Experience

Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Litigation Associate

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Franklin Barbosa, Jr. assists clients with a range of creditors’ rights and bankruptcy matters. Franklin has represented in bankruptcy proceedings various parties, including chapter 7 trustees, a liquidation trustee, secured and unsecured creditors, and equity holders. He has worked on such matters as automatic stay motions, proofs of claim, claim objections, non-dischargeability issues and avoidance actions. In addition to his bankruptcy and creditors’ rights work, Franklin is an experienced commercial litigator. He has represented businesses, municipalities and licensed professionals concerning contract disputes, business tort claims, redevelopment disputes, professional malpractice actions, and restrictive covenant litigation. Show less



McCarter & English, LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Mar 2020 - Oct 2021



Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Litigation Associate

  • Jul 2018 - Mar 2020

  Responsible for handling numerous cases from client intake through dispositive motions and negotiated settlement. Litigated matters implicating a variety of legal issues, including restrictive covenant enforcement and defense, contract breaches, business torts, redevelopment disputes, fraudulent transfers, partnership disputes, debt collection and professional negligence. Drafted discovery demands and responses and conducted depositions of party, non-party and expert witnesses. Regularly interfaced with clients and experts for purposes of advancing litigation objectives. Primary litigation attorney and contact person for firm’s largest municipal client. Counseled firm attorneys and clients regarding bankruptcy-related issues, including preference and fraudulent transfer avoidance and exposure and claim objections. Routinely argued motions in the Superior Court of New Jersey. Show less



Trenk, DiPasquale, Della Fera & Sodono, P.C.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Nov 2015 - Jun 2018

  Drafted complaints, motions, memoranda of law and other supplemental pleadings addressing a range of legal claims and issues, including, but not limited to, breaches of contract, public bidding, fraudulent transfers, insurance broker malpractice, and § 1983 defenses, among others. Drafted a petition for certification submitted to the New Jersey Supreme Court. Attended case management and status conferences in federal and state court. Prepared and responded to discovery requests. Argued dispositive and non-dispositive motions before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, Superior Court of New Jersey, and United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Show less

• • Sep 2015 - Nov 2015



Trenk, DiPasquale, Della Fera & Sodono, P.C.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Associate

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Drafted internal memoranda on various legal issues relating to bankruptcy law and municipal law. Assisted in the revision of West Orange Township’s municipal ordinances. Prepared numerous motions and related supplemental materials, including certifications, affidavits, and memoranda of law. Attended multiple § 341 creditors meetings, settlement conferences, depositions, and client consultations. Planned a charity bowling tournament benefitting the Boys and Girls Club of Newark’s Youth of the Year Scholarship Award. Show less



United States DIstrict Court for the District of N.J., Chambers of the Honorable Cathy L. Waldor

• Newark

• Judicial Intern

  • Feb 2014 - Apr 2014

  Composed memoranda read and analyzed by Judge Waldor and her clerks in ruling upon pre-trial motions. Responsibilities primarily consisted of analysis of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and their application to discovery requests and various pre-trial motions. Composed memoranda read and analyzed by Judge Waldor and her clerks in ruling upon pre-trial motions. Responsibilities primarily consisted of analysis of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and their application to discovery requests and various pre-trial motions.



Research Assistant with Professor Adam N. Steinman

• Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, N.J.

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Researched various aspects of complex litigation and federal civil procedure, principally focusing on the impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2006 on recent class action lawsuits. Researched various aspects of complex litigation and federal civil procedure, principally focusing on the impact of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2006 on recent class action lawsuits.



Chambers of Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, New Jersey Supreme Court

• Legal Intern

  • May 2013 - Jul 2013

  Prepared certification memoranda for use by the Chief Justice and associate Justices in determining which questions of law would receive certification for Fall oral arguments. Internship consisted of researching and analyzing New Jersey state law and engaging in neutral application same. Prepared certification memoranda for use by the Chief Justice and associate Justices in determining which questions of law would receive certification for Fall oral arguments. Internship consisted of researching and analyzing New Jersey state law and engaging in neutral application same.



Kuehne+Nagel

• Switzerland
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • 2007 - 2012

  Aided in completion of Kuehne + Nagel Profitability Report (2011), which consisted of researching company use of specific ocean carriers and pinpointing ways to improve profitability and business relations with those carriers. Created Powerpoint presentation for Executive Vice-President on the topic of company compliance with U.S. State Department ocean cargo regulations. Reviewed and paid invoices sent by various carriers. Aided in completion of Kuehne + Nagel Profitability Report (2011), which consisted of researching company use of specific ocean carriers and pinpointing ways to improve profitability and business relations with those carriers. Created Powerpoint presentation for Executive Vice-President on the topic of company compliance with U.S. State Department ocean cargo regulations. Reviewed and paid invoices sent by various carriers.



Omni Asset Management

• Jersey City, New Jersey

• File Clerk/Auditor

  • 2009 - 2009

  Audited and documented employee timesheets to check for irregularities in check-in and check-out times by numerous employees suspected of adding additional, unearned hours onto their timesheets Audited and documented employee timesheets to check for irregularities in check-in and check-out times by numerous employees suspected of adding additional, unearned hours onto their timesheets