Frank Cronin is a trial attorney, specializing in labor and employment cases. He has conducted over 50 trials in state and federal courts in ten states. Frank's litigation practice focuses on wrongful discharge, EEO, sexual harassment, wage-hour, employment contract, unfair competition, trade secrets, and related employment claims. He has experience in executive compensation and contract negotiation, representing senior managers in drafting and negotiating employment and compensation agreements, and resolving disputes related thereto. Frank utilizes alternate dispute resolution, representing employers in mediation, arbitration and other pre-suit techniques. He counsels clients on personnel administration, preventive labor relations and maintaining union-free status. Frank represents clients in administrative agency hearings before the NLRB, EEOC, DFEH, OFCCP, DLSE, INS, U.S. Department of Labor, EED, WCAB, and others in administrative enforcement matters involving employment issues. He trains and teaches managers, executives, and attorneys in effective preventive labor relations skills, EEO compliance requirements, avoidance of sexual harassment issues, and related topics. Frank has been a speaker and trainer to over 120 groups and seminar audiences.
Education
- Boston College Law School (J.D., 1971)
- Managing Editor, Law Review (Massachusetts Annual Survey of Law)
- Legal Aid Bureau, Board of Directors
- Urban Legal Laboratory (co-sponsored by Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law)
- Boston College (A.B., English Literature, 1966)
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of California
- United States District Court, District of Columbia
- United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
- United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- United States District Court, District of Massachusetts
- United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
- United States District Court, Western District of Missouri
- United States District Court, Northern District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Professional Memberships & Activities
- State Bar of California
- American Bar Association
Representative Presentations & Publications
- Responding To Government Investigations - What Employers Should Know, Speaker, Employment Tool Kit Seminar, Snell & Wilmer, Costa Mesa, CA (October 2011)
- Arbitration of Employment Disputes: The Employer's Choice, Speaker, Employment Tool Kit Seminar, Snell & Wilmer, Costa Mesa, CA (October 2011)
- Remaining Union Free In a Time of Union Resurgence, Speaker, Employment Toolkit Seminar, Snell & Wilmer, Costa Mesa, CA (October 2010)
- Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards on Their Merits: A New Hybrid Solution Appears, Author, Orange County Lawyer (December 2009)
Professional Recognition & Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Labor & Employment Litigation (2012); Labor and Employment Law (2006-2012)
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Business Edition, Labor & Employment Law (2012)
- Southern California Super Lawyers®, Employment & Labor (2006-2012)
- Super Lawyers®, Employment & Labor - Business Edition (2011)
- Super Lawyers®, Employment & Labor - Corporate Counsel Edition (2008-2010)
Other Professional Experience
- Jackson Lewis Schnitzler & Krupman, Partner (1979-1996), Los Angeles, CA, Managing Partner
- Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Associate General Counsel, Los Angeles, CA (1976-1978)
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Trial Attorney, Washington, DC (1971-1976)
Military Service
- Lieutenant, U.S. Army (1966-1968)
