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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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