Frank is a seasoned corporate lawyer who focuses his practice on corporate and insurance regulatory law. During his prominent career, he has represented both insurance and non-insurance entities with respect to merger and acquisition transactions, general corporate governance and regulatory issues. He has assisted associations, third-party administrators and insurers on a variety of litigation, regulatory and compliance issues as well as holding company, acquisition, tender offer and merger transactions. He has also assisted directors and owners of privately held entities in preparation for going public and in corporate governance issues. Publications & Presentations Frank has authored articles and notes on insurance topics for the Federation of Regulatory Counsel Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, as well as the ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Committee News of the Public Regulation of Insurance Law Committee. He has presented insurance and business topics to a variety of corporations, business and academic institutes. Some include: – Considerations in Buying or Selling a Business in North Carolina: Structure of the Acquisition; Negotiating a Purchase and Sale Agreement – Golden Rule of Sovereign Immunity: The King Can Do No Wrong – An Overview of Insurance Regulators and Personal Liability – Legal Survival in the New Surplus Lines Market – Tort and Insurance Practice Committee News of the Public Regulation of Insurance Law Committee Previous Legal Experience Ragsdale Liggett, Co-founding Partner 1972; Managing Partner and Chair of Business Law Section until 2011 Hatch, Little, Bunn, Jones, Liggett & Few, Partner Adjunct Professor, North Carolina State University School of Design, 1977-79 – Legal Aspects of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Design Education Denstone College, Uttoxeter Staffordshire England, 1959 UNC at Chapel Hill, B.A. 1963 Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity UNC at Chapel Hill School of Law, J.D. 1966 Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity Professional Affiliations (Past and Present) (Past and Present) American Bar Association North Carolina Bar Association The Tenth Judicial District Wake County Estate Planning Council Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Board of Directors Chairman 2008, Vice President 2009 Served on boards of: McM Corporation, Raleigh, NC; Peninsular Life Insurance Co. and Peninsular Title Civic Affiliations (Past and Present) Ducks Unlimited, Inc., Founder & Chairman Raleigh Area Committee, Ducks Unlimited Conservation Service Award; Outstanding Service Award; Jerry P. Langdon Memorial Award Raleigh Toastmasters Club, Toastmaster of the Year; President North Carolina Wildlife Federation, BOD National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Triangle NC Chapter, Chairman, BOD Beta of D.K.E., Inc., BOD & VP Woodberry Forest School, Advisory Council NC Natural History Society Board of Trustees, President Trinity Center of the Episcopal Diocese of East Carolina, Board of Visitors Delta Waterfowl Foundation, BOD, Student Program – Research Committee; named Honorary Director in 2003 Honors & Awards LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Highest AV Peer Review Rating NC Super Lawyers® by Thomson Reuters 2007-2011 - NC Corporate Counsel & Business Editions The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers Best Lawyers in America® - Insurance Law 2013, 2014, 2015