Gregory J. Franklin

Partner

(973) 845-6700

gfranklin@cgajlaw.com

Oakland, NJ

Biography

Gregory Franklin is an attorney who specializes in representing public employers in the areas of labor, employment, and education. He has extensive experience in contract negotiations, grievance and interest arbitration, and representing clients before various state and federal labor agencies. With over two decades of experience as an attorney and Labor Relations Officer with the City of Newark, he brings valuable insights to management officials on contractual analysis, employee disputes, and policy development. He has also served as a Mediator for the Public Employment Relations Commission for seven years, which provided him with a wealth of experience in mediating hundreds of public sector contractual impasses involving employers and unions representing police, fire, education, municipal, county, housing and utility authority employees throughout the State of New Jersey. This experience has given him a unique perspective on labor negotiations and dispute resolution that has been beneficial to his clients.

Education

Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, 1980
Thurgood Marshall School of Law, J.D., 1983

Admissions

New Jersey
United States District Court, District of New Jersey