Shira Franco is counsel in the Labor & Employment Practice Group of Davis & Gilbert. Ms. Franco has substantial experience defending employers against claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation related to age, race, national origin, religion, disability, pregnancy, and sex. She also handles breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, restrictive covenant, and wage and hour lawsuits.

In her counseling practice, Ms. Franco advises employers on day-to-day personnel matters, including hiring and separations, performance management, business restructuring, wage and hour compliance, independent contractor engagements, disability accommodations and medical leaves, and human resources best practices.

Ms. Franco represents companies in a variety of service industries, with a particular emphasis on financial services, restaurant and hospitality, advertising, public relations, construction management, and real estate management. A strong focus of her practice involves advising hedge funds, investment banks, accounting firms, and other financial industry employers.

Ms. Franco regularly conducts training on employment-related topics such as harassment prevention, background checks and drug testing, recruiting and hiring practices, employee terminations, family and medical leaves, employee privacy, social media in the workplace, and litigation risk management.

From 2001 to 2002, she 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, Ms. Franco was the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Women’s Law Journal.