Monte E. Frank, Attorney

MONTE E. FRANK is a principal and co-chair of Cohen and Wolf, P.C.'s Municipal Group and is a member of the Litigation, Employment & Labor, Physicians Practice, and Telecommunications & Utilities Groups. He represents business and municipal clients in the state and federal courts in Connecticut. Mr. Frank is admitted to practice in Connecticut; the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. He has appeared on numerous occasions before the Connecticut Appellate Court and the Supreme Court. Mr. Frank has also handled matters before various state agencies. While he is a primary resident of Cohen and Wolf, P.C.'s Danbury office, Mr. Frank also spends time working from the firm's Bridgeport office.

Mr. Frank was recognized in the 2009 edition of Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business, as a leader in the field of Commercial Litigation, stating: "Effective litigator Monte Frank is lauded for his efficiency, and for representing his clients with the appropriate level of aggression when the situation dictates." In 2008, Mr. Frank was elected to the Board of Governors and the House of Delegates of the Connecticut Bar Association. He continues to serve on both bodies. He is also a member of the Federal Bar Council and serves on its Second Circuit Courts Committee. He received the Connecticut Law Tribune's New Leaders of the Law Award for Overall Achievement Fairfield County (2003). He served as the president of the Danbury Bar in 2003-2004, and is currently on its Executive Board.

Mr. Frank serves as an attorney trial referee, factfinder and arbitrator for the Judicial District of Danbury (since 2000). Mr. Frank is a member of Trial Lawyers Care and represented, on a pro bono basis, an individual in connection with the 9/11 Victims' Compensation Fund.

He received his B.A., magna cum laude, in 1990 from Cornell University and his J.D. in 1993 from Cornell Law School. While at Cornell, he received the Cornell National Scholars Award and was one of twenty seniors selected to be a member of the Quill and Dagger Senior Honor Society.