Theodore D. Frank

Ted Frank is a Retired Partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP. Before retiring from active practice, Ted represented a number of organizations in the communications field. Much of his practice focused on representing public broadcasters, including PBS and several producing stations, as well as commercial broadcasters and telecommunications companies. His work included advising clients on First Amendment, defamation, invasion of privacy, and related issues outside the jurisdiction of the FCC.

He has represented 100Reporters LLC since its creation, reviewing articles for potential defamation issues, among other matters and moderating this panel. He has been an active participant in the Federal Communications Bar Association serving on the Executive Committee and as Co-Chair of several committees. In recent years, he has devoted time to professional ethics, serving as Chair of the Advisory Committee on Admissions and Grievances of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the Board on Professional Responsibility of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

He is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, where he was an editor of the Law Review. Upon graduation, he clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and then took a teaching fellowship at Harvard Law School, where he earned an LL.M.