About Frank
Frank Caprio chairs the Firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. He focuses on intellectual property law and assists clients in the protection and use of their intellectual property rights, and in the litigation of various technology-related disputes involving patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and computer issues. He has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America in both Intellectual Property Law and Information Technology Law. He is a retired Naval Flight Officer and Mission Commander having served in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s in active duty and reserve squadrons flying the Lockheed P-3 Orion Aircraft, conducting Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Missions. He also worked in industry as an engineer providing technical analysis and program management to projects that included missile programs, warhead testing, and six-degree of freedom simulations. Frank regularly speaks on IP issues to business owners and lawyer associations, and has held leadership positions in his local and state bar associations. Frank is active in community service and has served as a Board member for Huntsville Hospital, YMCA, Biztec (business incubator), Chamber of Commerce, Emergency Management Agency, and the Vanderbilt NROTC Advisory Board. He and his wife Lisa have three children, Mark, Camille and Maria.
Practice Areas
Case History
Professional Affiliations
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Intellectual Property, Huntsville (2026)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Patent, Huntsville (2026)
- Lawyer of the Year: Patent Law, Huntsville (2025)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Intellectual Property, Huntsville (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Patent, Huntsville (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Patent, Huntsville (2022)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Intellectual Property, Huntsville (2020)
- Lawyer of the Year: Copyright Law, Huntsville (2013)
- Recognized: Copyright Law
- Recognized: Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Recognized: Litigation - Patent
- Recognized: Patent Law
- Recognized: Trade Secrets Law
- Recognized: Trademark Law
- Practice Area: Construction Law
- Practice Area: Information Technology Law
- Special Focus: Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Special Focus: Copyright
- Special Focus: Information Technology
- Special Focus: Licensing
- Special Focus: Litigation
- Special Focus: Patent
- Special Focus: Software
- Special Focus: Trade Secrets
- Special Focus: Trademark
- Jessup Moot Court Team Faculty Advisor
- Adjunct Professor, University of Alabama School of Law, Patents Course, Copyrights Course
- Alabama A&M University, Board of Visitors
- Huntsville Emergency Management Agency, Board Member, 1996-present
- Leadership Alabama, Class XIV
- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Ambassador, 2009-present
- Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce, Board Member, 2004-present
- Huntsville Hospital Foundation, Chair, 2007-2009
- Madison County American Inns of Court, Past President
- Panel of Neutrals, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
- Listed in Alabama Super Lawyers, Intellectual Property, 2008, 2011-2013