FRANK
K. FRIEDMAN
Principal
Contact
Practice Area(s):
Phone: 540-983-7692
Fax: 540-983-7711
[email protected]
Appellate
Litigation
Education
Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1985
Harvard University, B.A., cum laude, 1980
Frank Friedman is chairman of the Woods Rogers Appellate team. His practice focuses on appeals in both state
and federal courts. He has handled a broad spectrum of appeals ranging from personal injury, property rights and labor
and employment, to criminal, domestic, tax, products liability, and malpractice.
Frank is currently serving as chair of the Appellate Practice Section of the Virginia Bar Association (VBA). He has served
previously as the chair of the Board of Governors of the Litigation Section of the Virginia State Bar and chair of the
Board of Editors of The Journal of Civil Litigation. He is a member of the VBA’s Boyd Graves Conference and serves on the
Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center’s board as past president.
Frank is a frequent speaker on appellate topics including brief writing, oral argument, and waiver. Frank was named one
of the Top 100 Lawyers in Virginia by Super Lawyers magazine in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. His appellate work is also
recognized in rankings by Best Lawyers in America. He has been named to Virginia Business magazine’s Legal Elite list. Frank
is a 2014 Fellow of the Roanoke Law Foundation and was named to the 2015 class of Leaders in the Law by Virginia
Lawyers Weekly.
He is active in Roanoke’s Temple Emanuel and has served previously on the boards of Total Action for Progress and the
Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank.
Affiliations
Admissions
American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Roanoke Bar Association
Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
Virginia Bar Association
Virginia State Bar
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Roanoke  Charlottesville  Lynchburg  Richmond  Danville
P. 800-552-4529  www.woodsrogers.com