Frost Brown Todd Explained

Frost Brown Todd
Headquarters:	400 West Market Louisville, Kentucky
Num Offices:	17
Num Attorneys:	575+
Practice Areas:	General practice
Date Founded:	1919
Company Type:	LLP

Frost Brown Todd LLP is a national law firm with over 575 attorneys working across 17 offices in California, Colorado, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia.^[1] It resulted from the 2000 merger of Frost & Jacobs LLP, a Cincinnati-based firm, with Brown Todd & Heyburn PLLC, a Louisville-based firm, forming Frost Brown Todd.

In January 2009, the firm merged with the Indianapolis-based law firm of Locke Reynolds LLP.^[2] In 2023, Frost Brown Todd expanded to California through its merger with AlvaradoSmith, adding offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Orange County.^[3] More recently, as part of the firm's coast-to-coast expansion, it added Denver to the list of markets where Frost Brown Todd now has an office.^[4]

Awards and recognition

• America's Top Law Firms of 2024, Time Magazine^[5]
• Best Law Firms, 14th ed., ranked by Best Lawyers®^[6]
• The Top 50 Construction Law Firms™, Construction Executive^[7]
• Gold Standard Certification by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum^[8]
• Best Places to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality, Human Rights Campaign (2015–2023)^[9]
• Mansfield Rule™ Certified Plus, Diversity Lab^[10]
• Equality 100 Award, Human Rights Campaign^[11]
• Top Performer and Compass Award, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity^[12]

External links

• Frost Brown Todd website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historical Timeline: Frost Brown Todd Law Firm . 2022-03-03 . www.frostbrowntodd.com.
2. Web site: Jon Newberrt . December 4, 2008 . Frost Brown Todd to merge with Indy's Locke Reynolds . December 9, 2008 . Business Courier of Cincinnati . American City Business Journals.
3. Web site: Patrice . Joe . 2022-11-16 . Biglaw Firm Merging With Minority-Owned Boutique To Create Coast-To-Coast Firm - Above the Law . 2024-01-18 . en-US.
4. Web site: As Big Law Interest in Denver Grows, Frost Brown Todd Lures 9 Laterals to Open Office . 2024-04-10 . National Law Journal . en.
5. Web site: America's Top Law Firms of 2024 . 2024-01-18 . Time . en.
6. Web site: Fourteenth Edition of Best Law Firms® Announced for 2024 . 2024-01-18 . Best Lawyers . en.
7. Web site: ce.dcwdbeta.com . Construction Executive [phone] . Construction Executive 2023 Top 50 Construction Law Firms™ . 2024-01-18 . Construction Executive.
8. Web site: WILEF Announces First Round of Firms Awarded 2019 US Gold Standard Certification and UK Gold Standard Certification. 2019-06-17. The WILEF Tribune. en-US. 2020-03-19.
9. Web site: Best Places to Work 2020. Campaign. Human Rights. Human Rights Campaign. en. 2020-03-19. 2020-08-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20200805195511/https://www.hrc.org/resources/best-places-to-work-2020. dead.
10. Web site: [e-mail] . 2023-10-10 . Frost Brown Todd Earns Third Mansfield Rule™ Plus Certification - Frost Brown Todd Full-Service Law Firm . 2024-01-18 . Frost Brown Todd . en-US.
11. Web site: 2023 CEI’s Equality 100 Award . 2024-01-18 . Human Rights Campaign . en-US.
12. Web site: Corfman . Kat . 2023-10-18 . Celebrating the Most Active LCLD Members in 2023 . 2024-01-18 . Leadership Council on Legal Diversity . en-US.