Francis has devoted a significant portion of his practice to representing the agricultural community. His focus primarily being in connection with federal, state, and local regulation compliance concerning agriculture, land use, marketing, acquisition and sale of agriculture facilities, agricultural taxation, agricultural and conservation restrictions and exempted agricultural practices. A substantial part of Frank’s practice involves municipal land use permitting and environmental issues including, but not limited to: wetlands, hazardous materials, and the use of such materials. For the past 30 years, Frank has been in private legal practice with a large regional law firm. He is also experienced in processing trademark applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.