Ret. Judge Frank J. LaBuda

After completing high school in the Bronx, I graduated Phi Beta Kappa from City University, NY in 1970.  A few years later, I received my Juris Doctorate degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio as an Honor Graduate. I went on to become a Post-Graduate US Army Judge Advocate General at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. After this, I spent 3 years on active duty as a military prosecutor. 

I moved back to New York, where I became a Sullivan County Prosecutor and Chief Assistant District Attorney, litigating and trying major felony cases—including murder—for 10 years. For the last 7 of these years, I gained experience as a private practice litigator and trial attorney for civil, medical malpractice and criminal jury trials. In 1989, I was elected to be the New York State Judge and Surrogate in Sullivan County, where I presided over negligence cases and jury trials for 23 years.

After retiring, I chose to connect with Sobo & Sobo based on our shared values of putting the needs of clients above our own. As a husband and father of four, I am a firm believer in treating all my clients as though they were part of my family, and not just another paycheck. I also frequently travel to countries around the world to counsel judges, attorneys and Universities on improving evidence and trial procedures.