Captivating music and arts writing from a former classical musician and civil rights attorney.

Author Biography

A native of Kansas City, Frank began college studying classical guitar performance (UMKC Conservatory of Music) and finished with a philosophy degree from the University of Kansas. He moved to Buffalo in 1990 and earned his law degree from SUNY Buffalo school of Law in 1993.

While in law school, Frank was selected for The Buffalo Law Review and a Ford Fellowship at the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva. He was also a summer law clerk at a pro bono law practice (Texas Resource Center) representing death row inmates in Texas.

Frank was a trial lawyer for thirty years, handling cases as an Assistant District Attorney and corporate litigator before he opened his own civil rights practice in 2010.

Frank was an adjunct law professor and a columnist for the Harvard Law and Policy Review. Arts writing was an avocation, and he published book and music reviews in local journals for decades.

Frank is a long-time advocate for public libraries and a past Chairman of the Buffalo and Erie County Library System.

Frank began writing full-time in 2023. He is a founder and Arts Editor of The Buffalo Hive, a not-for-profit journalism project dedicated to arts and cultural journalism scheduled to launch in 2024.

He can be reached at frank@houshlaw.com.