Keith J. Frank is a Partner in the firm's Employment & Labor Practice Group. He handles all areas of litigation with an emphasis on employment and labor law. With over 30 years of high-level litigation, advisory and counseling experience representing municipal entities and private companies, Keith regularly has represented clients before federal, state and local courts as well as administrative agencies handling claims by employees of sexual harassment, discriminatory practices, overtime and wage law violations, insurance coverage issues, corporate law and commercial law matters.

Keith advises clients on Litigation Avoidance and proactive steps that can be taken to avoid costly and emotionally trying litigation. This includes representing, counseling and advising private and public entities including government agencies, as well as large, medium and small-sized companies, spanning all sectors.    

As a recognized leader in his field, Keith is a frequent speaker on employment law, trial practice and discovery issues. He regularly provides CLE training to the bar and continuing education courses and is a Past Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association (2011-2013).

Previously, Keith served as an Assistant Vice President with Chubb Insurance and as a Partner and Senior Trial Counsel in Chubb's Long Island In-House Counsel firm, in charge of litigating labor and employment, civil rights, first amendment, commercial, housing discrimination, condo/cooperative liability; professional liability; and breach of fiduciary duty cases pursuant to a Chubb Insured's E&O, D&O or EPLI policy.

 Keith served as an Assistant General Counsel with the MTA New York City Transit, Office of the Vice President and General Counsel where he defended NYC Transit in labor & employment, police civil rights and general liability cases in federal & state court and before administrative agencies, including defense verdicts in wrongful death and high exposure injury cases. In addition, he counseled executive management on labor issues with the TWU, the largest transit union in the country. He was also the Director of an investigations unit that investigated allegations of employee discrimination, harassment and wrongful conduct.