Frank is a seasoned litigator and counsellor, specializing in media law, libel defense, and intellectual property law. After receiving his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1983, Frank has spent more than two decades developing his expertise. On a regular basis, Frank advises and represents clients of the firm in matters of First Amendment law, rights of privacy and publicity, copyrights and trademarks, pre-publication and pre-broadcast review, and entertainment law. From 2002-04, Frank was a Visiting Professor at the prestigious Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, where he taught graduate classes in Media Law, as well as Communications Law for undergraduate students in the Television/Radio/Film, Public Relations/Advertising, and Journalism sequences. He also is a former on-air correspondent for Court TV and a former investigative reporter for two local television stations, and holds a Masters Degree from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Frank began his legal career in the mid-1980's at Webster & Sheffield, then one of New York's most prominent law firms. Since joining our firm -- then called Smith Dornan & Shea PC -- in 2002, Frank has successfully handled a number of litigated matters, has provided content review and other legal advice to facilitate television programming for major television networks and magazine clients, and has negotiated numerous employment contracts on behalf of professionals in the broadcast journalism industry. The firm recognized Frank's contributions in changing its name to Smith Dornan & Dehn PC in 2004.