Corporate Social Responsibility

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Franklin & Prokopik is an equal-opportunity employer and believes that a diverse and talented workforce best serves the interest of our clients. We are committed to recruiting and promoting attorneys regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity. In addition to understanding the importance and value of a diverse workforce at our firm, we are committed to promoting diversity and opportunity in the legal field and our local community.

Franklin & Prokopik is proud that our firm has achieved Diversity Lab’s Mansfield Certification Plus 2023-2024. The Mansfield Rule diversifies leadership in law firms by increasing the representation of historically underrepresented lawyers. The “Plus” designation indicates that the firm has not only taken steps to increase inclusivity but has also made measured progress in doing so. We have agreed to pursue Mansfield re-certification for 2024-2025 and have an active DEI Committee and DEI Taskforce working hard to achieve future goals.

Strong female representation is also an attribute F&P has prided itself on since the firm’s inception. Law360 annually recognizes the firms that are making efforts to close the gender gap. In the most recent study, F&P ranked 13th for firms employing 100 or fewer attorneys. This was in part due to our female representation highly exceeding the national average at both the equity and non-equity partner levels.

Community

Franklin & Prokopik is dedicated, both as a firm and as individuals, to giving back to the community. The firm has a weekday group volunteer outing every quarter that is open to all employees. We partner with various organizations and programs including:

Living Classrooms’ Healthy Cities Game Changers

The program was designed to expand the scope and scale of Living Classrooms’ existing initiative to bring nutrition, fitness, wellness education to a targeted area of East Baltimore known as the Baltimore Target Investment Zone (TIZ). The events take place on days when Baltimore City schools are closed and provide children a safe and healthy environment.

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Ronald McDonald House’s McBlitz Days

RMDH aids in keeping families with sick children together by providing a place for families to call home so they can stay close by their hospitalized child at little to no cost.

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Cornerstones’ Back to School Drive

Cornerstones is a nonprofit organization located in Reston, VA that promotes self-sufficiency by providing support and advocacy for those in need of food, shelter, affordable housing, quality childcare, and other human services.

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Moveable Feast

Moveable Feast provides and delivers nutritious meals and counseling to terminally ill residents of Baltimore.

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Robert Half’s Annual Suit Drive

Each year since 2012 Robert Half offices across North America collect interview-appropriate clothing and accessories for economically disadvantaged job seekers.

Cristo Rey Corporate Internship Program

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School is a co-educational, college preparatory school, that empowers students to succeed in college, work, and life. The CIP program that F&P sponsors provide students with the opportunity to learn and grow through entry-level jobs at businesses and non-profits throughout the Baltimore area.

Charity

We also support the following charitable organizations and programs:

Baltimore Bar Foundation

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Kids’ Chance Maryland, Inc

NRRDA Food Bank Group

The “Joy is in the Journey” Annual Sabres Celebration

Restaurant Association of Maryland Educational Foundation

RCM&D’s Annual Charity Regatta

Toys for Tots

UMCP Foundation

Cheesecake Factory Oscar & Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation

Ronald McDonald House Charities

Junior Achievement

Sustainability

Franklin & Prokopik believes that lessening our environmental footprint is important to our employees, our clients, and our community. We hope our efforts are contributing to setting the bar in the legal industry.

The firm is committed to “reduce, reuse, recycle.” We provide a large quantity of resource materials to our clients which we now put on USBs, saving thousands of sheets of paper a year, and we use electronic document management as much as possible. Recycle bins are located in every office and throughout common areas for when printing is necessary. When we have extra materials such as folders or paper we no longer need, it is donated to Baltimore City schools.

F&P eliminated the use of disposable cups (eliminating 17,000 that were being purchased each year) and now use washable mugs along with wooden stirrers. We also upgraded our cleaning supplies to include reusable synthetic sponges.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion