• Successfully represented an Investment Advisor (so-called "‘40 Act") company in connection with extensive (parallel) federal grand jury and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proceedings, involving "soft dollar" brokerage allocation issues;
• Obtained a "Decline to Prosecute" decision from the U.S. Attorney's Office while representing a supervisor physician-target of a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General health care investigation (Medicare claims reimbursement);
• Obtained a "Decline to Prosecute" decision from the U.S. Attorney's Office on behalf of a senior mutual fund executive in connection with a federal investigation into claims of securities fraud and embezzlement involving several millions of dollars; thereafter, successfully negotiated (pre-trial) resolution of all SEC and FDIC enforcement action claims;
• Represented a large-scale New Bedford manufacturing company, and its president-owner, in connection with resolution of federal criminal charges stemming from a March, 2007 "worksite enforcement" raid, conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency of the Homeland Security Department;
• Obtained a "Decline to Prosecute" from the U.S. Attorney's Office on behalf of a management consultant (a Permanent (so-called "Green Card") U.S. Resident)-client, in connection with a federal grand jury investigation into claims of kickback and money laundering conspiracy, involving contracting undertaken for a large-scale condominium association;
• Successfully represented a nationally-known institutional food distributor in connection with an investigation, conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice, into "anti-dumping" activities across the nation; brought client into full compliance with import and tariff laws; no loss of licensing or interruption of business;
• Conducted an internal investigation on behalf of a major municipal school department in connection with senior executive wrongdoing, and brought the matter to a successful close;
• Obtained "Pre-Trial Probation" (requiring no admission of guilt and leaving no permanent record) on behalf of a supervisor-target of a Medicare/federal Grand Jury "False Claims Act" investigation into payment received for specialty health care services;
• Successfully defended an elected official in connection with highly-sensitive claims of wrongdoing (civil Complaint against the client was withdrawn within days of appearance in the matter);• Successfully represented executives and managers of nationally known health care providers in connection with various federal grand jury investigations into Medicare billings, including so-called "false statement;" "pay to play;" and "off label promotion" activities.
Frank is a 1982 cum laude graduate of Suffolk Law School, where he served as an Editor of the Suffolk Law Review. Thereafter, Frank served as law clerk to the Honorable Richard B. Kellam, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia. On his graduation, in 1974, from the United States Military Academy at West Point, Frank was appointed a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army and served as a military Air Rescue helicopter pilot on active duty, both overseas and stateside, and with the Massachusetts National Guard.
Frank is a member of the Boston Bar Association and the American Bar Association (including the White Collar Crime Section), and is admitted to practice before all courts and agencies of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the First Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Each year since 2009, Frank has been named one of the "Top 100" lawyers in Massachusetts by Super Lawyers, a joint publication of Boston Magazine and Law & Politics that recognizes the top 5% - ranked lawyers practicing in the state. Frank has likewise been honored as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer for each year from 2004 through the present and has Martindale-Hubbell's highest (AV) rating.
Frank has been listed in Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America every year since 2008.
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