Monte E. Frank

Monte E. Frank is the co-chair of Pullman & Comley’s Litigation practice. He represents business and municipal clients in the state and federal courts in Connecticut and before administrative agencies on a wide range of matters. He regularly represents clients in mediation and arbitration in Connecticut and other states.

In 2018, Monte ran for Lieutenant Governor. Monte is a past president of both the Connecticut Bar Association and the New England Bar Association. He previously served as president-elect and vice-president of the CBA. He represents Connecticut in the American Bar Association's House of Delegates.  He has served as an attorney trial referee, factfinder and arbitrator for the Judicial District of Danbury since 2000.

Monte appears regularly on television, radio and in newspapers for his work on violence prevention, including CNN, MSNBC, NPR, WCBS, USA Today, and The Washington Post. He has written numerous op-ed pieces, co-authoring many with United States Senators and members of Congress that have been published by Connecticut, national and international media outlets, including The Guardian and The Hill, where he is a contributor. Monte has lectured at Cornell Law School and has sat on many panels at the Connecticut Legal Conference, the University of Connecticut School of Law, Quinnipiac Law School and The National Council of Bar Presidents.

An avid cyclist, Monte competes on the road and in mountain bike and cyclocross races throughout the Northeast and Canada. He represented the United States at the 2013 and 2017 World Maccabiah Games in Israel and has won six medals, including four silver medals and two bronze medals. He founded and leads Team 26 on the Sandy Hook Ride on Washington (2013-2017).

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Professional Affiliations

Connecticut Bar Association - past president; Federal Judiciary Committee - chair; past co-chair, COVID-19 Task Force and its Federal and State Judicial Subcommittee; Policing Task Force; past chair, Diversity and Inclusion Committee; past chair (2014-2016), Legislative Policy and Review Committee; past chair (2015-2016), Council of Bar Presidents; Board of Governors; House of Delegates

American Bar Association - House of Delegates; Standing Committee on Gun Violence, chair of Policy Subcommittee

New England Bar Association - past president

American Bar Foundation Fellow

American Counsel Association

Connecticut Bar Foundation Fellow

Federal Bar Council - Second Circuit Courts Committee

Greater Danbury Bar Association - past president

Judicial District of Danbury - attorney trial referee, factfinder and arbitrator, 2000 - 2018

National Conference of Bar Presidents - Executive Council and Diversity and Inclusion Committee

State of Connecticut Supreme Court - Commission on Judicial Compensation

Community Involvement

Jewish Federation Association of Connecticut (JFACT) – board of directors

Team 26 - founder

Serve America Movement (SAM)

Honors & Recognitions

Named a Moffly Media Top Lawyer in Fairfield County, 2021 - Civil Law and Litigation 

Danbury Bar Association 2013 Pro Bono Award - recognized for pro bono representation of several families deeply affected by the tragedy in Newtown and of an individual in connection with the 9/11 Victims' Compensation Fund

Listed in Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2009-2017 in the area of Commercial Litigation

Selected to the Connecticut Super Lawyers list since 2010 in the areas of Business Litigation.  Also selected in the areas of State, Local & Municipal Litigation, and Employment & Labor Litigation for multiple years since 2010

Listed in the Best Lawyers in America since 2013 for his work in the area of Business Litigation and Commercial Litigation for 2023

Named as a "Labor and Employment Star - Northeast"by Benchmark Litigation (2017-present) in the areas of Labor and Employment and Litigation

New Leaders of the Law Award for Overall Achievement Fairfield County, Connecticut Law Tribune, 2003

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