Sharla Frost Inducted President of Litigation Counsel of America

Sharla J. Frost has been inducted as President of Litigation Counsel of America. The Litigation Counsel of America is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellows are selected based upon effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation. The LCA is aggressively diverse in its composition. Established as a trial and appellate lawyer honorary society reflecting the American bar in the twenty-first century, the LCA represents the best in law among its membership.

In keeping with the guiding principles of LCA, Ms. Frost has a national reputation for effective representation and grace under pressure. She defends companies in a wide variety of high profile and high risk trials and cases. Licensed in five states, including both Texas and Oklahoma, Ms. Frost serves as a member of the trial team for several different companies in products liability and toxic tort matters. She also represents defense clients in a broad variety of civil litigation matters, including employment, breach of contract and other business disputes. “I tell people that I throw myself between juries and my clients’ money,” she says, when describing what she does.

One of the founding members of Powers & Frost, headquartered in Houston, Texas, Ms. Frost serves as the Managing Partner of the firm, a certified majority woman owned business. In addition to her work with LCA, she is a member of two other elite bar associations: the American Board of Trial Advocates and the International Association of Defense Counsel. She is a member of the Texas Bar Association, the Houston Bar Association and is a Houston Bar Foundation Fellow. Active in issues related to women in the law, she has served as one of the Supreme Court Nominee Evaluation Committee for the National Association of Women Lawyers for each of the nominee evaluations over the past five years. She is the Vice-Chair (and only American woman) of the DRI Europe Liaison Committee. She is also active in the DRI Women in the Courtroom Committee and the ABA Women Rainmakers. Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer each year since 2005, she is a frequent speaker and writer on a broad range of legal issues.

Ms. Frost received her Bachelor’s of Arts in English and Speech Communication from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 1984 and her J.D. from Baylor Law School in 1987.