Matt Frank

Matt Frank is currently an attorney with the Murphy Desmond S.C. law firm, where he practices environmental and energy law. Matt grew up in Cross Plains in the Black Earth Creek valley amid the surrounding bluffs and hills now recognized as part of the Ice Age Trail. He is a graduate of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota where he majored in history, and the University of Wisconsin Law School.  

Prior to joining Murphy Desmond, Matt served as an Assistant Attorney General and Administrator of the Division of Legal Services in the Wisconsin Department of Justice, and later as Secretary of the Department of Corrections and the Department of Natural Resources. Environmental achievements during Matt’s tenure as as DNR Secretary included full-scale clean-up of PCBs in the Fox River, passage of the Great Lakes Compact, initiatives to reduce mercury emissions and phosphorous pollution, and historic investments in the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program. Matt also supported a new collaborative partnership between the DNR and the UW-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies to research and understand the impacts of climate change in Wisconsin.

Matt has served on several non-profit boards with missions dedicated to natural resources and the environment, including Cool Choices, Groundswell Conservancy and the Clean Lakes Alliance.