Mr. Frankel has focused on the defense of white collar criminal prosecutions, SEC, CFTC, and FINRA enforcement actions and arbitrations, and other administrative agency proceedings for more than 25 years.

Mr. Frankel's recent matters include representation of both individuals and corporations in cases alleging market manipulation, breach of fiduciary duty, and other improper practices in the securities industry; accounting irregularities; and construction and insurance industry fraud. Recent representative matters include the representation of the Chief Accounting Officer of a Fortune 100 company in an SEC investigation; representation of a senior trader of a major investment bank in SEC and DOJ investigations relating to municipal bonds and derivatives; representation of a technology company Chief Financial Officer in SEC and DOJ options backdating investigations; representation of a hedge fund in SEC and New York Attorney General investigations of market timing of mutual funds. In addition, Mr. Frankel has conducted internal corporate investigations and defended individuals and entities, including accounting and investment firms, in complex civil litigations.  Mr. Frankel is the author of papers and publications on white collar crime, internal corporate investigations and compliance programs.

From 1976-1978, Mr. Frankel was a Yale-China Association Fellow and Instructor in English Language and Literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

J.D., New York University School of Law, 1982

• Senior Note and Comment Editor, New York University Law Review, 1981-1982

B.A., cum laude, Yale University, 1976

Judge Irving R. Kaufman, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1982 - 1983

District of Columbia, 1993
New York, 1984

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1984
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1984
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1984

New York State Bar Association
New York City Bar Association - Member, Judiciary Committee , 2005-2007
American Bar Association