Public Law

Real Estate & Environmental Zoning/Variance/Land Use

Transportation & Logistics

Corporate Compliance & Regulatory Enforcement

• Ohio

• Ohio Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
• U.S. Supreme Court
• Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Washington. D.C.

• Capital University Law School, J.D., 1991
• • Capital University Law Review
• The Ohio State University, B.A., Liberal Arts, 1988, with honors

Frank is a member of Frost Brown Todd in the firm's environmental practice group. He focuses his practice on environmental litigation, compliance, and regulation as well as transportation issues with a concentration on matters involving air, water, solid waste, hazardous waste and underground storage tanks.

Frank represents small and large businesses, port authorities, municipalities, counties, carriers, shippers, and consignees in the area of transportation, environmental, and regulatory compliance and defends companies against environmental enforcement activities initiated by Ohio EPA or U.S. EPA. He also represents companies which are the subject of governmental audits or investigations. He helps companies avoid civil penalties through Ohio's Voluntary Actions Program or by engaging Supplemental Environmental Projects. His clients have industry experience in the areas of real estate planning and development, manufacturing, chemicals, hazardous materials, construction, foundries, solid waste disposal, scrap tires, medical and infectious waste, construction and demolition and debris disposal, and used oil recycling. He has represented clients regarding truck spills; environmental contamination; remediation; and hazardous waste management, transportation, and storage.

Frank handles cases in state and federal court, administrative appeals before the Ohio Environmental Review Appeals Commission, as well as before Ohio EPA or U.S. EPA and rail cases before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board. He assists clients handling diverse issues including asbestos, mold, radon, indoor air toxins, wetlands, and best management practices to handle hazardous materials.

Frank spent 13 years in public service, serving under two Governors and for eight years as an Assistant Attorney General. During his tenure in the Ohio Attorney General's office, he served as the chief of three separate sections responsible for representing several different state agencies including the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Ohio Rail Development Commission, and the Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulations. Prior to that, Frank served as the Associate Counsel for the Central Ohio Transit Authority in Columbus, Ohio.

• Selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers® Rising Stars®, 2005-2007
• Listed in Forty Under 40, Columbus Business First, 2004

• Ohio State Bar Association, Environmental Law and Government Agency Committees, Member of Council of Delegates
• Columbus Bar Association, Chair of Environmental Law and Government Agency Committees, Past Board Member
• Franklin County Republican Party Central Committee, Member

Past

• Bexley Lions Club, Past President, Melvin Jones Fellow
• Bexley Education Foundation, Board of Directors
• St. Catharine's Catholic Church, Parishoner
• Columbus Bar Association, Past Board of Governors