David P. Frantz 
Commendations
OSBA Certified Specialist
in Labor and Employment Law
Super Lawyers "Rising Star" (2022 – 2025)
Memberships
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- Ohio State Bar Association
David P. Frantz
About David
David P. Frantz joined Zashin & Rich in 2013 and is an Ohio State Bar Association Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment Law. David focuses his practice on representing private and public employers in litigation, arbitration, and collective bargaining. He is a dedicated advocate and utilizes his knowledge, experience, and relationships to advance his clients’ interests.
David regularly represents clients before federal and state courts and agencies on all types of employment cases including discrimination, wage and hour, Family and Medical Leave Act, and trade secret and non-compete cases. He also has significant appellate experience, including successfully litigating cases on appeal before Ohio’s Eighth District Court of Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
An experienced labor attorney, David regularly negotiates collective bargaining agreements and represents clients in fact-finding, conciliation, and unfair labor practice proceedings. He has represented public sector clients in a multitude of grievance arbitrations, including prevailing in several high-profile police misconduct cases.
In addition to litigating cases and negotiating contracts, David provides day-to-day counsel to clients on labor and employment matters, including advising on best practices and drafting various agreements and policies. David also has experience litigating and advising on public accommodation matters arising under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Super Lawyers has recognized David as a “Rising Star” in Ohio since 2022. He is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Loyola University Chicago, and Walsh Jesuit.
In his free time, David enjoys spending time on Lake Erie, playing and listening to blues and jazz, restoring vintage instruments, and botching various DIY projects. David resides in Cleveland Heights with his wife and their yellow lab/golden retriever mix Ziggy.
Contact David (dpf@zrlaw.com) at 216.696.4441 | Print Profile
“Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.”
– W. Somerset Maugham
Education
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law
J.D., Cum Laude, Case Western Reserve Law Review
Editor, 2013 - Loyola University Chicago
B.A., Music and Political Science, 2009
Admissions
- State: Ohio
- Federal: U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- Federal: U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
- Federal: U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Publications
- Age Discrimination in Employment Law, 2nd ed. & Supp., BNA 2015, 2016, & 2017 (Chapter Editor)
Reported Cases
- Heigel v. The MetroHealth System, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 112900, 2024-Ohio-1471, 241 N.E.3d 380
- Ohio Council 8, AFSCME, AFL-CIO v. City of Lakewood, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 112456, 2023-Ohio-4212, 229 N.E.3d 1242
- Thomas v. Hyundai of Bedford, 8th Dist. Cuyahoga No. 108212, 2020-Ohio-3030, 154 N.E.3d 701
- Automation Tool & Die, Inc. v. Medina Hospital, 9th Dist. Summit No. 18CA0009-M, 2019-Ohio-1691, 130 N.E.3d 327
- Robinson v. City of Cleveland, No. 17-4191, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 14548 (6th Cir. 2018)
- See v. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 222 F. Supp. 3d 569 (N.D. Ohio 2016)