Frank Newell
Partner
- Frank@loevy.com
Biography
Frank Newell is a partner at Loevy & Loevy. He represents whistleblowers in a variety of contexts, including IRS and False Claims Act whistleblower matters. He also has substantial experience representing clients whose civil rights have been violated.
Frank litigates whistleblower actions brought under federal, state, and local False Claims Acts, including matters involving defense contractor and other government contractor fraud, construction/contractor fraud, bid-rigging, and tax fraud. Frank also has represented clients who have brought constitutional claims arising from wrongful conviction, prison abuses, or police misconduct. Frank has helped his clients achieve successful outcomes in state and federal court, including securing trial victories in both whistleblower and civil rights litigation.
Prior to joining Loevy & Loevy, Frank was an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago, where he worked on a wide array of complex commercial litigation matters. Also, while at Sidley Austin, Frank performed a substantial amount of pro bono work and ran a litigation skills program for summer associates.Â
Additionally, Frank has worked extensively as a volunteer for the Legal Assistance Foundation in Chicago. For his efforts in assisting pro se litigants with their cases in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Frank was twice the recipient of the Legal Assistance Foundation’s Volunteer of the Year Award. Frank graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School.
Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 2006
- U.S. Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
Education + Honors
Harvard Law School
• J.D. (cum laude) – 2006
Northwestern University
• B.A. (summa cum laude) – 2003
• Barry Farrell Award for Highest Academic Achievement in Political Science
• Phi Beta Kappa
Our Impact
Loevy + Loevy has won more multi-million dollar verdicts than perhaps any other law firm in the country over the past decade. Our willingness to take hard cases to trial, and win them, has yielded a nationally recognized reputation for success in the courtroom.
Read the latest public reporting and press releases about Loevy + Loevy’s clients, our public interest litigation, and our civil rights impact.
We take on the nation’s most difficult public interest cases, advocating in and outside the courtroom to secure justice for our clients and to hold officials, governments, and corporations accountable.
