Instructor Biography

Keathan Frink

Judge
17th Judicial Circuit Court
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About The Instructor

In  2016,  Judge  Keathan  Frink  was  appointed  to  Circuit  Court  of  the  Seventeenth  Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida.  Judge Frink is currently assigned to the Circuit Civil Division  presiding  over  a  broad  category  of  cases,  including  tort  cases,  contract  disputes, products liability and malpractice cases, infringements of intellectual property, enforcement of non-compete contracts, and petitions for injunctive relief. Judge Frink is also on the panel that hears county to circuit appeals.  Prior to serving in the Circuit Civil Division, Judge Frink was assigned to the Unified Family Court Division presiding over Dissolution of Marriage, Child Custody  and  Support,  Name  Changes,  Adoptions,  Paternity  Suits,  and  Modification proceedings.    Judge Frink obtained his bachelor's degree from Florida State University in 1997 and his law degree from the University of Florida, Levin College of Law in 2000.  He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2000 and he is also admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, the U.S. Southern District of Florida, the U.S. Middle District of Florida and the United States Supreme Court.   Prior to his appointment, Judge Frink was a partner in the Fort Lauderdale office of Kelley Kronenberg,  P.A.,  where  he practiced  in  the  areas of  product  liability,  construction defect, negligent security, wrongful death, premises liability and insurance subrogation. Judge Frink gained  significant trial  experience  by  working  as  an Assistant  Public  Defender in  Broward County, FL in 2003.  He also served as Assistant Regional Counsel for the Office of Criminal Conflict  and  Civil  Regional  Counsel,  Fourth  District  where  he  was  the  supervisor  of  the homicide division.