Draft:Adam Frankel

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Adam Frankel is an American attorney and former municipal official in Delray Beach, Florida. He served on the Delray Beach City Commission after being elected in 2009, and later returned to the commission in 2018. He also ran in the 2024 Democratic primary for Palm Beach County Public Defender.

Frankel was born in Ohio and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Toledo College of Law and is admitted to The Florida Bar.

Frankel began his legal career as an assistant public defender in Palm Beach County (1999–2001). He later worked in private practice and is now a criminal defense attorney at the Rossen Law Firm.^[1]

Frankel was elected to the Delray Beach City Commission in 2009^[2]. He was Delray Beach vice mayor by 2010, as reflected in municipal meeting records. He later returned to the city commission in 2018, and municipal materials list him as vice mayor in 2018. Re-elected in 2021 and sworn in as Delray Beach City Commissioner.^[3] In 2024, he did not seek another term and left office due to term limits.^[4]

In 2024, Frankel ran for Palm Beach County Public Defender. Media coverage noted his prior public defender experience and described the primary as decisive for the office.^[5]

County records show an agenda item to appoint Commissioner Adam Frankel to the Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council (TDC) Finance Committee (2023).^[6]