Simon Frankel is a Judge on the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. Prior to joining the bench in March 2023, Mr. Frankel practiced law in San Francisco for 28 years.  His civil litigation practice focused on copyright and trademark litigation, technology and Internet privacy disputes, and legal issues related to visual art. He handled a wide variety of art-related matters, including copyright and cultural property disputes.

Mr. Frankel is a graduate of Harvard College (B.A), the University of Cambridge (M. Phil.), and Yale Law School (J.D.) and has taught art law at Berkeley Law School, Hastings College of the Law, and the University of San Francisco School of Law. He frequently writes and speaks on copyright and legal issues related to art.