Melvin Franke brings more than four decades of Missouri trial and appellate practice to Harvath Law Group. Since beginning his career in 1972, he has tried cases and briefed appeals in Missouri's trial courts, its courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court of Missouri, and he has drafted complex civil petitions, including antitrust and unconscionable-contract claims. Trained in chemistry and economics before law school, he brings a practical understanding of what goes into a product, and what a misrepresentation costs the people who buy it.

BUESCHER AND FRANKE, LLC, MANAGING MEMBER (1997 - PRESENT)

• Civil practice serving clients in St. Louis and the surrounding areas

LEE AND YOUNG, ATTORNEY

• Drafted a petition asserting antitrust and unconscionable-contract claims

PUBLIC DEFENDER, ST. LOUIS COUNTY AND THE 20TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (1972 - 1980)

• Trial and appellate counsel, including significant appeals before the Missouri Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Missouri

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, J.D.

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, B.A. / B.S.

• Economics, Chemistry