User:Frank Mascagni

Frank Mascagni, III is a practicing attorney in Louisville, KY. He concentrates his practice in the area of criminal law defense, in federal and state courts. He was admitted to the bar in 1977. His office is located at 701 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, KY 40202-2742. Law office: (502) 583-2831; Fax: (502) 583-3701; e-mail address: FrankMascagniIII@ hotmail.com.

Attorney Frank Mascagni, III was born in Greenville, Mississippi.

His grandfather, Frank (Francesco)Mascagni,(7-24-1886 from Medicina, Bologna, Italy) was an Italian immigrant who arrived in New York in 1892 at age 10 with his father, Enrico, age 40, and siblings, Timocenzo, age 9, Alba, age 7, and  Giulio, age 4. The family origin was Medicina, Italy. The family's destination was Arkansas. Francesco moved from Tiny Tott, Arkansas to the Mississippi Delta. He became a successful dairyman, operating Plum Ridge Farm in Greenville, Mississippi and later, on his own, Mascagni Diary in the Mississippi Delta. He married Ida Gentilini (3-3-1890, Bologna, Italy) who arrived in America in 1907. Frank and Ida married on April 24,1907 in Washington County, Mississippi. They had seven children: Alma, Helena (Lena), Henry, Josephine, Mary, Sophie and Frank.

Frank "Jr." was the youngest of the 7 children and he married Mary Jo Wooten after World War II and they had two children, Toni and Frank Mascagni, III. Frank,III, was educated in Greenville, Mississippi, college in Memphis, TN and moved to Louisville, KY and attended law school at the University of Louisville Law School in 1974-1976. Afer graduating from law school in 1976, Frank, III worked at the Commonwealth's Attorney Office and then entered private practice in 1979.

Frank received the highest rating of AV from Martindale-Hubbell in 1984 and was selected to be a member of the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers publication in 1990. In 2005 he received the KACDL statewide Frank Haddad Award. In 2008-2009 he was selected as a "Top Lawyer" in the area of criminal Law in the Louisville Magazine and included in 2008-2009 as a "Super Lawyer" in the state of Kentucky in the area of Criminal Defense in the August 2009 Kentucky Monthly magazine.. Frank frequently speaks to members of the bar at seminars on the topics of litigation, criminal law and procedure and professional responsibility.