• Talking Heads: Deposition and Discovery Obstruction, Lunch & Learn Series, Harris Lowry Manton
• War Stories, ICLE, State Bar of Georgia
• The Litigation Playground: Standing Up to Lawyer Bullies, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, LEAD Program
• From the Pinto to the Tesla: How the Past Will Shape the Future of Automotive Products, Southern Trial Lawyers Association
• Gotcha Games: Defense Trends of Claiming Spoliation and Other Tricks in Product Liability Cases, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
• Going Through the Motions: Pre-Trial Motions in Product Liability Cases, State Bar of Georgia, Product Liability Seminar
• Motions in Limine, State Bar of Georgia, General Practice Annual Seminar
• Lawyers Gone Wild: Handling Obstructive and Abusive Deposition Tactics, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Annual Tort Cases Workshop
• Cross-Examining Tire Experts / New Experts in Tire Litigation, Attorneys Information Exchange Group, Annual Tire Seminar
• Preparing Your Expert for a Product Liability Trial, American Association of Justice, Annual Seminar
• Running an Efficient Law Office, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Solo-Practitioners Seminar
• Preparing Experts in Tire Litigation, Attorneys Information Exchange Group, Annual Tire Seminar
• Using Evidence of Other Incidents to Prove Your Case, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Annual Seminar
• Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Tire Issues in Auto Tort Cases, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Auto Torts Seminar ~ Destin, FL ~ Presented with Jed D. Manton
• That Question is a Trap!’ Handling Obstructive and Abusive Deposition Tactics, State Bar of Georgia, ICLE Seminar ~ Atlanta, GA ~ Presented with Andrew M. Scherffius
• Same Song Different Verse - Foot Dragging and Sandbagging Alive and Well: Modern Discovery Abuse Illustrated in Ford Motor Co. v. Tennin, Western Trial Lawyers Association, Winter Seminar
• Preparing and Trying a Plaintiff's Road Wreck Case, State Bar of Georgia, General Practice Section ICLE Seminar ~ Amelia Island, FL ~ Presented with James B. Franklin
• The Poisoned Panel: Voir Dire in a Post Tort Reform Era, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Auto Torts Seminar ~ Hilton Head Island, SC ~ Presented with Andrew M. Scherffius
• Expert Cross-Examination in an Auto Tort Case: Practical Pointers from the Young and the Old, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Auto Torts Seminar ~ St. Simons Island, GA ~ Presented with James B. Franklin
• Valuing Life: Concrete Justice or Absolute Fortuity - Implications of Georgia's Choice of Law Rule to the Value of Your Case, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Annual Seminar ~ Atlanta, GA ~ Presented with Andrew M. Scherffius
• The Daubert Challenge: Another Hurdle in the Products Liability Litigation Battle, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Product Liability Seminar ~ Braselton, GA ~ Presented with Jeffrey R. Harris

• Bernaker v. Stalwart Films, et al.
• Court: State Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia
• Sarah Jones v. CSX Transportation, Inc., et al.
• Court: State Court of Chatham County, Georgia
• Chhetri v. Michelin North American, Inc., et al.
• Court: State Court of DeKalb County, Georgia
• Mundy v. Ford Motor Company, et al.
• Blanchard v. Ford Motor Company, et al.
• Court: Superior Court of Richmond County, Georgia
• Hamby v. Daimler Chrysler
• Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• Holmes v. Ford Motor Company, et al.
• Neville v. United States of America

• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Georgia
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Georgia
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Georgia
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Georgia
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

• State Bar of Georgia
• American Bar Association
• Southern Trial Lawyers Association
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
• American Association of Justice
• Savannah Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Attorneys Information Exchange Group