Russell Frank

Russell J. Frank is a member of the Orlando office of CPLS, P.A. He is a member of the firm’s Divorce and Family Law and Mediation practice groups. Mr. Frank is Board Certified in Marital and Family Law by the Florida Bar Certification Board and certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Family Law Mediator.

Mr. Frank began his legal career in Washington, D.C., where he worked for a large multinational law firm representing corporate clients in regulatory and compliance matters. Following his relocation back home to Orlando, Mr. Frank worked as an Assistant Public Defender for the Ninth Judicial Circuit, where he was lead counsel in over thirty criminal trials, ranging in offenses from Drug Possession to Attempted Murder. Following his time at the Public Defender’s Office, Mr. Frank joined a large civil firm where he continued working on criminal matters, while also joining the firm’s Family Law practice group. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Frank left to begin his own firm where he continued to focus on criminal defense and family law.

Mr. Frank now exclusively handles family law and juvenile dependency matters, including dissolution of marriage, pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, paternity and close family adoptions, in addition to contempt and enforcement matters, child support, and timesharing modifications. Mr. Frank also represents parents and children in Juvenile Dependency matters in which Florida’s Department of Children and Families becomes involved. Mr. Frank proactively defends the rights of his clients by effectively and efficiently guiding them through the legal system, protecting their Constitutional rights and those of their children, and diligently working to achieve fair and just results.

Mr. Frank volunteers his time as a Guardian Ad Litem, representing the interests of children who have been abused, abandoned or neglected, and has been recognized by the Orange County Bar Association’s Legal Aid Society for these pro bono efforts. In a further commitment to his community, Mr. Frank serves on the Board of Directors at IMPOWER, Inc., a leading non-profit mental health, child well-being, and drug treatment organization headquartered in Seminole County, Florida.

Mr. Frank is happily married to his wife, Carly, a former prosecutor whom he met in Court while working as an Assistant Public Defender. Mr. Frank is a life-long Orlando Magic fan and season ticket holder. Mr. Frank remains active in various community activities and organizations and helps raise funds and awareness for causes near and dear to his heart, including Progressive Supra Nuclear Palsy, a rare neurodegenerative brain disease that prematurely took the life of his father and Multiple Sclerosis, on behalf of his wife.