Frederick N. Frank - Pittsburgh, PA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    J.D.
    Honors: Elected to Law Record
    Honors: Phi Alpha Delta
    Honors: Selected for individual research in Constitutional Law under University Professor Solis Horowitz (former Assistant Secretary of Defense)

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    B.A.
    Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa
    Honors: Phi Delta Epsilon
    Honors: Druids, Sophomore Man of the Year
    Honors: Senior Hall of Fame
    Honors: Editor in Chief, Pitt News
    Major: History
    Minor: French

Current Employment Position(s)

• Founding Partner & Shareholder, since 1990

Past Positions

• City of Pittsburgh Comprehensive Municipal Pension Trust Fund, Solicitor (Present)
• City of Pittsburgh Other Benefits Pension Trust Fund, Solicitor (Present)
• Allegheny County Treasurer, Solicitor
• Deputy Allegheny County Treasurer
• Baskin Flaherty Elliott & Mannino, P.C., Partner and Shareholder
• Raphael Sheinberg and Barmen, P.C., Partner
• Pennsylvania Department of Justice, Assistant Attorney General
• Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Law Clerk to Honorable Samuel Strauss
• Dr. David Kurtzman, (Chancellor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh) Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, Research Assistant on State Finance, - 1967
• University of Pittsburgh Associate Provost M. Richard Rose (later Assistant Secretary of Defense and President of Alfred University), Administrative Assistant

Languages

• English (Primary)

• French

Classes and Seminars

• Author & Lecturer, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Lawyers Seminars
  
• Practice argument presentation as advocate in mock Superior Court, Pennsylvania Family Law
  
• Course Planner, Author and Lecturer of "Complex Civil Litigation", Pennsylvania Bar Institute
  
• Author & Lecturer, Duquesne University seminar for 40th anniversary of Appellate Procedural Rules Committee

Pro Bono Activities

• Chairman, Board of Directors, Society for Contemporary Crafts, 1989 - 1991
• Chairman, Urban Affairs Foundation, 1976 - 1979

Published Works

Articles

• Author and Editor, Pennsylvania Family Practice Manual, Michie Pub., Supplement
  

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. Supreme Court

Other Affiliations

• Chair, Family Law Council, Allegheny County Bar Association
• Family Law Council, Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member)
• Allegheny County Bar Association, Appellate Practice Committee (Chairman)
• Panel of Conciliators, International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (Member)
• Committee on Rules of Evidence, Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Member (Present))
• Bar-Press Committee of Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member (Present))
• Chair, Public Service Committee of Allegheny County Bar Association
• Louis Little Foundation of Allegheny County Bar Association (Trustee)
• Member, Joint State Government Commission Domestic Relations Task Force, Chair sub-committee on divorce grounds ((Present))
• Appellate Court Procedural Rules Committee, Vice Chairman, Member, Co-Chair, 2011, Children’s Fast Track Rules Committee Chair, Committee on Juvenile Appeals
• Czech and Slovak American Enterprise Fund (Director )
• Allegheny County United Way Planning and Allocations Committee (Member)
• Chair, Slovak-American Foundation ((Present))
• Phipps Conservatory, Inc., Executive Committee - 1996 to 2000, Member, Board of Trustees
• Pittsburgh Housing Authority (Commissioner and Treasurer)
• City of Pittsburgh Trade Delegation to Wuhan, People’s Republic of China (Member)
• Chair, Public Social Policy Steering Committee, Council of Jewish Federations
• Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Trustee and member investment committee
• United Jewish Federation Foundation, Trustee and Chair, Distribution Committee, 1996 to 2004
• Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh (Chairman)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta
• Omicron Delta Kappa
• Zeta Beta Tau