NEW YORK, N.Y. — Paul M. Frank, a partner in Hodgson Russ LLP's Corporate & Securities Practice Group, was recently appointed to the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar.

Mr. Frank is past chair of NYSBA's International Law and Practice Section and a current member of that section's executive committee and of the NYSBA house of delegates. He is also a member of the Special Committee on Cross-Border Legal Practice.

Mr. Frank counsels manufacturing, mining, cement, and other corporations on a wide range of corporate matters. His clients include major Latin American and European corporations operating in the United States, as well as American corporations. His experience includes representing U.S. companies in the mining and metals and food processing industries in Peru, Chile, and Honduras, and he served as counsel to the trade association of the tire and rubber industry and to several rubber industry shippers associations.

With more than 225 attorneys practicing in all major areas of law, Hodgson Russ is among the 200 largest law firms headquartered in the United States. Over the past year, the firm has tripled its roster of Manhattan-based attorneys to provide an even wider range of services and increased depth in important niche practice areas, including federal, multi-state, New York State, and local tax; intellectual property; estates and trusts; litigation; commercial real estate; securities; immigration; employment law; and health law. Established in 1817, Hodgson Russ is among the oldest law firms in the United States. Hodgson Russ has offices in New York, Albany, Buffalo, and Johnstown, New York; Boca Raton, Florida; and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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