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.

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • Missouri

Education

  • JD, Yale Law School, 2018
  • BA in Spanish, Georgetown University, 2011
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August 14, 2023 In the News

Del. Justices Uphold Toss of US$875M BGC-Cantor Deal Suit

The Delaware Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Chancery Court decision to toss a suit challenging the US$875 million acquisition of Berkeley Point Financial LLC by Cantor Fitzgerald LP CEO Howard Lutnick and Lutnick-controlled BGC Partners Inc. in 2017, agreeing it was a fair deal.