Richard Frohlichstein

Richard Frohlichstein is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins.

Richard represents individuals and corporations involved in commercial and securities litigation. He has argued motions in state and federal courts and has examined witnesses at trial and in depositions. Richard’s practice includes representing clients in trial and appellate proceedings involving claims related to:

• The Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934
• Shareholder derivative suits
• Delaware Section 220 books-and-records demands
• Founder and partnership disputes
• Trade secret misappropriation and other business torts
• Breach of contract
• Judgment enforcement and alter ego liability
• Fraudulent conveyances
• International discovery disputes
• Administrative Procedure Act litigation

Richard also maintains an active pro bono practice representing wrongfully convicted individuals and victims of civil rights violations. He joined Latham following a clerkship with Judge Rodney W. Sippel in the Eastern District of Missouri and a Mary A. McCarthy Fellowship with the United States House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.

Richard previously served as an officer of the Yale Law School Association Executive Committee. While a law student, he was awarded the John Currier Gallagher prize in Yale’s trial advocacy competition. Before law school, Richard worked on political campaigns and as a legal assistant in the White House Counsel’s Office.