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To request an interview with Kia Franklin, please contact Dan Morris at dmorris (at) drummajorinstitute.org or 646.274.5713.
 Kia  Franklin
Kia C. Franklin joined The Drum Major Institute in 2007 as a senior fellow in civil justice. Kia’s work focuses on promoting and strengthening the civil legal rights of ordinary Americans. Her research examines how the civil court system protects and empowers people, focusing on the ways in which corporate power influences access to the courts. Kia has represented DMI on local and national coalitions and to advocacy groups working to protect Americans’ legal rights. She has published reports and law review articles on critical civil justice issues, and presented her work to a variety of legal and media watchdog groups around the country. Her essays on major legal topics have appeared in The Nation, the Houston Chronicle, Newsday, and The Root. Kia is managing editor of TortDeform.com, a widely recognized source in the blogosphere of lively debate on civil justice issues and the dangers of tort “reform.” Kia earned her BA in political science and African and African-American studies from Stanford University, and her JD from Georgetown University Law Center.

Op-eds
Screwed by the Fine Print by Kia Franklin, The Nation, February 10, 2009
Obama, McCain views of unequal-pay case are revealing by Kia Franklin, New York Newsday, October 21, 2008
Keeping the insurers in check by Kia Franklin, Houston Chronicle, October 19, 2008
Death on a Hospital Floor by Kia Franklin, The Root, July 7, 2008
Happy 100th Birthday, Thurgood Marshall by Kia Franklin, TPMCafe, July 2, 2008

Letter to the Editor
The Injustice of Private Arbitration by Kia Franklin Franklin, The Washington Post, April 21, 2008

In the News
Paying It Back and Forward: Senate to Vote on Pay Discrimination Bill by Robert Knight, Public News Service, April 23, 2008

Position Papers and DMI.com Articles
Six Guiding Principles of a Pro-Civil Justice Presidential Platform by Kia Franklin, DMI, January 10, 2008