About Jodi Frantz

Jodi L. Frantz is an accomplished civil litigator admitted to the California Bar in 1987 and the Colorado Bar in 1997. She has extensive experience in personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, insurance, business, and construction litigation. A graduate of Willamette University College of Law and Colorado State University, she received two American Jurisprudence Awards for Excellence and an Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award in 1994. In addition to her legal practice, she has served as a legal commentator for CNN and local television and previously worked as a television reporter. She is President and Founder of LEGALSENSE, INC., a jury and trial consulting firm offering mock trials, jury selection, and witness preparation services.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Frantz Law Group

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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.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California · 2020Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

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.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (MDL) · 2023Product LiabilityRead the full story →

An $800 million settlement from MGM Resorts International resolved claims by more than 4,400 plaintiffs over the October 1, 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting in Las Vegas, one of the largest victim-compensation settlements in U.S. history.

Multiple state courts / mediation · 2019Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Willamette University College of Law
J.D., 1987
Colorado State University
Undergraduate, 1984

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.