Frank V. Carone, former chief of staff to New York City Mayor Eric L. Adams and a celebrated business litigator, today announced the launch of the public affairs strategy firm Oaktree Solutions. Building on his career of solving complex challenges, Oaktree will provide services including issue advocacy and market positioning, litigation support, crisis management, government relations strategy, business development support, executive problem solving, and equity and sustainability consulting.
“My career has been focused on the intersection of business and government, centered around relationships, and always with the goal of getting things done,” said Carone. “Oaktree Solutions will not just achieve extraordinary results for our clients; we’ll also seek to create joy, value and understanding in all our interactions. Our diverse experience is in cutting through complexity, connecting the dots, and getting to the bottom line.”
Known for his highly successful and results-driven legal prowess, Carone was part of then-candidate Adams’s close inner circle during the mayoral campaign and was appointed chief of staff shortly after the election. At City Hall, in service to Mayor Adams’s vision of a “City of Yes,” Frank built one of the most diverse mayoral administrations in history, all focused on helping business and government work together to achieve real results for New Yorkers.
He led the corridor-wide rehabilitation of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, an initiative that connects communities that have long been separated. He successfully concluded negotiations to bring thousands of affordable housing units and a world-class soccer stadium to Willets Point, an area of Queens underutilized for generations. And he led efforts to develop Brookdale Science Park and Research Campus, a project that transformed an entire city block into a state-of-the-art destination for the rapidly growing life sciences industry.
Prior to joining the Adams administration, Carone was an executive partner at Abrams Fensterman, LLP. He was instrumental in charting the firm’s strategic expansion, transforming it into the largest legal practice in Brooklyn and establishing it as one of the region’s premier law firms.
Known for achieving breakthrough results on complex problems others thought unsolvable, Carone became the go-to private practice attorney for cases in which the New York State attorney general was conflicted, representing the interests of the state on 15 thorny and politically-charged cases.
