David J.B. Froiland

Office Managing Shareholder | Milwaukee

David Froiland is the Managing Shareholder of Ogletree Deakins’ Milwaukee office and Co-Chair of the firm’s national RIF/WARN practice group. He represents employers before federal and state courts and administrative agencies throughout the country in all areas of employment law, with particular focus on employment discrimination cases, including ADEA collective action claims, wage and hour claims, Title VII class actions, wage and hour class actions, and reductions in force. David also counsels employers on plant closing issues, harassment issues, disability accommodation, problem terminations, and a host of other workplace issues regarding the legal rights and obligations of employers. He also represents employers in labor arbitrations, labor negotiations and union campaigns.

David is a board member for the Urban Ecology Center, a non-profit that brings together children and families from all Milwaukee neighborhoods to teach science and environmental education and to connect urban children to nature and each other. David sings in Milwaukee’s Chant Claire Chamber Choir. David’s wife, Rev. Dr. Lisa Bates-Froiland, is a city pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church in the heart of Milwaukee, where all neighbors are welcome. He is the proud father of two college-age daughters and a college-age foster son.

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Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Global Reorganizations Series, Part 2: Implementing a Restructuring in the United States and Canada” – June 25, 2024
Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Global Reorganizations Series, Part 1: Implementing a Multijurisdictional Restructuring” – May 28, 2024
Workplace Strategies Conference – “RIFs for Multistate Employers: Key Issues” – Washington, D.C. – May 3, 2024
Corporate Labor and Employment Counsel Exclusive – “Speaking Out: Employee Expression and Activism In and Outside the Workplace” – Colorado Springs – September 22, 2022
Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Reductions in Force in a Pandemic: Lessons for Employers” – Austin – June 25, 2021
Ogletree Deakins Managing a Workforce in 2021 – “Not Top 10: Wage and Hour Mistakes to Avoid During a Pandemic” – October 21, 2020
Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “COVID-19 Litigation and Mitigation Strategies Series: RIF/WARN Litigation and Trends” – June 30, 2020
Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Virtual Conference – “Reductions in Force in the Year of COVID-19” – May 15, 2020
Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “RIF Alternatives in the Age of COVID-19” – March 27, 2020
Ogletree Deakins Managing A Workforce In 2020 – “Due Diligence, Integration, And Harmonizing Workforces” – Kohler – October 30, 2019
Ogletree Deakins Managing A Workforce In 2020 – “Headline News” – Kohler – October 30, 2019
Ogletree Deakins Managing a Workforce in 2019 – “Reality HR: How To Untangle The Multiple Strands And Maintain Control Of Reasonable Accommodation Requests” – Kohler – September 21, 2018
Wisconsin Banking HR Professionals – “Sexual Harassment in the #MeToo Era” – Brookfield – May 22, 2018
ACC Annual Conference – “The Future Of Class Action Waivers: How Employers Can Best Leverage the Supreme Court Ruling in Murphy Oil” – Elkhart Lake – May 17, 2018
Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Top 10 WARN Act Mind-Benders” – Phoenix – May 11, 2018
Private Client Training – “Sexual Harassment in the #MeToo Era” – May 10, 2018
Ogletree Deakins Employment Law Briefing – “The Only Constant is Change” – Appleton – April 3, 2018
Ogletree Deakins “Reel Ethics” Briefing – “Limits of Attorney—Client Privilege” – Waukesha – January 17, 2018
Ogletree Deakins Seminar – “To Arbitrate, or Not to Arbitrate: That is the Question” – Kohler – September 2017
Ogletree Deakins Briefing – “The Seasons of Employment Law – Summer: Active Employment and Winter: Claims and Charges” – Kenosha – June 20, 2017
Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “The Reduction in Force Toolkit—Managing the Risks” – San Diego – May 5, 2017
Madison Area Corporate Counsel Network – “Court Vacancies, Arbitration Agreements & Class Action Waivers” – Madison – March 9, 2017
Metro Milwaukee SHRM, Employment Law SIG – “Employment Law Update: Trump Administration and Other Developments” – Milwaukee – January 18, 2017
Ogletree Deakins “Reel Ethics” Briefing – “Dual Representation of Employer and Employee” – Waukesha – January 2017
Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “How to Design and Implement A Voluntary Termination Program” – December 7, 2016
Ogletree Deakins Seminar – “Having Fun with the New EEO-1? A Roundup of What’s New at the EEOC” – Milwaukee – September 29, 2016
Ogletree Deakins Seminar – “Lend a Helping Handbook” – Milwaukee – September 29, 2016
Ogletree Deakins Seminar – “Don’t Be a Non-Compliant Non Profit: Employment Law and Human Resources Issues for Non-Profit Organizations” – Milwaukee – September 27, 2016
Ogletree Deakins Seminar – “Making It Work At Work: Accommodating Religious Observances, Comfort Dogs, No Nuts, and Workplace Odors” – Kohler – September 16, 2016
EEOC Fox Valley Wisconsin Seminar – “When Worlds Collide: The Interplay of the FMLA, ADA and WC Laws” – Neenah – July 20, 2016
Ogletree Deakins Seminar – “Employment Law Update” – Milwaukee – May 24, 2016
Ogletree Deakins Briefing – “The Federal Alphabet Trilogy: An Update on Litigation and Regulatory Initiatives from the EEOC, NLRB, and DOL” – Appleton and Brookfield – March 2016