Meet The Team

Frank L. Baker has practiced law as a commercial real estate attorney for 40 years, first with an international New York City law firm and then with a major New England regional law firm. He also served on the managing committees of both firms. Mr. Baker graduated from Yale University in 1968, with honors in political science. Inducted into the U.S. Army after his first year at the University of Virginia Law School, he served as a military policeman in Vietnam (receiving a Bronze Star Medal) and returned to law school in 1971.

During law school, he was a member of the Virginia Law Review and graduated in 1973. He is admitted to the Connecticut Bar (1973) and the New York Bar (1988). Mr. Baker practiced with the Connecticut office of the NY law firm of Whitman & Ransom until July 1995. He then joined the Connecticut law firm of Robinson & Cole LLP. Mr. Baker retired from the active practice of law as a partner at Robinson & Cole at the end of 2010 and remained Of Counsel there until the end of last year.  He is also currently a real estate consultant, as Manager of Custom Real Property Solutions LLC.

During his legal career, Mr. Baker was listed in The Best Lawyers in America and designated as a Super Lawyer® in Connecticut, the New York area and New England. In the international publication Chambers USA Guide to the Leading Lawyers for Business, he was described by interviewed clients as an “able and experienced” expert, who impresses clients with “his creative thinking around problems” and as “an icon of the industry.” He has held the Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating™ for over 25 years.

Mr. Baker is also a Lifetime Cooper Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Association, and has served as President of the Yale Club of Stamford, a delegate to the Association of Yale Alumni, and as Chair of the Connecticut Chapter of the Counselors of Real Estate. The Counselors of Real Estate is an invitation-only worldwide real estate industry organization. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Published Works:

“Signature,” Commercial Record

“Major League Legal Work,” Connecticut Law Tribune

“Real Estate Across-the-Border: Practical Advice for Handling Multi-state Real Estate Transactions,” Connecticut Law Tribune

“Three Real Commandments of Real Estate Value: Use, Location, and Timing,” Inside the Minds: Winning Legal Strategies for Real Estate, 2005

Representative Clients:

Austin

DiMenna Associates

Habermann Builders

Putnam Trust Co.

Service America

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Speaker, Real Estate, Greenwich Department of Education

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association, 1973 – Present

Center for Spectator Sports Security Management
Advisory Board Member

Connecticut Bar Association, 1973 – Present

Connecticut Bar Foundation
Lifetime Cooper Fellow

Regional Bar Association, 1988 – Present

Stamford Center for the Arts
Vice President

State Street Debating Society
Parliamentarian

The Counselors of Real Estate, Connecticut Chapter, 2006 – 2007
Vice Chairman

The Counselors of Real Estate, Connecticut Chapter, 2008 – Present
Chairman

Yale Club of Lower Fairfield County
Board Member