Richard Frohlichstein is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins.
Richard represents corporations and individuals in complex commercial and securities litigation. Richard also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing 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 currently serves 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.
A Latham Securities and M&A litigation team secured a significant victory on behalf of American Airlines, winning a dismissal with prejudice in the Northern District of Texas of a securities class action against the airline.
Latham lawyers were honored for securing big victories for Avadel Pharmaceuticals and The Trade Desk.
Latham teams recognized for litigation wins, including a rare “entire defense” victory on behalf of client Cantor Fitzgerald and the dismissal of almost all claims in a securities class action against Virgin Galactic.