Frank A. Silane joined Condon & Forsyth LLP in 1973. He is a partner and manages our firm's Los Angeles office. Frank concentrates in complex and multidistrict tort and insurance litigation and is an author and frequent lecturer on those subjects. He has been lead counsel in numerous cases involving complex and multidistrict litigation.

Frank is admitted to the bar of New York (1974), U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (1974), the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Ninth Circuits, the bar of California (1979), the U.S. District Court, Central, Northern and Eastern Districts of California (1979) and the U.S. Supreme Court (1987).

He is a member of the Los Angeles County, New York State, Federal and American Bar Associations and The State Bar of California. Frank formerly served as Vice Chairman of Aviation Section of American Bar Association (1996-1997, 1997-1998), Co-Chairman TIPS Aviation Seminar, "Aviation Liability into the Twenty-First Century" (October 9-10, 1996) and was a Faculty Member of the International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy (2004). Frank is a graduate of Fordham University (J.D., 1973; B.A., 1967)

Frank has been honorably mentioned in Who's Who Legal, The International Who's Who of Aviation Lawyers (2001-2004); Who's Who Legal, The International Who's Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers (2000-2004); and Who's Who Legal, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (2002-2004).