Attorney Profile

Deborah Frimmel, Esq. is the managing partner of the Frimmel Law Group, P.A., located in Orlando Florida. The Frimmel Law Group, P.A. represents clients in employment litigation and labor relations matters nationally. Ms. Frimmel has been practicing law for thirteen years and has spent her legal career representing clients exclusively in employment related matters.

Prior to establishing the Frimmel Law Group, Ms. Frimmel was of counsel from 2001 to 2007 to Jackson Lewis L.L.P., a national employment defense firm with 750 attorneys in 25 offices. At Jackson Lewis L.L.P. Ms. Frimmel represented mostly Fortune 500 corporations. Her practice included representing employers regarding all aspects of employment and labor law.

Prior to joining Jackson Lewis L.L.P., Ms. Frimmel was an associate attorney with Holland & Knight, L.L.P., with almost 1000 attorneys nationwide, where she continued her practice in the area of labor and employment law. Prior to joining Holland & Knight LLP, Ms. Frimmel was an associate attorney with Garwood, McKenna, McKenna & Wolf, P.A. (now Ford & Harrison, L.L.P.), a labor and employment law firm, where she devoted her practice to management employment and labor law.

Ms. Frimmel earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with high honors from Villanova University, Philadelphia, Pa. in 1990 and received my Juris Doctor degree, with honors, from Nova Southeastern Shepard Broad Law Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1996. While attending law school, she was an active member of the Moot Court Team and served as Law Clerk to General Counsel and Labor and Employment Counsel at Coulter Corporation (now Beckman Coulter) in Miami, Florida.

In addition to her firm experience, Ms. Frimmel has been a featured speaker at management seminars and workshops regarding almost every facet of employment law and litigation for Lorman Educational Services, The Defense Research Institute, The Counsel on Education in Management ("CEM"), Workforce Central Florida University, the University of Phoenix as well as the American Association of Corporate Counsel.

Areas of Practice

• Affirmative Action -- Employee
• Affirmative Action -- Employer
• Age Discrimination
• Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee
• Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer
• Disability & Illness Discrimination
• Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee
• Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer
• Employee Rights -- Employee
• Employee Rights -- Employer
• Employment Contracts -- Employee
• Employment Contracts -- Employer
• Employment Discrimination -- Employee
• Employment Discrimination -- Employer
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employer
• National Origin Discrimination
• Race Discrimination
• Religious Discrimination
• Sex Discrimination
• Sexual Harassment
• Sexual Harassment -- Employee
• Sexual Harassment -- Employer
• Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee
• Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer
• Whistleblower -- Employer
• Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act
• Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee
• Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employer
• Wrongful Termination -- Employee
• Wrongful Termination -- Employer

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1996
• Virgin Islands, 2003
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 1999
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1999
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1999

Education

• Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 1996
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
  Honors: Moot Court
  
  
• Villanova University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  B.S.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Major: Business
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Featured Speaker, Employment Law and Litigation, Lorman Educational Services
• Featured Speaker, Employment Law and Litigation, The Defense Research Institute
• Featured Speaker, Employment Law and Litigation, The Counsel on Education in Management ("CEM")
• Featured Speaker, Employment Law and Litigation, Workforce Central Florida University
• Featured Speaker, Employment Law and Litigation, University of Phoenix
• Featured Speaker, Employment Law and Litigation, American Association of Corporate Counsel

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Central Florida Women Lawyers, 1996 - Present
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Jackson Lewis L.L.P., Of Counsel, 2001 - 2007
• Holland & Knight, Associate, 2000 - 2001
• Garwood McKenna, Associate, 1996 - 2000