LaKenya Franklin-Robinson

LaKenya Franklin-Robinson joined Baron & Budd as an attorney in 2023. She reviews documents for our Class Action Group in Dallas, Texas.

Ms. Franklin-Robinson earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History from Howard University in Washington, D.C., where she graduated with magna cum laude distinction in 2019. Afterward, she attended Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, graduating in 2022.

While in law school, Ms. Franklin-Robinson served as Director of Internal Trial Competitions for the Board of Advocates and Executive Senior Editor for the Journal of Social Justice and Policy at LSU Law. During her last year of law school Ms. Franklin-Robinson was inducted in the Order of the Barristers, a national honorary organization whose purpose is the encouragement of oral advocacy and brief- writing skills through effective law school oral advocacy programs. A select number of students who have excelled in moot court, mock trial, brief writing, oral advocacy, and other advocacy programs throughout their time at the LSU Law Center are invited to join the Order. Also, while at LSU Law, Ms. Franklin-Robinson represented incarcerated clients at the Wrongful Conviction Clinic, where she was able to expand her passion for advocacy even more.

Ms. Franklin-Robinson is admitted to practice law in the state of Texas. In her spare time, she enjoys reading novels, traveling, and art.