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BACKGROUND: Frank grew up in Portland, Maine and graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1960. He received his J.D. from the Boston University School of Law in 1965 and a LL.M in Taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1968. After law school, Frank joined the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. He spent his first year and one-half in the Commission's Division of Corporation Finance and his last year and a half in the Commission's Office of General Counsel. Frank left the Securities and Exchange Commission in early 1969 to return to Boston to join the firm of Nutter, McClennen & Fish. He left that firm in late 1971 to join Bill Schifino in Tampa to form Schifino & Fleischer, P.A., a boutique securities law firm. Frank practiced with Bill for more than 32 years before joining GrayRobinson. EXPERIENCE: Frank serves as Chair of the GrayRobinson Public Finance practice group. The group has more than 16 attorneys who serve the special needs of the municipal finance marketplace. Frank currently serves as disclosure counsel for the Cities of St. Petersburg and Tampa, Tampa Bay Water, Pasco County, the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority and the Hillsborough County Housing Finance Authority. He has represented numerous underwriters in municipal finance matters including bond issues for the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. In the past five years, Frank has been involved in more than $10.8 billion in public finance offerings. He has consistently ranked in the list of the top 100 Underwriters' Counsels. Throughout the course of his career, Frank has been involved in some innovative and unique bond financings for hospitals, schools, museums, performing arts centers, convention centers, dry docks, reclaimed water, resource recovery facilities and a water desalination plant. Frank is also an experienced securities attorney who has handled numerous initial public offerings and private placements. Frank has been securities counsel to Tech Data Corporation, a Fortune 400 Company, since its inception. He recently completed an overnight underwritten Rule 144A/Regulation S $290,000,000 2% Convertible Subordinated Debenture deal. A registration statement was subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to permit resales of the debentures and/or underlying shares of common stock. Prior to that offering, Frank completed a $250,000,000 shelf registration for Tech Data. EDUCATION: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, B.S., Economics (1960) Boston University School of Law, J.D. (1965) Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M in Taxation (1968) PROFESSIONAL: American Bar Association The Florida Bar Hillsborough County Bar Association Maine Bar Association Massachusetts Bar Association Selected as Florida Legal Elite by Florida Trend magazine - 2005 Selected in Best Lawyers in America ? 2006 and 2007 Selected as top attorney by Super Lawyers 2006 and 2007 CIVIC: Hillsborough County Bar Association, Board of Directors (1975- 1976) Hillsborough County Hospital Authority (Tampa General Hospital), Member (1980-84, 1987- 1995) and Past Chairman (1993-1995) Florida Division of Bond Finance, Advisory Counsel (1980-1984) The Judeo-Christian Coalition Clinic, Founding Member | 