William A. Frank

William A. Frank has been a mediator for the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, for the past decade, and an arbitrator for Legal Fee Disputes in the New York State Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District, for five years. In 2013, he has spoken at both the Association of Towns and Cities regarding Municipal Budget Preparation, and the National Business Institute: Recent Developments in Municipal Law. He is scheduled to speak at an upcoming municipal law seminar for the National Business Institute in early 2014. Frank is also the primary Town Attorney for Wallkill and the Village Attorney for Unionville. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Orange County, Inc. and a volunteer with the Pine Bush Little League and the American Legion baseball program. Mr. Frank joined Blustein, Shapiro, Rich &Barone, LLP after working in another regional firm for nearly a decade, the past six years as a Partner. Prior to practicing law in the Hudson Valley, Frank worked as an attorney in New York City for 12 years and in Great Neck for three years. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees William A. Frank included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Selected to New York Super Lawyers - 2017 - 2021 Other Sources of Feedback About William A. Frank Included on the 2025Upstate New York Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2023 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2022 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2021 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2020 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2018 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list 2017 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Greenwald Law Offices, Partner, 2004 - 2013
• Law Office of Schiffman & Frank, Managing Partner, 1996 - 2004
• Law Offices of Daniel Schiffman, Associate, 1992 - 1996
• Weinstein, Kaplan & Cohen, Associate, 1989 - 1992

• Public Contracts and Procurement Processes, NBI, 2015
• Public Sector Worker’s Comp. Issues, Assoc. of Towns, 2015
• Preparation of Municipal Budgets, Assoc. of Towns, 2014
• A Comprehensive Look At Land Use Law, NBI, 2014
• Local Government and the Law, NBI, 2013

• Town of Wallkill v. Rosenstein
• Citation: 40 A.D.3d 972
• Jay-Martin Systems, Inc. v. The Ogilvy Group
• Citation: 29 A.D.2d 410

• Big Brothers/Big Sisters Board of Directors
• American Legion Baseball Program

• New York, 1989
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York
• Specialties and Certifications
• Certified Guardian and Court Evaluator under N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law Article 81

• Orange County Bar Association (Member)
• New York State Bar Association (Member)