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About James Frantz
James P. Frantz is the founding attorney of Frantz Law Group and one of California's most accomplished trial lawyers, with more than 47 years of experience in complex, high-stakes litigation. A cum laude graduate of UC Santa Barbara and Thomas Jefferson School of Law, he has led Plaintiffs' Steering Committee roles in the Porter Ranch Gas Leak and wildfire litigation against PG&E and Southern California Edison, securing over $15.5 billion in total recoveries for thousands of victims. Notable results include a $223 million jury verdict in a professional negligence case among the largest in Southern California history, a $55.4 million verdict against a public utility for a helicopter crash that killed four U.S. Marine Corps officers, and an $18.5 million verdict against a dietary supplement company that led Congress to permanently ban the product. He serves on the board of Impact Teen Drivers and is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
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Frantz Law Group, representing roughly 5,000 victims, helped negotiate a $13.5 billion PG&E bankruptcy settlement covering tens of thousands of survivors and families from the 2015 Butte, 2017 North Bay, and 2018 Camp wildfires.
Frantz Law Group, led by attorneys James Frantz and William Shinoff, represented nearly 1,000 public school districts across 38 states in multidistrict litigation against JUUL Labs, reaching a $1.7 billion settlement in 2023 that covered approximately 1,600 school districts, local governments, tribal entities, and individual consumers.
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